GILMER - Services for Cynthia Faye Lindsey, 87, will be 2 p.m. Monday, July 16, 2007, at First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Ken Calhoun and Larry W. Osborne officiating. Burial will be in City Cemetery.
Born on October 20, 1919, in Omaha, Texas, to William O. Davis, a banker, and Alice Riddle Davis, a homemaker, she graduated from East Texas State University in 1941. She came to Upshur County to teach at Mings Chapel School.
The day she joined First United Methodist Church in Gilmer, she met a young attorney, Looney Lindsey. They became good friends, and he left for the Army in February of 1942. When he finished Officer's Training School in August of that year, they were married. They lived at numerous Army posts until he was sent overseas in October of 1944.
Mrs. Lindsey taught wherever her husband was stationed, as teachers were scarce. She eventually returned to Gilmer and for the next 18 years taught English at East Mountain and Union Grove high schools.
After completing her master's degree and counseling certification, she came to Gilmer High School and organized a guidance department. She remained as a counselor in Gilmer High School until she retired after 40 years of teaching. In the meantime, they had two children, a son, Robert "Bob, " and a daughter, Mary Alice. Her husband worked as an attorney, Upshur County Attorney, and Judge of the 115th Judicial District of Texas. Until shortly before his death, he continued to serve parttime in the Dallas Courts.
During her time of teaching and rearing a family, Mrs. Lindsey was involved in many extra activities that included the following: working in her church as a Sunday school teacher; youth choir director, United Methodist Women; Upshur County Hospital Auxiliary, with 15,000 volunteer hours that included leading the drive to furnish the rooms in the new hospital; 50-year member of Delta Kappa Gamma Society, Past Worthy Matron of Order of the Eastern Star No. 335; charter member, American School Counselors' Association; past president, Texas School Counselors' Association; Texas State Teachers Association and now the Retired Upshur County School Employees; board member, Texas Association of Hospital Auxiliaries; board member, Baylor Medical Center at Gilmer; committee member, East Texas Council of Governments; VFW Auxiliary; Upshur County chairman Texas Sesquicentennial Committee; and various others.
Having her community's interest at the forefront, Mrs. Lindsey was active in getting the Vocational School built in Gilmer. This was the first such school in Texas. She worked with Governor John Connally in obtaining the funding and getting the school built. When a need came for a new hospital in Gilmer, Mrs. Lindsey was active in getting one off the ground and getting doctors to staff the hospital.
Travel was an important part of the life of the Lindsey family. They traveled to many parts of the world and continued to entertain friends they met on their travels for many years.
Published in the Longview News-Journal on 7/15/2007.
Born on October 20, 1919, in Omaha, Texas, to William O. Davis, a banker, and Alice Riddle Davis, a homemaker, she graduated from East Texas State University in 1941. She came to Upshur County to teach at Mings Chapel School.
The day she joined First United Methodist Church in Gilmer, she met a young attorney, Looney Lindsey. They became good friends, and he left for the Army in February of 1942. When he finished Officer's Training School in August of that year, they were married. They lived at numerous Army posts until he was sent overseas in October of 1944.
Mrs. Lindsey taught wherever her husband was stationed, as teachers were scarce. She eventually returned to Gilmer and for the next 18 years taught English at East Mountain and Union Grove high schools.
After completing her master's degree and counseling certification, she came to Gilmer High School and organized a guidance department. She remained as a counselor in Gilmer High School until she retired after 40 years of teaching. In the meantime, they had two children, a son, Robert "Bob, " and a daughter, Mary Alice. Her husband worked as an attorney, Upshur County Attorney, and Judge of the 115th Judicial District of Texas. Until shortly before his death, he continued to serve parttime in the Dallas Courts.
During her time of teaching and rearing a family, Mrs. Lindsey was involved in many extra activities that included the following: working in her church as a Sunday school teacher; youth choir director, United Methodist Women; Upshur County Hospital Auxiliary, with 15,000 volunteer hours that included leading the drive to furnish the rooms in the new hospital; 50-year member of Delta Kappa Gamma Society, Past Worthy Matron of Order of the Eastern Star No. 335; charter member, American School Counselors' Association; past president, Texas School Counselors' Association; Texas State Teachers Association and now the Retired Upshur County School Employees; board member, Texas Association of Hospital Auxiliaries; board member, Baylor Medical Center at Gilmer; committee member, East Texas Council of Governments; VFW Auxiliary; Upshur County chairman Texas Sesquicentennial Committee; and various others.
Having her community's interest at the forefront, Mrs. Lindsey was active in getting the Vocational School built in Gilmer. This was the first such school in Texas. She worked with Governor John Connally in obtaining the funding and getting the school built. When a need came for a new hospital in Gilmer, Mrs. Lindsey was active in getting one off the ground and getting doctors to staff the hospital.
Travel was an important part of the life of the Lindsey family. They traveled to many parts of the world and continued to entertain friends they met on their travels for many years.
Published in the Longview News-Journal on 7/15/2007.
GILMER - Services for Cynthia Faye Lindsey, 87, will be 2 p.m. Monday, July 16, 2007, at First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Ken Calhoun and Larry W. Osborne officiating. Burial will be in City Cemetery.
Born on October 20, 1919, in Omaha, Texas, to William O. Davis, a banker, and Alice Riddle Davis, a homemaker, she graduated from East Texas State University in 1941. She came to Upshur County to teach at Mings Chapel School.
The day she joined First United Methodist Church in Gilmer, she met a young attorney, Looney Lindsey. They became good friends, and he left for the Army in February of 1942. When he finished Officer's Training School in August of that year, they were married. They lived at numerous Army posts until he was sent overseas in October of 1944.
Mrs. Lindsey taught wherever her husband was stationed, as teachers were scarce. She eventually returned to Gilmer and for the next 18 years taught English at East Mountain and Union Grove high schools.
After completing her master's degree and counseling certification, she came to Gilmer High School and organized a guidance department. She remained as a counselor in Gilmer High School until she retired after 40 years of teaching. In the meantime, they had two children, a son, Robert "Bob, " and a daughter, Mary Alice. Her husband worked as an attorney, Upshur County Attorney, and Judge of the 115th Judicial District of Texas. Until shortly before his death, he continued to serve parttime in the Dallas Courts.
During her time of teaching and rearing a family, Mrs. Lindsey was involved in many extra activities that included the following: working in her church as a Sunday school teacher; youth choir director, United Methodist Women; Upshur County Hospital Auxiliary, with 15,000 volunteer hours that included leading the drive to furnish the rooms in the new hospital; 50-year member of Delta Kappa Gamma Society, Past Worthy Matron of Order of the Eastern Star No. 335; charter member, American School Counselors' Association; past president, Texas School Counselors' Association; Texas State Teachers Association and now the Retired Upshur County School Employees; board member, Texas Association of Hospital Auxiliaries; board member, Baylor Medical Center at Gilmer; committee member, East Texas Council of Governments; VFW Auxiliary; Upshur County chairman Texas Sesquicentennial Committee; and various others.
Having her community's interest at the forefront, Mrs. Lindsey was active in getting the Vocational School built in Gilmer. This was the first such school in Texas. She worked with Governor John Connally in obtaining the funding and getting the school built. When a need came for a new hospital in Gilmer, Mrs. Lindsey was active in getting one off the ground and getting doctors to staff the hospital.
Travel was an important part of the life of the Lindsey family. They traveled to many parts of the world and continued to entertain friends they met on their travels for many years.
Published in the Longview News-Journal on 7/15/2007.
Born on October 20, 1919, in Omaha, Texas, to William O. Davis, a banker, and Alice Riddle Davis, a homemaker, she graduated from East Texas State University in 1941. She came to Upshur County to teach at Mings Chapel School.
The day she joined First United Methodist Church in Gilmer, she met a young attorney, Looney Lindsey. They became good friends, and he left for the Army in February of 1942. When he finished Officer's Training School in August of that year, they were married. They lived at numerous Army posts until he was sent overseas in October of 1944.
Mrs. Lindsey taught wherever her husband was stationed, as teachers were scarce. She eventually returned to Gilmer and for the next 18 years taught English at East Mountain and Union Grove high schools.
After completing her master's degree and counseling certification, she came to Gilmer High School and organized a guidance department. She remained as a counselor in Gilmer High School until she retired after 40 years of teaching. In the meantime, they had two children, a son, Robert "Bob, " and a daughter, Mary Alice. Her husband worked as an attorney, Upshur County Attorney, and Judge of the 115th Judicial District of Texas. Until shortly before his death, he continued to serve parttime in the Dallas Courts.
During her time of teaching and rearing a family, Mrs. Lindsey was involved in many extra activities that included the following: working in her church as a Sunday school teacher; youth choir director, United Methodist Women; Upshur County Hospital Auxiliary, with 15,000 volunteer hours that included leading the drive to furnish the rooms in the new hospital; 50-year member of Delta Kappa Gamma Society, Past Worthy Matron of Order of the Eastern Star No. 335; charter member, American School Counselors' Association; past president, Texas School Counselors' Association; Texas State Teachers Association and now the Retired Upshur County School Employees; board member, Texas Association of Hospital Auxiliaries; board member, Baylor Medical Center at Gilmer; committee member, East Texas Council of Governments; VFW Auxiliary; Upshur County chairman Texas Sesquicentennial Committee; and various others.
Having her community's interest at the forefront, Mrs. Lindsey was active in getting the Vocational School built in Gilmer. This was the first such school in Texas. She worked with Governor John Connally in obtaining the funding and getting the school built. When a need came for a new hospital in Gilmer, Mrs. Lindsey was active in getting one off the ground and getting doctors to staff the hospital.
Travel was an important part of the life of the Lindsey family. They traveled to many parts of the world and continued to entertain friends they met on their travels for many years.
Published in the Longview News-Journal on 7/15/2007.
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