OBITUARIES
Ralph Eades
1926-2004
Ralph Eades, longtime Snyder resident, died Tuesday, Feb.
3, in Covenant Lakeside Hospital in Lubbock after a sudden illness.
Funeral service for Mr. Eades, 77, is set for 10 a.m.
Saturday in the East Side Church of Christ with Tom Holcomb, minister, officiating. Burial
will follow in the Dunn Cemetery under the direction of Bell-Cypert-Seale Funeral Home.
Born on Feb. 12, 1926 in Snyder, he married Betty Jo
Crabtree on Nov. 25, 1948 in Snyder. She died Sept. 10, 1998. Mr. Eades was retired from
Sun Oil Co. where he was a mechanic. He later worked for Wal-Mart for a number of years
and was employed there at the time of his death.
Two sisters and 10 brothers preceded him in death.
Survivors include a daughter, Peggy Eades of Colorado
City; a son and daughter-in-law, Ricky and Diane Eades of San Angelo; five grandchildren
and their spouses, Clay and Kassandra Eades of Colorado City, Becky and Robert Garcia of
Wichita Falls, Amy Eades and Leslie Eades, both of Colorado City; and Megan Eades of San
Angelo.
Family visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. Friday at the
funeral home.
Gail Duckworth
1955-2004
LUBBOCK -- Gail Dawn Duckworth, a Snyder High School
graduate, died Monday, Feb. 2, at her home in Lubbock.
Funeral service for Mrs. Duckworth, 48, is set for 2 p.m.
Friday in the Resthaven’s Abbey Chapel with Rev. Harry Allen officiating. Burial will
follow in Resthaven Memorial Park under the direction of Resthaven Funeral Home.
Born Aug. 15, 1955 in Colorado City to Louis
“Suede” and Ruby Alexander, she graduated from Snyder High School in 1973.
She married Dennis Duckworth on Jan. 25, 1984 in
Seminole. They moved to Lubbock in 1999 where she became an active member of the Coronado
Neighborhood Association. She was a homemaker and helped her husband in the business.
She was preceded in death by her father; her brother,
Michael Wayne Alexander; and uncles, Jack and Hardy Alexander.
Surviving are her husband, Dennis Duckworth of Lubbock;
two daughters, Angela and Sara Duckworth of the home; and a son, Clint Duckworth, also of
the home; her mother, Ruby Alexander of Snyder; a brother, Pat Alexander of Snyder; a
sister, Ruth Montgomery of Deer Park; two aunts, Jimmy Ruth Angel of Fort Worth and Louise
Prater of McAllen; an uncle, Mike Alexander of Pasadena; six cousins; five nieces; three
nephews; three great-nephews; and one great-niece.
Opal Archer
1920-2004
CISCO -- Opal Lorilla Archer, grandmother of Michael
Pauchet of Snyder, died early today in Cisco.
Graveside service for Mrs. Archer, 83, is set for 11 a.m.
Thursday in the Cisco Cemetery under the direction of Chambers-Wilcox Funeral Home.
Born on Oct. 23, 1920, she married Boyce Archer who died
in 1998.
Survivors include a daughter, Patsy Koch of Abilene;
another grandson, Tommy McGowen of Abilene; a granddaughter-in-law, Rebecca Pauchet of
Snyder; four great-grandchildren, Michael Colin, Christopher Dylan and Nicholas Ethan
Pauchet, all of Snyder, and Joseph McGowen of Abilene; and a step great-granddaughter,
Ashley Nicole Castanada of Louisiana.
