Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries


The Teague Chronicle
Feb. 18, 2010 issue

MR. JEWELL EUGENE "MAC" McINTIRE

Funeral services for Mr. J.E. (Mac) McIntire, 92, will be held on Friday, 
February 19, 2010, 10:00 a.m., at Bowers Funeral Home in Teague. Entombment will
follow the services at 3:00 p.m. at Restland Abbey in Dallas, Texas.

Visitation will be held on Thursday with the family present from 6:00 p.m. until 
8:00 p.m. at the funeral home.

Jewell Eugene McIntire was born on October 25, 1917, to Fred and Lucy Montgomery
McIntire in Frisco, Texas, in the house where he grew up. Mac, as he was known
to everyone, served the families of Texas in their hour of need as a licensed 
Mortician for over fifty-six years. He also served his country beginning in 1940
in the United States Navy. He survived the bombardment of Pearl Harbor, T.H. on 
December 7, 1941, while serving on board the USS Dale DD-353. His ship was the 
first destroyer out of the harbor while its sister ship, the USS Monaghan tried 
to ram a miniature submarine within the harbor. His parents were sent a telegram 
stating that he was missing and feared dead. It was over a week before he could 
set the record straight.

After his service he returned to Frisco where he had a laundry business and 
served as chief of the volunteer fire department. He then went into the funeral
business and for twelve years he and his wife owned and operated the Sunray 
Funeral Home and Flower Shop in Sunray, Texas.

Mr. McIntire was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Pearl Harbor 
Survivors Association and the Sunray Lions Club. He was an endowed member and 
affiliated Past Master of Boggy Masonic Lodge #379 in Teague and dual membership
with Lewisville Lodge #201 in Lewisville, Texas. He was also a member of the 
Lewisville Chapter #935 Order of the Eastern Star, and the Scottish Rite. Mac 
received the Golden Trowel award from Boggy Lodge, in part for his untiring work
on the scholarship fund committees in Teague. A former Scout leader, he was a 
member of the Order of the Arrow. Mr. McIntire was a member of Shady Shores
Baptist Church and a former member of Cedar Creek Baptist Church near Teague. 
He passed from this life on February 15, 2010, at his residence in Corinth, 
Texas. Mac was loved by many for his great sense of humor and will be greatly 
missed.

Mr. McIntire was preceded in death by his brothers John Fred and Joe; three 
sisters Elizabeth, Frances and Lucille; and his son Billy Fred McIntire.

Mac is survived by his wife Imogene Gray McIntire whom he married on March 3, 
1960, in Lubbock, Texas; his son Forrest Broom and wife Carrie of Corinth; his
daughter Bonnie McIntire of Indianapolis, Indiana; his son Allen McIntire and 
wife Tracey of Newman, Georgia; five grandchildren Kenny Broom and wife Beth,
Charles Broom and wife Christine, Jennifer Pillans, Noah Pillans and Emily 
McIntire; three great grandchildren Sarah, Levi and Charles Broom; his daughter
from a previous marriage Ginger Bowden and husband Jack and her daughter Jenny
and her three children; his brother Edgar McIntire of San Antonio; his sister
Katy Almon of Frisco; many nieces, nephews and many, many friends.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to the Scottish 
Rite Children's Hospital, 2222 Welborn St., Dallas, Texas 75219 or the VITAS 
Hospice Trust Fund, 5430 NW 33rd Ave., Suite 106, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33309.

Please visit www.bowersfuneralhome.net to sign the memorial guestbook or to 
leave a message for the family. Bowers Funeral Home of Teague was in charge of 
the arrangements.