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Wilma Josephine “Jo” <I>Wallace</I> Read

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Wilma Josephine “Jo” Wallace Read

Birth
Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas, USA
Death
7 Mar 2000 (aged 93)
Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA
Burial
Ballinger, Runnels County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Jo was born Jan. 5, 1907, in Goldthwaite to Millard F. Wallace and E. Josephine White Wallace. She married Dorsey W. Read in 1927 in Mills County. She attended Southwest Texas State Teachers College, Mary Hardin Baylor in Belton and Sul Ross State University in Alpine and graduated
from Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos. She was a longtime resident of Runnels County and Rowena.

She was a news reporter and worked for the San Angelo Standard-Times until her retirement in 1990. Her interest and curiosity about people and news events continued until the time of her death.
Jo had been a member of the First Baptist Church in Ballinger since 1934. She also was a member of the Shakespeare Study Club that merged into the Woman's Club and served several years as president of the Carnegie Library board of directors in Ballinger.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Dorsey, on Dec. 19, 1957; a son, James Dorsey Read in 1986; and a grandson, Robert Read in October 1989.
Survivors include a son, W. Winfield Read and his wife, Charlene, of Fort Worth; a daughter-in-law, Kay Box Read of Albany, Ga.; two grandsons,Michael Read of Onalaska and Mark Read of Overland Park, Kan.; four granddaughters, Robin Carney of Grand Prairie, Alicia Jones of Scottsdale, Ariz., Karen Lacey of Fort Worth and J'Ann Taylor of Lufkin; and six great-grandchildren.

Jo was born Jan. 5, 1907, in Goldthwaite to Millard F. Wallace and E. Josephine White Wallace. She married Dorsey W. Read in 1927 in Mills County. She attended Southwest Texas State Teachers College, Mary Hardin Baylor in Belton and Sul Ross State University in Alpine and graduated
from Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos. She was a longtime resident of Runnels County and Rowena.

She was a news reporter and worked for the San Angelo Standard-Times until her retirement in 1990. Her interest and curiosity about people and news events continued until the time of her death.
Jo had been a member of the First Baptist Church in Ballinger since 1934. She also was a member of the Shakespeare Study Club that merged into the Woman's Club and served several years as president of the Carnegie Library board of directors in Ballinger.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Dorsey, on Dec. 19, 1957; a son, James Dorsey Read in 1986; and a grandson, Robert Read in October 1989.
Survivors include a son, W. Winfield Read and his wife, Charlene, of Fort Worth; a daughter-in-law, Kay Box Read of Albany, Ga.; two grandsons,Michael Read of Onalaska and Mark Read of Overland Park, Kan.; four granddaughters, Robin Carney of Grand Prairie, Alicia Jones of Scottsdale, Ariz., Karen Lacey of Fort Worth and J'Ann Taylor of Lufkin; and six great-grandchildren.

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