OBITUARIES
Margaret Weaver
1920-2004
Funeral service for Margaret Tipton Weaver, longtime
Snyder educator, is set for 10 a.m. Wednesday in the First United Methodist Church where
she was a longtime member.
The Rev. Buddy Payne, pastor, will officiate and burial
will follow in Hillside Memorial Gardens under the direction of Bell-Cypert-Seale Funeral
Home.
Mrs. Weaver, 84, died Monday, March 15, in Covenant
Medical Center in Lubbock after a brief illness.
Born Feb. 29, 1920, a leap year, in Jacksonville, Texas,
she graduated from Jacksonville High School in 1937 and received a bachelor’s degree
from McMurry University in 1941 and a master’s degree from McMurry in 1954.
She married Frank Weaver on Aug. 3, 1940 in Rusk. Also a
longtime Snyder teacher, coach and administrator, Mr. Weaver died Sept. 28, 1997.
Mrs. Weaver was a teacher in the Snyder public schools
for 32 years, mostly teaching the fifth grade. She was a life member of the United
Methodist Church, a member of Phi Beta Kappa honor society, Altrurian Daughters, Martha
Ann Woman’s Club and Cogdell Hospital Auxiliary. Mrs. Weaver also had served as Lucky
13 sponsor and a Girl Scout leader.
Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Bill and
Chris Weaver of Del Rio; a sister, Ruth Shurley of Sonora; three grandchildren and their
spouses, Todd and Resa Weaver of Plano, Ann and Darren Todd of Woodward, Okla., and Shana
Weaver of San Antonio; and four great-grandchildren, Braden and Conner Todd of Woodward
and Mason and Mitchell Weaver of Plano.
Visitation will be held from 6 to 8:30 this evening at
Bell-Cypert-Seale Funeral Home.
The family suggests memorials to the West Texas Boys
Ranch, 10223 Boys Ranch Road in San Angelo, 76904.
Curtis Sterling
1924-2004
LUBBOCK -- Curtis J. Sterling, a native of Scurry County,
died Sunday, March 14.
Graveside service for Mr. Sterling, 79, is set for 3 p.m.
Wednesday in the Resthaven Memorial Park.
A memorial service will follow at 4 p.m. in the Second
Baptist Church. Dr. Phillip Wise and the Rev. Stephanie Nash will officiate. Arrangements
are under the direction of Rix Funeral Directors.
Born Sept. 26, 1924 in Scurry County to Thomas J. and
Emma Pearl Sterling, he attended Bison, Ira and Snyder schools and graduated from Ira High
School in 1941.
He entered Texas Tech in 1941, but his education was
interrupted to serve one and a half years in the Merchant Marines after which he returned
to Tech to earn his degree in business administration.
While at Tech he served as president of the student
council, president of the Saddle Tramps and president of the junior class. He was a member
of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.
Mr. Sterling moved to Brownfield and was owner and
publisher of the Brownfield News from 1950-62. He was named Outstanding Young Man of Terry
County and was a member of the chamber board, Lions and Rotary clubs.
Mr. Sterling moved to Lubbock in 1963 to become a
stockbroker with Rauscher Pierce. He also was a stockbroker for Schneider, Burnet and
Hickman and then Thompson McKinnan. He retired from Prudential Securities in 2001.
He taught college and high school Sunday school classes
at First Baptist Church and was a deacon and Stephen minister at Second Baptist Church.
Mr. Sterling served on the community development advisory
council, was a past-president of the Texas Tech Ex-Student’s Association and was a
member of the Texas Tech University Century Club, a United Way volunteer and a member of
Lubbock Country Club.
Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Marijo
“Josie” Sterling of Lubbock; two daughters and a son-in-law, Janice Haney of
Dallas and Suzanne and Dr. Robert King of Lubbock; four brothers, J.M. Sterling of Howard
County, Howard Sterling of Snyder and Buford Sterling and Mickey Sterling, both of Ira; a
sister, Doris Spikes of Snyder; and seven grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and one brother,
Tommy Jr.
The family suggests memorials to the Interfaith Samaritan
House, Box 1258 in Lubbock, 79408; or to the Second Baptist Church, 6109 Chicago Avenue in
Lubbock, 79424.
Olga Perez
1940-2004
Olga Perez, 63, of Snyder died this morning in Cogdell
Memorial Hospital.
Services are pending at Kerbow Funeral Home in Eldorado.
Local arrangements are by Wright Colonial Funeral Home.
She was born on March 29, 1940.
