Obituaries — July 16, 2008

July 16, 2008 10:29 am

— EFFIE BORDEN
Effie Borden, 91, died Monday, July 14, 2008.
She was born April 10, 1917 in Mansfield. She spent her childhood in Gracemont, Okla. When she was 18, she married Ralph E. Borden. Ralph and Effie farmed the land. When Effie was 43, she lost her husband, Ralph. Effie remained in Gracemont for a few years then she and her children moved to St. Paul, Ore. After all of her children were grown she moved to Sweet Home, Ore., with her oldest daughter, Avis. Effie lived the remainder of her life with her daughter Avis, intermittently staying with her other children in the Saint Jo area in Texas and in Scotts Mills/Salem, Ore.
Effie was a longtime member of the Church of Christ of Sweet Home, Ore. She enjoyed reading her Bible and doing Bible lessons, flowers, quilting and putting puzzles together.
She was preceded by her son, James Borden about 5 years ago; mother and father, George and Martha Elrod; three sisters and three brothers.
She is survived by her daughter-in-law, Janice Borden of Sweet Home, Ore.; daughters and sons-in-law, Avis Kittson of Sweet Home, Ore., Betty and Tom Kneeland of Scotts Mills, Ore., and Judy and Jim Frymire of Salem, Ore.; sons and daughters-in-law, Ralph and Linda Borden of Saint Jo and David and Ginger Borden of Gainesville; many grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and brother, Claude Elrod of Maderia, Calif.
Graveside services for Effie are scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday in Gracemont Cemetery in Gracemont, Okla. C.Ee Cole will officiate and services are directed by McCoy Funeral Home of Saint Jo.

FAY KATHLEEN COOKE
Graveside services for Fay Kathleen Cooke, 84, are scheduled for Thursday, 11 a.m. at Mountain Park Cemetery in Saint Jo, Texas. Arrangements are under the direction of the McCoy Funeral Home of Gainesville
Mrs. Cooke died July 14, 2008, at her home in Fort Worth.
She was born to David Paul Bunnell and Callie Bertha Lawcer on May 7, 1924, in Valley View. She spent most of her life as an accountant.
Survivors are five nephews, Les Pace, Paul Pace, Conrad Bunnell, Kent Bunnell, Larry Casey; and one niece, Bonnie Sue.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Edward Cooke

CLARA MARIE EVANS
Clara Marie Evans, 89, died Tuesday, July 15, 2008, in Pilot Point.
She was born on Nov. 24, 1918, to Frank and Mary Haverkamp Hess in Muenster. She married Frank Evans on Sept. 4, 1940, in Muenster. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Pilot Point.
Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Thomas Church. Rosary will be said at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Huff/Slay Funeral Home in Pilot Point. Burial will be at St. Thomas Cemetery in Pilot Point.
Ms. Evans is survived by sons, Virgil, Alvin, and Edgar Evans, all of Pilot Point; daughters, Maurine Gross of Howe and Carol Coffey of Pilot Point; 16 grandchildren; and 25 great-grandchildren.
She was preceeded in death by her husband; and son, Edwin Evans.
Services are under the direction of Terri Slay and staff at Huff/Slay Funeral Home in Pilot Point.

BILL “SHORTY” EDDOWES
Services for Bill “Shorty” Eddowes, 78, of Gainesville are set for 10 a.m. Friday at the Thackerville Church in Thackerville, Okla., with Rev. Mike Sampson of the Thackerville Church officiating. Burial will follow in the Fairview Cemetery under the direction of the Clement-Keel Funeral Home of Gainesville.
Mr. Eddowes died July 12, 2008, at North Texas Medical Center in Gainesville.
He was born Sept. 12, 1929, in Keller to Franklin and Martha (Crisp) Eddowes. On Oct. 15, 1977, he married Melinda McKinney in Gainesville. He was a member of Thackerville Church of Thackerville, Okla., and a retired ranch hand.
Survivors include his wife, Melinda Eddowes of Gainesville; sons and daughters-in-law, Joe and Erika Dugger of Clarksville, Tenn., and Thomas Carl and Elisha Eddowes of Gainesville; daughters and sons-in-law, Tonya and Chris Hess of Muenster, and Tara and Troy Berres of Muenster; seven grandchildren; and sister, Virginia Ann Booker of Gainesville.
He was preceded in death by his parents; son, Frank Eddowes; brother, Carl Eddowes; and sisters, Nora Eddowes, Louise Eddowes and Johnnie Melton.
Pallbearers are John Murphy, Gene Murphy, Danny Murphy, David Eddowes, John Moore, and Tom Emberton.
Visitation will be at the Clement-Keel Funeral Home from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday.