Wise County, TX - Obits:  J.A. 'Whitey' Vess - 1925-2000
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                      Sunday, May 21, 2000

                       J.A. 'Whitey' Vess
                         1925-2000

Graveside service for J.A. "Whitey" Vess, 74, of Boyd was Tuesday, May 
23, at Boyd Cemetery. Doyle Slimp presided. Vess died May 21, 2000, in 
Fort Worth.
 
Born May 29, 1925, in Boyd, Vess was a lifetime resident of Boyd and a 
farmer. He was a member of the Pleasant Grove #2 Baptist Church and was
preceded in death by his wife, Mildred, in 1992 and a child, Betty 
Winder.

Survivors include nine sons, James, Darryl, Dean, Jerry, Royce, Ronald
and Gordon Vess, and Don and Robert Walker; a daughter, Laverne Minton;
three sisters, Ethel Duke, Helen Baker and Dorothy McDaniel; 33 
grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers were James, Jerry, Darryl, Royce, Dean, Ronald and Gordon 
Vess.