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Sylvia Marie Moore, a 45 year resident of Galveston until Hurricane Ike in 2008, passed away on June 27, 2023 in Round Rock, Texas. Sylvia was delivered at home by her grandfather, Dr. RJ Jennings, on September 24, 1933 in Windsor, Missouri to her parents, Robert Wilton and Evalynn Marie Jennings. Sylvia graduated from Kearny High School in San Diego, California in 1951. She attended San Diego State College and was a member of the Alpha XI Delta Sorority. She graduated with a B.A. in Chemistry in 1955. Following graduation, she traveled across the country and attended Michigan State University pursing graduate studies in Chemistry. Sylvia met her husband of 55 years, Donald Moore, at...

Surrounded by her family, Barbara Ann Miles passed away on November 17, 2021 at Baylor Scott and White in Temple. She was 82 years old. Barbara was born in Sterling, Illinois on December 7, 1938 to Orlon and Roxie Crawford. She was a graduate of Midland High School. Barbara married James (Jim) Miles on September 22, 1957 in Midland, Texas. She worked her entire career in the oil and gas industry, retiring from Amaco Production. Barbara and Jim lived in Odessa, Texas from the time they were married until September of 2018 when they moved to Georgetown, Texas to be with family. Barbara enjoyed playing all sorts of games and was very competitive no matter who she was playing. She was a...

Colonel Ed D. Davis, U.S. Air Force (Ret.), (birth name Eddie Ray Murgatroyd) died on Wednesday, November 3, 2021, at his home in Austin, TX after a steady decline in health following a stroke in 2019. A career military officer, Ed served 2 years in the U.S. Army followed by 29 years in the U.S. Air Force, including teaching at West Point from 1957-63 and deployments to Iceland and Vietnam. He was a fun-loving and kind man who was devoted to his family and friends and will be missed dearly by all who knew him. Ed was born on January 7, 1929 to William Murgatroyd and Ida Wood in San Antonio, TX. He enlisted in the U.S. Army immediately following high school graduation with his best friend,...

It is with great sadness that the family of Gail Ann Willis, 66 of Sacramento California, announce her passing on May 13, 2021 in Round Rock, Texas surrounded by loving family members. Born to Percy and Mildred Jones on January 24, 1955 in Oakland California. Gail attended Alice Norman Elementary in Broderick California, graduated from Washington High, also in Broderick, California. After graduating from high school Gail enrolled in Consumers River College of Sacramento, California for one year, then she was accepted to the University of California at Berkeley. Gail was a resident of Sacramento, California until retiring in 2018 from the State of California after thirty- eight years of...

Retired Lieutenant Colonel USAF Jimmy Otho Turner, of Austin, Texas, went peacefully into the everlasting arms of God on the morning of May 8th, 2021. Born in Denton, Texas October 12, 1930 to Mary Hall and Bob Turner, Jimmy moved to San Marcos with his mother and brother, Carl. He loved growing up there, where he enjoyed summers playing in the San Marcos River and working one of his first jobs as a caddy, where he developed a lifelong love of golf and swimming. After graduating high school in 1948, Jim attended Southwest Texas State Teachers College, majoring in chemistry before applying for aviation cadet training for the United States Air Force. He had become a 1st Lieutenant by the...

Retired Lieutenant Colonel USAF Jimmy Otho Turner, of Austin, Texas, went peacefully into the everlasting arms of God on the morning of May 8th, 2021. Born in Denton, Texas October 12, 1930 to Mary Hall and Bob Turner, Jimmy moved to San Marcos with his mother and brother, Carl. He loved growing up there, where he enjoyed summers playing in the San Marcos River and working one of his first jobs as a caddy, where he developed a lifelong love of golf and swimming. After graduating high school in 1948, Jim attended Southwest Texas State Teachers College, majoring in chemistry before applying for aviation cadet training for the United States Air Force. He had become a 1st Lieutenant by the...

Deacon Roy Joubert, age 57, passed away April 16, 2021. He was born October 28, 1963 in Lake Charles, Louisiana to Margie and Earl Joubert Sr. Roy was a unique and special person to all of those he encountered. He was the most energetic and always the life of the party. His outgoing and engaging personality brought smiles to many. At an early age, he broke barriers and overcame obstacles regularly. Being the youngest of eight children he was definitely loved the most, as any of his siblings will tell you. His most important and fulfilling role in his adult life was being a husband, father, and grandfather. His love, kindness, and generosity will be missed but remembered and felt forever....

Edna "Lorene" Curry Olle, 95, of Austin passed away on December 31, 2020. Lorene was born October 22, 1925, in Daisetta, Liberty County, Texas, the daughter of Tommy Curry and Mary Reeves. She met her future husband on a blind date and married Melvin H. Olle on February 10, 1945 while Melvin was serving in the U.S. Army and stationed at Ft. Sam Houston in San Antonio. They settled in Austin in 1946. She was confirmed into the Christian Faith on December 1, 1946 at St. Paul Lutheran Church. She has been a member of Hope Lutheran Church since 1977. Lorene attended Business College and worked as a bookkeeper at BF Goodrich after coming to Austin, and later worked in banking for a brief...

Kathryn Neenan Grady, 94, of Austin, Texas, passed away peacefully on December 28, 2020, in the loving presence of her husband Jack and five children, at Brookdale Senior Living in Westlake. Born Catherine Ann Neenan on July 25, 1926 in Charleston, West Virginia to the late Joseph and Catherine (Tepas) Neenan, Kathy grew up in a loving family though her father died when she was just 2 years old. She attended Notre Dame College for Women in Cleveland, Ohio and then returned to Charleston where she met the love of her life, Jack Allen Grady, at an adult Catholic group at Sacred Heart parish in Charleston. They married on February 14, 1953 on Valentine's Day; the Catholic Church at that...

Patricia L. "Patty" Stone, age 70, passed away December 10, 2020. Patty was born April 22, 1950 in Edinburg, Texas to Charles and Lois (Spreen) Dennis. She graduated from Edinburg High School and went on to receive a Bachelor of Science in Education from the University of Texas and a Masters of Science in Health Professions from Southwest Texas State University (Texas State University). Patty retired from the Texas Department of Health in 2000 with over 31 years of dedicated service. She later worked part-time for Curves at Wells Branch from 2005 to 2018. Patty was very active in many organizations throughout the years, including Texas Society of Public Health Education, Healthy Mothers...

Long-time Abilene resident, Dr. Jose de Jesus Guerra, passed away at the age of 92 on August 9, 2019 in Austin, Texas. Dr. Guerra was born in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico on April 11, 1927 to Juan Nepomuceno Guerra and Maria Arminda de la Luz Marroquin, and was the third of ten children. Dr. Guerra attended medical school at the University of Nuevo Leon in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon from 1945-1951. He completed his residency at Fort Hamilton Hospital in Hamilton, Ohio in 1952 and his internship at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Covington, Kentucky in 1953. Although his formal education ended in 1953, he was a lifelong learner. He married Dr. Maria del Socorro Guajardo in July, 1953 and had 8...