Dateline: October 23, 2008
Viola
Shackelford Bones,
96, died Wednesday, October 15, 2008, in Johnson City.
Services
were held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 18, 2008, in the First United
Methodist Church in Clarendon with Rev. James Ivey Edwards, and Rev. Terry
Lowe, officiating. Burial was held at Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon.
Services were under the arrangement of Robertson Funeral Directors of
Clarendon.
Mrs.
Bones was born February 22, 1912, in Elk City, Okla. to William G. and Eva
Fox Shackelford. She was a 1930 graduate of Claude High School. She
married Homer Bones on September 24, 1933, in Canyon. She had been a
resident of Clarendon since 1932.
She
was employed as a social worker for the State Department of Welfare for 22
years prior to her retirement. She was a member of the 1926 Book Club. She
had been a member of the First United Methodist Church for almost 75 years
this month where she has served as secretary and treasurer for many years.
She was member of the United Methodist Women, and the Harmony
Sunday School Class.
She was preceded in death
by her parents, her husband on August 9, 1995, a brother, and four
sisters.
Survivors include a
daughter, Gayle Price and husband Bill of Marble Falls; a son, Jerry Bones
and wife Theresa of Mesa, Ariz.; five grandchildren, and nine great
grandchildren.
The family
requests memorial contributions be made to the First United Methodist
Church in Clarendon or Citizens Cemetery Association, PO Box 983,
Clarendon, Texas 79226.