OBITUARIES
Gertrude League
1920-2004
Lora Gertrude League, longtime Snyder resident, died
Tuesday, May 4, in Cogdell Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness.
Graveside service for Mrs. League, 84, is set for 2 p.m.
Thursday in Hillside Memorial Gardens. The Rev. Miller Robinson and Dr. Tommy Cullwell
will officiate. Arrangements are under the direction of Bell-Cypert-Seale Funeral Home.
Born Jan. 14, 1920 in Vivian, La., she married Joseph
League on April 3, 1936 in Tyler. He died March 10, 2001.
A resident of Snyder since 1974, Mrs. League was an
active member in the Snyder Garden Club, serving two terms as president during 1979-81 and
was vice-president at the time of her death.
A life member of the District VIII, state and national
garden clubs, Mrs. League wrote the schedule for the Scurry County Fair garden shows and
had won numerous district and state awards. She was a Master Flower Show Judge and served
on the National Flower Show Judges Council for District VIII.
Mrs. League has helped plant trees throughout Snyder and
had worked in other community beautification efforts. A Master Gardener, Mrs. League
taught horticulture at Humble-Smith School and hosted Christmas parties for the students.
She also was a longtime member of the Women’s Golf
Association at the Snyder Country Club. A longtime member of Colonial Hill Baptist Church,
she had served on the church’s landscape committee and she was a member of the Order
of the Eastern Star, serving two terms as Peacemaker.
Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Joe C. and
Betty League of San Angelo; two sisters, Geraldine Alford of Houston and Mary Lois Burge
of Longview; two grandsons, Joe Foster League of San Angelo and James Charles League of
Toccoa, Ga.; one great-grandson, James Cason League; a special care giver, JoAnn Bishop;
and a special friend, Sandra Browning.
Visitation is set for 6-7 this evening at the funeral
home.
Mrs. Ainsworth
1910-2004
Maybelle Ainsworth, longtime Scurry County resident, died
Sunday, May 2, in Snyder Oaks Care Center after a lengthy illness.
Funeral service for Mrs. Ainsworth, 93, is set for 2 p.m.
Friday in the Bell-Cypert-Seale Funeral Home Chapel. Bruce Smith will officiate. Burial
will follow in the Fluvanna Cemetery.
Born Nov. 27, 1910 in Wood County, she was married to
Lloyd Ainsworth who died May 11, 2003.
A homemaker, Mrs. Ainsworth was a longtime Fluvanna area
resident.
She was preceded in death by a daughter, Mary Ellen
Keith, on Jan. 13, 1999; two brothers, Bill and J.C. Tucker; and a sister, Janelle Nanny.
Survivors include two grandchildren, Kerrie Keith and
Chad Keith, both of Austin; and a sister, Margarette Jacobs of Odessa.
Mildred Clark
1924-2004
Mildred Yvonne Clark, a former Snyder resident, died
Sunday, May 2, in Park Plaza Nursing Home in San Angelo after a lengthy illness.
Funeral service for Mrs. Clark, 79, is set for 11 a.m.
Thursday in the Bell-Cypert-Seale Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Karen Schmeltekopf,
associate minister of the First Christian Church in San Angelo, officiating. Burial will
follow in Hillside Memorial Gardens and arrangements are under the direction of
Bell-Cypert-Seale Funeral Home.
Born Dec. 11, 1924 in Fort Worth, she married Oran
Kendale Clark on Nov. 4, 1944 in Snyder. He died May 31, 1991.
Mrs. Clark had been a resident of Snyder since 1929,
moving to San Angelo in 2001. A member of Snyder’s First Christian Church, Mrs. Clark
was a homemaker and had worked as a ward clerk at Cogdell Hospital for about 10 years.
ark of Austin; five grandchildren, Paul Nicholas Schulz
of San Angelo, Stacy Michelle Schulz of Two Rivers, Wis., Wes Davis of Phenix City, Ala.,
Casey Davis of Greenwell Springs, La., and Kenny Davis of Lubbock; two
great-grandchildren, Brianna Valadez and Jeanette Davis.
Visitation will be held from 7 to 8 this evening at
Bell-Cypert-Seale Funeral Home.
Ruth Swope
1900-2004
Ruth Byron Swope, grandmother of Bonnie Allred of Snyder,
died Sunday, May 2, at her home in Alexandria.
Memorial service for Mrs. Swope, 103, and her late
husband, Dr. Felix Swope, is set for 7 p.m. July 8 in Everly-Wheatley Funeral Home in
Alexandria.
Mrs. Swope was born on Oct. 10, 1900 in Stewart, Ohio, a
town founded by her great-grandfather, Daniel Stewart. She received her teaching degree
from Ohio University and taught in Amanda, Ohio.
Mrs. Swope was a member of the New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C., for more than 60 years and was active in the
Women’s Circle and Sunday school classes. She also was a member of the First Baptist
Church in Alexandria and belonged to the Bible study group there for many years. She was
actively involved in the Alexandria Rotary Auxiliary and the Virginia Osteopathic
Physicians Auxiliary.
Survivors also include a daughter, Connie Sue Pindell of
Alexandria; five granddaughters; eight great-grandchildren including great-grandsons,
Duane Allred and Brian Allred, both of Snyder, and Zach Allred of Honolulu.
The family requests memorials to Capital Hospice, 6565
Arlington Blvd., Suite 501, Falls Church, Va., or Kirksville School of Osteopathic
Medicine in Kirksville, Mo.
