AMANDA BEULAH MAGNESS, Obituary, 25 Feb 2001, Coke County, TX

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Submitted by Mary Love Berryman - marylove@tyler.net
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The Observer/Enterprise, 2 Mar 2001, Robert Lee, TX

MAGNESS

Amanda Beulah Magness, 98, of Bronte, died Sunday, February 25, 2001, 
at a San Angelo hospital.

Funeral services were held at 1:30 pm, Tuesday, February 27, 2001, at 
First Baptist Church, Blackwell, Texas, with Brother John Curry
officiating.  Burial followed at Hylton Cemetery under the direction 
of Shaffer Funeral Home of Bronte.

Mrs. Magness was born November 29, 1902, in Cedar Nob, Texas to James 
Elbert Childers and Clercy Lee Pillion.  She was a Member of the 
Methodist Church.  She married James Newton "Jim" Magness, April 28, 
1929 in Drasco.  After their marriage, they made their home in the 
Hylton area as farmers and ranchers.  She was a homemaker, an avid 
cook, a member of the Hylton Home Demonstration Club and the Hylton
Quilting Club for many years, and also enjoyed gardening and preserving
the fruits of her labor.  In later years, she enjoyed watching birds 
and her soap operas.  After her husband's death in 1963, she moved to
Bronte and resided there until her death.

Her daddy was a school teacher, carpenter, fisherman and blacksmith.
They moved many times in her growing up years.  She loved to talk 
about the many places she had lived such as Cedar Nob, Blackwell,
Maryneal, Champion, Shep, Mulberry Canyon, Fort Chadbourne and
Grassburr, and recalled helping her mother care for her younger 
brothers and sisters.

Survivors include two sons, Jessie Magness and wife, Hulene, of
Blackwell; Bill Magness and wife, Hazel of Hylton; one sister, Myrtie
Ware of Abilene; 8 grandchildren, Joe V. Hicks and wife of Burleson;
Gay Kloster of Austin; Lee Magness and wife, Shirley, of Granbury;
Sandra Bushore and husband, Michael, of San Antonio; Jan Magness of
Bronte; Billy Magness and wife, Janet of Blackwell; Marie Wooten and
husband Jim, of Oceanside, CA, and Dean Johnson and wife of Fort Worth;
6 step-grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren; several great-great-
grandchildren and many nieces, and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Jim Magness, her parents, 
James and Lee Childers; 2 sisters, Vera Buchannan and Wilma McDorman,
and 6 brothers, Clifton Crockett, Eldon, Raymond "Slim", Morris, 
Kenneth, and Grady Childers:  1 son, Valton Hicks and 1 step daughter, 
Ruby Johnson.

Pallbearers were Joe V. Hicks, Lee Magness, Billy Magness, Danny 
Magness, Michael Bushore and Jerome Hanna.  Honorary Pallbearers are
Caleb Magness and Mason Magness.

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