OBITUARIES
Dorothy Savage
1918-2004
Dorothy Anne Savage, a former Snyder resident, died
Wednesday, March 31, in Green Briar Nursing Home in Tyler.
Funeral service for Mrs. Savage, 85, is set for 2 p.m.
Sunday in the First Baptist Church Chapel in Snyder. The Rev. Allan Cartrite, retired
Baptist minister, and the Rev. Paul Savage, a son, will officiate. Burial will follow in
Hillside Memorial Gardens under the direction of Bell-Cypert-Seale Funeral Home.
Born May 8, 1918 in Ladonia, she married Travis Savage on
June 15, 1941 in Ladonia. He died Sept. 7, 1989.
A longtime resident of Snyder, she moved to Midland in
1991 and to Tyler in 1993. In Snyder she was a member of the Greenhill Baptist Church
until it closed and she became a member of First Baptist Church.
She also was preceded in death by two brothers and a
sister.
Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Mary Ann
and Bill Harless of Midland and Barbara and Butch Cearley of Tyler; a son and
daughter-in-law, Paul and Kathy Savage of Africa; a sister, Mary Jane Hamlett of Snyder;
seven grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the
funeral home.
Opal Davidson
1922-2004
Opal Alene Davidson, a former resident of Scurry County,
died Tuesday, March 30, in Hobbs Healthcare Center in Hobbs, N.M.
Funeral service for Mrs. Davidson, 81, is set for 2 p.m.
Saturday in the Faith Baptist Church in Snyder with the Rev. Larry White, pastor, and the
Rev. LaVoid Ford, pastor of Temple Baptist Church in Hobbs, officiating. Burial will
follow in Hillside Memorial Gardens under the direction of Wright Colonial Funeral Home.
Born Nov. 2, 1922 in Hermleigh, she married James
Davidson in 1984. He died in November, 1999. A homemaker, Mrs. Davidson was a member of
the Temple Baptist Church in Hobbs.
Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Steve
and Karleen McMahan of Hobbs and David R. and Sheri McMahan of Castaic, Calif.; a sister,
Lee Lam of Winnsboro; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
John Trussell
1910-2004
Graveside service for John Henry Trussell of Bangs,
formerly of Scurry County, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Snyder Cemetery with Dr.
Tommy Culwell, pastor of Colonial Hill Baptist Church, officiating. Arrangements are under
the direction of Englunds Funeral Service in Slaton.
Mr. Trussell, 93, died Tuesday, March 30, in Bangs.
He was born Aug. 28, 1910 on the J. Wright Mooar Ranch in
Scurry County. He was in the Army infantry during World War II serving in the European
Theatre and the Battle of the Bulge. He was employed with the RS&P Railroad before
moving to Slaton in 1962 where he worked for the Santa Fe Railroad in the track
maintenance department, retiring as a section foreman.
Mr. Trussell married Lora I. Wood on Jan. 1, 1936 and she
preceded him in death on Sept. 24, 1979. He also was preceded in death by a son, Morris
Wood Trussell; a sister, Pauline Scrivner; and a brother, Ambrose Trussell.
Survivors include two sons and a daughter-in-law, Travis
and Libby Trussell of Bushland and Tommy Trussell of Lubbock; two grandchildren, Kelly
Schaffer and Calvin Schaffer, both of Groom; and three nieces, Shirley Miller, Kathy Hall
and Elois Pruitt, all of Snyder.
A. J. White
1927-2004
A. J. White, a resident of both San Angelo and Menard,
died Tuesday, March 30, in a San Angelo hospital.
Graveside service for Mr. White, 77, is set for 11 a.m.
Saturday in Hillside Memorial Gardens in Snyder.
Viewing will be today and Friday at Robert Massie Funeral
Home in San Angelo.
Mr. White was born March 18, 1927 in Fort Worth to Archer
and Nellie White. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II.
Mr. White worked 34 years for Southwestern Bell, many of
those years in Snyder, and after retirement he enjoyed working in his shop and
motorcycling. He also worked with the Boy Scouts for several years.
Survivors include his wife, Virginia Kathlyn White of
Menard and San Angelo; three sons and two daughters-in-law, Bob and Betty White of San
Angelo, Jim and Margaret White of Pampa and Danny White of Menard; a grandson, Chris White
and wife Kelly of Kennesaw, Ga.; two granddaughters, Jenny White of Pampa and Becky
Mohling and husband Jim of San Angelo; and a cousin, Katherine Taylor of Carrollton.
In lieu of flowers the family request that memorials be
sent to the West Texas Rehabilitation Center.
