OBITUARIES
Ruby Mixon
1915-2004
Ruby Raye Mason Mixon, longtime Snyder resident, died
Sunday, Feb. 15, at her home after a sudden illness.
Service for Mrs. Mixon, 88, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday
in the Bell-Cypert-Seale Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Mike Henson, pastor of First
Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will follow in Hillside Memorial Gardens.
Born Aug. 27, 1915 in Edgerly, La., she married Jim H.
Mixon on Nov. 8, 1938 in Sweetwater. He died on Nov. 5, 1980.
Mrs. Mixon, a graduate of Ranger High School, moved to
Snyder in 1948 when her husband was manager for J.C. Penney. They later purchased Mixon
Tire and Supply which they operated for 24 years.
She had also worked for Gulf Oil in Odessa, J.C. Penney
in Breckenridge, the Graham Brown Shoe Co. in Sherman and for Wes-T-Go Conoco in Snyder.
Mrs. Mixon was a longtime member of the First Baptist Church.
She also was preceded in death by her parents, Ruby Ray
(Doc) and Clara Skillern Mason; a sister, Anita Mansker; and a brother, Milton Mason.
Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Judy and
Stuart Long of Houston and Janice and Chuck Galloway of Snyder; a sister, Tera Crook of
Arlington; a brother-in-law, Toke Mansker of Fort Worth; four grandchildren, Jim Cole of
Midland, Meredith Long Angelico and husband Scott of San Antonio, Garret Long of Ann
Arbor, Mich., and Brittany Long of Austin.
Visitation will be held from 6-8 this evening at the
funeral home.
Emma Vasquez
1975-2004
Emma Vasquez, a former Snyder resident, died Monday, Feb.
16, in Methodist Hospital in Houston.
Rosary for Miss Vasquez, 28, is set for 7 this evening at
the Wright Colonial Funeral Home Chapel with Deacon Frank Ortegon officiating.
Funeral Mass will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the St.
Elizabeth Catholic Church. Burial will follow in Hillside Memorial Gardens.
She was born Dec. 17, 1975 in Hobbs, N.M., and was a
resident of Odessa.
Survivors include her parents, Johnny and Hope Vasquez of
Snyder; three brothers, Gabriel Vasquez, Anthony Vasquez and Johnny Vasquez Jr., all of
Snyder; two sisters, Estella Gutierrez and Erica Rodriguez, both of Snyder; her fiancé,
Richard “Ricky” Sauceda of Odessa; three nephews, Fabian, Arian and Avian
Gutierrez; and two nieces, Alyssa Marie Sosa and Sierra Vasquez.
Patricia Burgess
1941-2004
Patricia Turner Burgess, a former Snyder resident, died
Sunday, Feb. 15, at her home in Wichita Falls after a sudden illness.
Graveside service for Mrs. Burgess, 63, is set for 10
a.m. Thursday at Hillside Memorial Gardens. Dale Huff, minister of 37th Street Church of
Christ, will officiate. Arrangements are under the direction of Bell-Cypert-Seale.
Born on Feb. 3, 1941 in Snyder, Mrs. Burgess was an
auditor for the U.S. Government.
Survivors include one son, Jeffrey Wayne Turner of
Abilene; one brother, Gordon Witherspoon of Georgetown; her step-parents, Pat and Margaret
Johnston of Snyder; and three grandchildren, Michael Turner, Jeffrey Wayne Turner and
Rachel René Turner.
Betty Morgan
1952-2004
Betty Jean Morgan, a former Snyder resident, died
Tuesday, Feb. 17, at her home in Dallas.
Services for Mrs. Morgan, 51, are pending at Wright
Colonial Funeral Home.
Born Oct. 1, 1952, Mrs. Morgan was a homemaker and had
lived in Snyder for 16 years. She was a Jehovah Witness.
Survivors include five daughters, Theresa Ann Morgan of
Snyder, Audrey Jean Echols of Wichita Falls, Latommie Michelle Morgan, Lashada Faye Morgan
and Karen Denise Lane, all of Dallas; three brothers, Runnell Morgan and Tommy Lee Morgan,
both of Dallas and Bud M. Morgan of Denver; six sisters, Rosenna Morgan, Carolyn Morgan,
Jessie Mae Morgan, Lanette Morgan, Samamtha Morgan, Mary Ann Morgan and Billie Gene
Morgan, all of Dallas; and 10 grandchildren.
