McLennan Co. TX - Obits from October 1979

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Waco Tribune Herald
October 7, 1979
Sunday

JAMES S. GUNN

James S. Gunn, 54, of Charleston, S.C., formerly of Cameron, died Wednesday
in a Charleston hospital.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. today in First Methodist Church of Mexia,
the Rev. J.W. Sellers and the Rev. Bill Fisher officiating.  Burial will be
in Mexia City Cemetery.
Mr. Gunn was born in Cameron June 29, 1925.
He was employed as a laboratory technician for Brown hospital in Mexia,
Richie Clinic in Rockdale, and a Newton Clinic in Cameron.  He was a
Methodist.
He was a former district commissioner for the Boy Scouts.  He was a World
War II Navy veteran and a Vietnam veteran, serving as a hospital master
chief.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Dorothy Helen Gunn of College Station; two
sons, Capt. Tony Gunn of Ellsworth Air Force Base in Rapid City, S. D., and
Jimmie Gunn of College Station; a daughter, Mrs. Susan Wise of Misawa AFB in
Japan, his mother, Mrs. M.L. Gunn of Cameron, and two grandchildren.

MRS. LOUISE M. PEER

Mrs. Louise M. Peer, 56, of Farrar community near Dome died Saturday morning
in a Groesbeck nursing home.
Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in New Hope Cemetery in New
Hope, the Rev, Byron Harris officiating.
Mrs. Peer was born in Morgan City, La., on July 5, 1913.  She was a former
resident of Houston and a retired druggist for M&M Drug Co. of Houston.
She was a Baptist.
Survivors include her husband, Paul Peer of Houston, four brothers, C.J.
Clements of New York, W.J. Clements of Houston, Claiborne Clements of the
Farrar Community and Jim Clements of Anaheim, Calif., and a sister, Mrs.
Beatrice Lowther of Houston.


MRS. IRMADINE WELLS

Mrs. Irmadine Wells, 76, of Hubbard died Friday morning in a San Angelo
nursing home.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Eubanks Funeral Home chapel in Hubbard,
the Rev. Bert Billis officiating. Burial will be at Dawson cemetery.
She was a retired telephone operator.
Survivors include two sons, Raymon D. Wells of DeSoto and Weldon E. Wells of
San Angelo; a sister, Mrs. Alta Barron of Dawson; six grandchildren; four
great-grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.


MRS. JOE BARTON

Mrs. Joe C. (Bernice) Barton, 64, of Gatesville, a retired licensed
vocational nurse at Coryell Memorial Hospital, died Friday in a Temple
hospital.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Scott's Funeral Home Chapel, the Rev.
Joe Broadway and the Rev. Ken Hall officiating.  Burial will be in Restland
Cemetery.
Mrs. Barton was born in Commanche County and moved to Coryell County at an
early age.  She married Joe C. Barton Sr. in 1934.  She was a charter member
of Eastwood Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband; two daughters, Mrs. James (Virginia) Curry of
Gatesville and Miss Joy Barton of Austin; a son, Joe C. Barton Jr. of
Gatesville; four sisters, Mrs. Floyd (Mattie) Martin of Branch, Ark., Mrs.
V.C. (Tennie) Barton of Gatesville, Mrs. S.P. (Clara) Batley of Cash and
Mrs. A.W. (Dollie) Stephens of California; two brothers, Jack Moore of
Helena, Ark., and W. M. (Buddy) Moore of Gatesville; and three
grandchildren.