Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX) - Thursday, February 17, 2005
Rudene Lee Newman Latham
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Rudene Lee Newman Latham, 91, a retired teacher, passed away Friday, Feb. 11, 2005.
Funeral: 10 a.m. Friday at Handley Baptist Church. Burial: 2:30 p.m. Friday in Post Oak Cemetery, Glen Rose. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Arlington Funeral Home.
Memorials: In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to the Texas Wesleyan Library Fund, 1201 Wesleyan St., Fort Worth, Texas 76105; or the Nursery Fund at Handley Baptist Church, 6801 Church St., Fort Worth, Texas 76112.
Rudene Latham was born in Erath County near Stephenville to Walter Lee and Elizabeth Beulah Thomas Newman. She was a descendant of theRabb and Newman families, early settlers who came to Texas with Austin's Old 300. The Newman family farmed in Texas until 1916, when they moved in a covered wagon to southern Colorado. Poor climate for growing cotton and a plague of locusts eating the bean crop drove them back to Texas.
Rudene rode a donkey named Old Ben with her older brother, Cap, to a one-room school. Later, she went to Tarleton Junior College with money her mother had earned by raising turkeys. Upon graduation, she taught for two years with Cap in a two-room schoolhouse.
On May 26, 1935, Rudene married John Robert Latham in Black Stump Valley. The young couple moved to Fort Worth and had three children, Martha Latham Bass, Robert Patrick Latham and Lee Anna Scholl. The family were longtime members of Handley Baptist Church.
In 1955, Rudene graduated from Texas Wesleyan College and began a 19-year teaching career with the Fort Worth public schools. In 1974, she retired from teaching to spend more time with her great passions, piecing quilts and traveling. She and her husband also spent many years caring for the children in the church nursery.
Rudene was an active member of the Trinity Valley Quilters Guild and enjoyed the historical connection of being a member of the Daughters of the Texas Republic. In 2000, she returned to Colorado to be near her daughters in Colorado Springs. She particularly enjoyed watching the dramatic clouds and golden aspen in the mountains.
Rudene was preceded in death by her husband, John Robert Latham; siblings, Lulie Elizabeth "Lubell" Bryan, James Travis Newman, Joseph Hunter Newman and Coleman Conway "Cap" Newman.
Survivors: Her three children; seven grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and numerous other relatives and friends.
Arlington Funeral Home
Rudene Lee Newman Latham
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Rudene Lee Newman Latham, 91, a retired teacher, passed away Friday, Feb. 11, 2005.
Funeral: 10 a.m. Friday at Handley Baptist Church. Burial: 2:30 p.m. Friday in Post Oak Cemetery, Glen Rose. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Arlington Funeral Home.
Memorials: In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to the Texas Wesleyan Library Fund, 1201 Wesleyan St., Fort Worth, Texas 76105; or the Nursery Fund at Handley Baptist Church, 6801 Church St., Fort Worth, Texas 76112.
Rudene Latham was born in Erath County near Stephenville to Walter Lee and Elizabeth Beulah Thomas Newman. She was a descendant of theRabb and Newman families, early settlers who came to Texas with Austin's Old 300. The Newman family farmed in Texas until 1916, when they moved in a covered wagon to southern Colorado. Poor climate for growing cotton and a plague of locusts eating the bean crop drove them back to Texas.
Rudene rode a donkey named Old Ben with her older brother, Cap, to a one-room school. Later, she went to Tarleton Junior College with money her mother had earned by raising turkeys. Upon graduation, she taught for two years with Cap in a two-room schoolhouse.
On May 26, 1935, Rudene married John Robert Latham in Black Stump Valley. The young couple moved to Fort Worth and had three children, Martha Latham Bass, Robert Patrick Latham and Lee Anna Scholl. The family were longtime members of Handley Baptist Church.
In 1955, Rudene graduated from Texas Wesleyan College and began a 19-year teaching career with the Fort Worth public schools. In 1974, she retired from teaching to spend more time with her great passions, piecing quilts and traveling. She and her husband also spent many years caring for the children in the church nursery.
Rudene was an active member of the Trinity Valley Quilters Guild and enjoyed the historical connection of being a member of the Daughters of the Texas Republic. In 2000, she returned to Colorado to be near her daughters in Colorado Springs. She particularly enjoyed watching the dramatic clouds and golden aspen in the mountains.
Rudene was preceded in death by her husband, John Robert Latham; siblings, Lulie Elizabeth "Lubell" Bryan, James Travis Newman, Joseph Hunter Newman and Coleman Conway "Cap" Newman.
Survivors: Her three children; seven grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and numerous other relatives and friends.
Arlington Funeral Home
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX) - Thursday, February 17, 2005
Rudene Lee Newman Latham
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Rudene Lee Newman Latham, 91, a retired teacher, passed away Friday, Feb. 11, 2005.
Funeral: 10 a.m. Friday at Handley Baptist Church. Burial: 2:30 p.m. Friday in Post Oak Cemetery, Glen Rose. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Arlington Funeral Home.
Memorials: In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to the Texas Wesleyan Library Fund, 1201 Wesleyan St., Fort Worth, Texas 76105; or the Nursery Fund at Handley Baptist Church, 6801 Church St., Fort Worth, Texas 76112.
Rudene Latham was born in Erath County near Stephenville to Walter Lee and Elizabeth Beulah Thomas Newman. She was a descendant of theRabb and Newman families, early settlers who came to Texas with Austin's Old 300. The Newman family farmed in Texas until 1916, when they moved in a covered wagon to southern Colorado. Poor climate for growing cotton and a plague of locusts eating the bean crop drove them back to Texas.
Rudene rode a donkey named Old Ben with her older brother, Cap, to a one-room school. Later, she went to Tarleton Junior College with money her mother had earned by raising turkeys. Upon graduation, she taught for two years with Cap in a two-room schoolhouse.
On May 26, 1935, Rudene married John Robert Latham in Black Stump Valley. The young couple moved to Fort Worth and had three children, Martha Latham Bass, Robert Patrick Latham and Lee Anna Scholl. The family were longtime members of Handley Baptist Church.
In 1955, Rudene graduated from Texas Wesleyan College and began a 19-year teaching career with the Fort Worth public schools. In 1974, she retired from teaching to spend more time with her great passions, piecing quilts and traveling. She and her husband also spent many years caring for the children in the church nursery.
Rudene was an active member of the Trinity Valley Quilters Guild and enjoyed the historical connection of being a member of the Daughters of the Texas Republic. In 2000, she returned to Colorado to be near her daughters in Colorado Springs. She particularly enjoyed watching the dramatic clouds and golden aspen in the mountains.
Rudene was preceded in death by her husband, John Robert Latham; siblings, Lulie Elizabeth "Lubell" Bryan, James Travis Newman, Joseph Hunter Newman and Coleman Conway "Cap" Newman.
Survivors: Her three children; seven grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and numerous other relatives and friends.
Arlington Funeral Home
Rudene Lee Newman Latham
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Rudene Lee Newman Latham, 91, a retired teacher, passed away Friday, Feb. 11, 2005.
Funeral: 10 a.m. Friday at Handley Baptist Church. Burial: 2:30 p.m. Friday in Post Oak Cemetery, Glen Rose. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Arlington Funeral Home.
Memorials: In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to the Texas Wesleyan Library Fund, 1201 Wesleyan St., Fort Worth, Texas 76105; or the Nursery Fund at Handley Baptist Church, 6801 Church St., Fort Worth, Texas 76112.
Rudene Latham was born in Erath County near Stephenville to Walter Lee and Elizabeth Beulah Thomas Newman. She was a descendant of theRabb and Newman families, early settlers who came to Texas with Austin's Old 300. The Newman family farmed in Texas until 1916, when they moved in a covered wagon to southern Colorado. Poor climate for growing cotton and a plague of locusts eating the bean crop drove them back to Texas.
Rudene rode a donkey named Old Ben with her older brother, Cap, to a one-room school. Later, she went to Tarleton Junior College with money her mother had earned by raising turkeys. Upon graduation, she taught for two years with Cap in a two-room schoolhouse.
On May 26, 1935, Rudene married John Robert Latham in Black Stump Valley. The young couple moved to Fort Worth and had three children, Martha Latham Bass, Robert Patrick Latham and Lee Anna Scholl. The family were longtime members of Handley Baptist Church.
In 1955, Rudene graduated from Texas Wesleyan College and began a 19-year teaching career with the Fort Worth public schools. In 1974, she retired from teaching to spend more time with her great passions, piecing quilts and traveling. She and her husband also spent many years caring for the children in the church nursery.
Rudene was an active member of the Trinity Valley Quilters Guild and enjoyed the historical connection of being a member of the Daughters of the Texas Republic. In 2000, she returned to Colorado to be near her daughters in Colorado Springs. She particularly enjoyed watching the dramatic clouds and golden aspen in the mountains.
Rudene was preceded in death by her husband, John Robert Latham; siblings, Lulie Elizabeth "Lubell" Bryan, James Travis Newman, Joseph Hunter Newman and Coleman Conway "Cap" Newman.
Survivors: Her three children; seven grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and numerous other relatives and friends.
Arlington Funeral Home
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