Alfred William Walker died on April 8, 2020. He was born December 14, 1925, in Childress, Texas, and grew up in Spur, Texas. He attended NTAC before enlisting in the Army Air Corp during World War II. He graduated from Baylor University and Baylor Law School.
Graveside services for Bernice Ray Goodall, 89, were held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 28, at the Girard Cemetery in Kent County. A memorial service will be planned for a later date.
Patsy Williams Hagar, age 80, passed away March 18, 2020, in Centerville, Tennessee. She was born December 29, 1939, in Spur. Texas to dad B. T. Williams, and mother and step-dad LaVera and Delton Roberts.
Thelma Wyatt, 87, of Spur, Texas, and Kingsport, Tennessee, died Sunday morning, March, 15, 2020 , after rapid onset of dementia/Alzheimer’s. She was the daughter of Bessie Leedy and Earl Cardwell, both descendants of early Kingsport families; but now, most of Thelma’s generation of Leedys and Cardwells also have vanished from the scene.
Norman Earl Hahn, one of the last “white hat cowboys,” did not die with his boots on, but passed quietly in his own bed on March 4,2020. Elwanda O’Keefe Hahn, his spouse of almost 7o years, was by his side. Norman died where he lived for most of his life, in Jayton, Texas. He was 88.
A Celebration of Life will be held for Peggy Jolene Waddell on Saturday, March 14, 2020, at the Community Bible Chapel at 2:00 p.m. Peggy passed away on March 8, 2020, in Lubbock, Texas. She was born in Dickens County to Joe Martin Kidd and Pauline Ann [Turner] Kidd, on August 2o, 1932. She attended school at Dry Lake and Spur High School. She married her high school sweetheart, Reuben Darrell Waddell, on May 6, 1948, in Spur. After his enlistment in the army they made their home in Dickens County to pursue his passion of farming.
Bug Moore passed away peacefully in his sleep on March 7, 2020, at the age of 67. Born October 8,1952, Bug was a Spur graduate class of 1971. He was a lifelong cowboy, welder and fence builder.