Mexia Daily News - Jan. 6, 2005 edition

Lester Ransom

FAIRFIELD - Funeral services for Lester Ransom, 94, of Fairfield, will be
conducted Saturday at noon in Fairfield Baptist Church, 326 Huckaby Street. The
Rev. A.L. Thibodeaux, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in Fairfield
Baptist Cemetery, under direction of Moore's Angelic Funeral Home of Teague.

Visitation and prayer service with family are scheduled for Friday night from 7
until 9 o'clock in Fairfield Baptist Church.

Mr. Ransom, who died Jan. 1 in Corsicana, was born Aug. 13, 1910, in Freestone
County. He had been a maintenance worker for Stroud Ford Company of Fairfield,
and also was owner/operator of Ransom's Gas Station.

Mr. Ransom was a member of Fairfield Baptist Church.

Surviving are four sons, James L. Ransom of Fairfield, Kinsley Stradford of
Fort Worth, Randolph Stradford of Garland, and Boyd Stradford of Dallas; six
daughters, Eula Mae Hatcher of Fairfield, Pearl Jesse of Fort Worth, Modine
Betts, Willie Jean Crawford, Yvonne Gibson and Joyce Polk, all of Dallas; many
grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren; and
many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Pallbearers are Ronnie Ransom, Joey Ransom, Walter Ray Ransom, Fred Anderson,
James Johnson and John Mims.