Published: March 24, 2008 12:00 pm         

Obituaries — March 24, 2008

BERLE McKAY

Services for Berle McKay, 66, of Gainesville are pending with the Clement-Keel Funeral Home of Gainesville.

Mr. McKay died Monday, March 24, 2008, at his residence.



JERRY BLOUNT

Services for Jerry Blount, 74, of Gainesville are set for 2 p.m. today at the Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home Chapel in Gainesville with Dr. Mark Denison, pastor of First Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will follow at Fairview Cemetery under the direction of the Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home.

Mr. Blount died March 20, 2008, at Renaissance Care Center.

He was born Dec. 20, 1933, in Gainesville to Tom and Mary Lee McCutchen Blount. He was a graduate of Gainesville High School and for many years and operated Jerry’s Snow Cones Stand at the California Street and Grand Avenue intersection. He was a longtime member of the First Baptist Church.

Survivors include several cousins.

He was preceded in death by his father, Tom Blount on Dec. 23, 1986; mother, Mary Lee Blount on April 28, 1995; and brother, Tom Blount Jr. on March 3, 2000.

Pallbearers include Roy Housewright, Don Hocker, Don Roff and Doug Wade.

Visitation is from 1 to 2 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of one’s choice.

An online registry may be signed at www.geojcarroll.com



MARY LEE ASHFORD

Services for Mary Lee Ashford, 84, of Gainesville are set for 1 p.m. Wednesday at Southside Church of Christ in Mineral Wells, with William Eudy and Harley Tepertiller officiating, and preceded by visitation from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Burial will follow in Woodland Park in Mineral Wells under the direction of the Geo. J. Carrol & Son Funeral Home.

Mrs. Ashford died March 22, 2008, at the Renaissance Care Center.

She was born April 7, 1923, in Trenton to William and Maude Brown Wilson. In March 1941, she married Hollis Ashford in San Antonio. She was a former resident of Mineral Wells, was a member of the Commerce Street Church of Christ and was a member of the Zonta Club, and the Sojourner Group associated with the Sunset School of Preaching in Lubbock. In Mineral Wells, she and her husband ran the True Value Hardware Store. She enjoyed cooking for her family, reading and sewing.

Survivors include her daughters and sons-in-law, Linda and Ben Van Etten of Williamington, N.C., Roseann and Jerry Moore of Gainesville, Lisa and James Baird of Baird; son and daughter-in-law, Tim and Luz Ashford of Houston; 11 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren; and sisters, Sue McCullum and Lora Smith, both of Whitewright, Kathy Jarian of Detroit, Mich., and Barbara Mathis of Sherman.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 64 years, Hollis Ashford on Aug. 30, 2003.

Pallbearers are Chris and John Van Etten, Chris and Kielyn Lewis, Shane Nichols, Shawn Chapman, Dakota Nichols and Bat Masterson.

Visitation will be at the Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday.

An online registry may be signed at www.geojcarroll.com