OBITUARIES
Mrs. Covington
1910-2004
LAMESA -- Christine Orvetta Covington, the mother of
Woody Covington of Snyder, died Monday, March 8, in the Lamesa Healthcare Center.
Funeral service for Mrs. Covington, 93, is set for 4 p.m.
Thursday in the Second Baptist Church with the Revs. Syl Moore and Clifton Igo
officiating. Burial will follow in Lamesa Memorial Park under the direction of Branon
Funeral Home.
Born Sept. 7, 1910 in Big Spring to John and Harriet
Elizabeth Robinson, she married Henry Dewey Covington on Sept. 7, 1928 in Big Spring. He
died May 3, 1997.
She also was preceded in death by one brother; four
sisters; and two granddaughters, Orvetta Kay and Glenda Ann.
Mrs. Covington and her husband owned a service station, a
laundry, café, trucking company and farm. She worked for Lamesa Tire and Battery, Oakes
Irrigation and McDonald’s Department Store, and was a member of the Second Baptist
Church for many years.
Survivors include another son and daughter-in-law, Ruben
and Vera Covington of Big Spring; a daughter-in-law, Shirley Covington of Snyder; two
daughters, Joyce Miles and Ernestine Eastham, both of Lamesa; a sister, Elizabeth Pierce
of Stanton; eight grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; and 38 great-great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials to the Second Baptist
Church.
Bessie Cleveland
1914-2004
ROTAN -- Bessie Cleveland, a former teacher in the
Hermleigh schools, died Monday, March 8, in Rotan Healthcare Center.
Funeral service for Mrs. Cleveland, 89, was set for 2
p.m. today in the First Baptist Church with Charles Doty and Corkey Wells officiating.
Born Dec. 1, 1914 in Fisher County, she earned her B.S.
degree from McMurry in 1946 and her master’s from Howard Payne in 1955.
She had begun her teaching career in a two-room school in
Pleasant Valley in 1942 where she worked for two years. She taught in Roby for six years,
Hermleigh for four years and Fort Stockton for 25 years, retiring in 1979.
A Baptist, Miss Cleveland was past-president of Delta
Kappa Gamma and a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Survivors include three sisters, Annis Joplin of Ransom
Canyon, Stella Mash of Roby and Ruth Riddels of Lewisville; two brothers, William
Cleveland of Rotan and John Cleveland of McCaulley.
LaRue Hyatt
1928-2004
LaRue Hyatt, 75, died Tuesday, March 9, at her residence
in Snyder.
Services are pending at Wright Colonial Funeral Home.
Mrs. Hyatt was born on April 17, 1928 in Wichita Falls.
