Gathalee (Bagwell) Stephens
Community Memorial Funeral Home
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Abilene, Texas - Gathalee (Bagwell) Stephens, 80, of Abilene, died Sunday, December 9, 2007, in a local hospital.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, December 12, at Bradshaw Cemetery with Pastor Randy Estes officiating, under the direction of Community Memorial Funeral Home, 1443 N. 2nd St. Visitation will be Tuesday, December 11, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home.
Gathalee was born in Bradshaw, Texas, on August 26, 1927, to Larken M. and Lavada E. Bagwell. She moved to Abilene from Garden City in 1956. She attended Victory Baptist Church and over the years had worked for Tip-Top Foods, Sunbeam Cookie Co. and AISD. She married George Stephens in Abilene on September 14, 1942. They shared 61 years of marriage before his death in 2004.
She is survived by: a son, George Wayne Stephens and his wife, Barbara, of Abilene; two daughters, Laverne McCutchen and her husband, Alvah D., and Carolyn Stephens, both of Abilene; eight grandchildren; 27 great grandchildren and six great-great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; one brother; seven sisters and three half-sisters.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to Meals on Wheels, 717 No. 10th St., Abilene, TX 79601.
Community Memorial Funeral Home
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Abilene, Texas - Gathalee (Bagwell) Stephens, 80, of Abilene, died Sunday, December 9, 2007, in a local hospital.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, December 12, at Bradshaw Cemetery with Pastor Randy Estes officiating, under the direction of Community Memorial Funeral Home, 1443 N. 2nd St. Visitation will be Tuesday, December 11, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home.
Gathalee was born in Bradshaw, Texas, on August 26, 1927, to Larken M. and Lavada E. Bagwell. She moved to Abilene from Garden City in 1956. She attended Victory Baptist Church and over the years had worked for Tip-Top Foods, Sunbeam Cookie Co. and AISD. She married George Stephens in Abilene on September 14, 1942. They shared 61 years of marriage before his death in 2004.
She is survived by: a son, George Wayne Stephens and his wife, Barbara, of Abilene; two daughters, Laverne McCutchen and her husband, Alvah D., and Carolyn Stephens, both of Abilene; eight grandchildren; 27 great grandchildren and six great-great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; one brother; seven sisters and three half-sisters.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to Meals on Wheels, 717 No. 10th St., Abilene, TX 79601.
Gathalee (Bagwell) Stephens
Community Memorial Funeral Home
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Abilene, Texas - Gathalee (Bagwell) Stephens, 80, of Abilene, died Sunday, December 9, 2007, in a local hospital.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, December 12, at Bradshaw Cemetery with Pastor Randy Estes officiating, under the direction of Community Memorial Funeral Home, 1443 N. 2nd St. Visitation will be Tuesday, December 11, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home.
Gathalee was born in Bradshaw, Texas, on August 26, 1927, to Larken M. and Lavada E. Bagwell. She moved to Abilene from Garden City in 1956. She attended Victory Baptist Church and over the years had worked for Tip-Top Foods, Sunbeam Cookie Co. and AISD. She married George Stephens in Abilene on September 14, 1942. They shared 61 years of marriage before his death in 2004.
She is survived by: a son, George Wayne Stephens and his wife, Barbara, of Abilene; two daughters, Laverne McCutchen and her husband, Alvah D., and Carolyn Stephens, both of Abilene; eight grandchildren; 27 great grandchildren and six great-great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; one brother; seven sisters and three half-sisters.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to Meals on Wheels, 717 No. 10th St., Abilene, TX 79601.
Community Memorial Funeral Home
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Abilene, Texas - Gathalee (Bagwell) Stephens, 80, of Abilene, died Sunday, December 9, 2007, in a local hospital.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, December 12, at Bradshaw Cemetery with Pastor Randy Estes officiating, under the direction of Community Memorial Funeral Home, 1443 N. 2nd St. Visitation will be Tuesday, December 11, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home.
Gathalee was born in Bradshaw, Texas, on August 26, 1927, to Larken M. and Lavada E. Bagwell. She moved to Abilene from Garden City in 1956. She attended Victory Baptist Church and over the years had worked for Tip-Top Foods, Sunbeam Cookie Co. and AISD. She married George Stephens in Abilene on September 14, 1942. They shared 61 years of marriage before his death in 2004.
She is survived by: a son, George Wayne Stephens and his wife, Barbara, of Abilene; two daughters, Laverne McCutchen and her husband, Alvah D., and Carolyn Stephens, both of Abilene; eight grandchildren; 27 great grandchildren and six great-great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; one brother; seven sisters and three half-sisters.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to Meals on Wheels, 717 No. 10th St., Abilene, TX 79601.
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