Jackson County, Texas  - OBITUARIES 2001

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Funeral services for Russell Sterling Whitmire, 93, of Ganado were held
Tuesday, July 3, 2001, at the First United Methodist Church of Ganado 
with the Rev. Glenna Kelley officiating. Interment followed at Ganado 
Cemetery under the direction of Ganado Funeral Home. 

Mr. Whitmire died June 30. Born March 6, 1908, in Ganado to the late 
J.L. and Mabel Heard Whitmire, he was a retired consignee for Magnolia 
Petroleum Company and was a member of First United Methodist Church. 
He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and was a charter member 
of the Ganado Rotary Club. He was honored as “Man of the Year” and also 
received the Paul Harris Fellowship Award for his part in the activities
 of the Ganado Rotary Club. He was recently honored by the Ganado 
American Legion Post as a member for over 50 years and at the 75th 
anniversary of the Victoria College as the only living graduate of 
the class of 1925. He later graduated from the University of Texas 
at Austin in 1929. He and his wife of 62 years Margaret Wilson Whitmire
 of Ganado were married July 5, 1939, in Austin. 

Survivors include his wife; adopted son, Robert C. Kenyan, Del Valley; 
sister, Joe Ann Watson, Austin; and three grandchildren. 

Honorary pallbearers were members of the First United Methodist Church 
Choir, Ganado Rotary Club members, Bob and Frances Hultquist, Jimmie 
and C.W. Silliman, Callaway Vance and Annette Sanford. 

Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church of Ganado. 


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