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   Bernice Marie Almond
   LLANO Bernice Marie Almond, 84, of Llano died Tuesday, June 5, 2001,
   at Hill Country Healthcare Center in Llano.
   She was born Sept. 6, 1916, in Santa Anna to William Jephthah Coppin
   and Bertha Mae Verner. The family moved several times before they
   settled in Fort Stockton where Bernice went to high school. While in
   school, she met the man who was to become her husband for 59 years,
   Malcolm W. Almond Jr. They married June 24, 1937, in Fort Stockton
   where they lived and raised their family. While in Fort Stockton,
   Bernice taught school, worked as a telephone operator, a sales clerk
   in Winklers Department Store, a secretary in the extension office and
   was active in the Eastern Star. In 1969, the Almonds moved to Ruidoso,
   N.M., and she worked for an electric company. Ruidoso was their home
   for over 20 years before moving to Llano in 1990. Always active church
   members, they joined the First Christian Church in Llano. Bernice
   worked outside the home from time to time, but loved being a housewife
   more than anything. She loved to crochet and made many beautiful
   afghans, which she gave to her children, grandchildren and friends as
   well as sent many to nursing homes. She was also a former member of
   the Business and Professional Womens Club.
   She was preceded in death by her parents, Will and Bertha Coppin;
   husband, Malcolm W. Almond Jr. Oct. 17, 1976; a sister, Greta Gay
   Hinkle; two brothers, Verner and Roland Coppin; two grandsons, Billy
   Bob Cleveland Jr. and Casey Craig Cleveland; and three
   great-grandchildren, A.J. Cleveland, T.J. Murdick and Joy Lee Murdick.
   Survivors include her two daughters, Judy Cleveland and husband Billy
   Bob of Joshua and Dorothy Tribble and husband Rodney of Arlington; a
   son, Bill Almond and wife Phyllis of Llano; three sisters, Wilma Busby
   of Roswell, N.M., Mary Gregg and husband James of San Angelo and
   Myrtle Ruth Steger and husband Neiland of Borger; a sister-in-law,
   Anne Clary of Mission Viejo, Calif.; a brother-in-law, John Almond and
   wife Pat of Carlisle, Ark.; grandchildren, Joannie and husband Russ
   Brand of Joshua, Todd Cleveland of Arlington, Colt Cleveland of Lipan,
   Derek Almond of Norfolk, Va., Brett Almond of Cleburne, Shanda Spencer
   and husband Cliff of Spring, David Flood and wife Gayla of Arlington
   and Keri Murphy and husband Brian of Arlington; stepgrandson, Sean
   Tribble of Arlington; and great-grandchildren, Summer Maxwell, Denny
   Baggett, Garrett and Taylor Murdick, all of Joshua, C.J. Cleveland of
   Cisco, Colton and Riggin Cleveland of Godley, Ashe Cleveland of
   Arlington and Cody Flood of Arlington. She is also survived by many
   nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
   Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 9, 2001, at the
   Waldrope-Hatfield-Hawthorne Funeral Home Chapel in Llano with the Rev.
   Randall Rogers officiating. Burial will be at the Llano City Cemetery
   in Llano.
   Pallbearers will be David Flood, Sean Tribble, Brett Almond, Colt
   Cleveland, Todd Cleveland, Russell Brand, Brian Murphy and Cliff
   Spencer.
   In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Christian Church of
                       Llano or a charity of choice.
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