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Thelma Chandler
Thelma Chandler
October 5, 1913 – April 19, 2016
AUSTIN – Thelma Chandler, 102, passed away April 19, 2016 in Austin, TX.
The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. April 27 at The White Family Funeral Home.
A graveside service will be at 11 a.m. April 28 at Brushy Cemetery with a celebration of her life to follow at 2 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Bowie with the Rev. Dick Hennings officiating.
Thelma was born Oct. 5, 1913 in the Bird Hollow Community of Montague County. She graduated from Bowie High School in 1931. At the time of her death she was the oldest living graduate of BHS.
Thelma was married to Ernest Chandler in 1935 and they were married for more than 50 years before his death in 1988.
She had been a member of the First Baptist Church of Bowie since 1935. Thelma taught five-year-old Sunday school there for 32 years. She was a member of the Grace Sunday School class and was very active in the Women Missionary Union for 64 years. Thelma was Bowie Pioneer Queen in 1999.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Ernest Chandler; son, Donald Ernest Chandler; parents, Charles Green Garrett and Vennie Gambrell Garrett; and seven brothers, Vernoy Garrett, Claude Garrett, Orie Garrett, Luther Garrett, Glen Garrett, Olan Garrett and Curtis Garrett.
Thelma is survived by her daughter, Judy Chandler Murff and husband Stan; granddaughter, Stephanie Murff Luck and husband Larry; step-great-grandchildren, Christopher Luck and Amanda Luck; grandson, Steven Murff and wife Samantha; great grandchildren, Benjamin Garrett Murff and Cora Alice; sister-in-law, Alene Garrett; and many nieces, nephews, great nieces and nephews, and great-great nieces and nephews.
Should friends desire, donations may be made to Heart-to-Heart Hospice or a charity of choice.
Condolences may be made at www.thewhitefamilyfuneralhome.com.
Arrangements have been entrusted to The White Family Funeral Home of Bowie.
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Do you think a stone you picked up could be an Indian artifact?
Tales ‘N’ Trails Museum will host “What’s Your Point,” an informational event from 1-3 p.m. on March 9 to have your items reviewed by Dr. Sergio Ayala, PhD of the Gault School of Archeological Research. Cost is $10 per person and museum members are free.
Also bring in any metal artifacts found around Spanish Fort that might have been of European origin. Museum Curator Nellann McBroom said if you cannot attend bring you artifacts and leave them, then pick them up on Monday. Call the museum at 825-5330 with questions.
Oct. 7 is the last day to register to vote in the Nov. 5 general election.
Voters also should double check their voter registration to make sure all the information is up-to-date. Go to votetexas.gov on the Texas Secretary of State’s website to make any address changes.
Registering to vote in Texas is easy, simply complete a voter registration application on the SOS website and return it to your county election office at least 30 days before the upcoming election date.
Fill in the required information, print and sign the complete application. At this late date it may be best to deliver the registration form in person to the election office in the courthouse annex at Montague.
Any additional information on voter registration can be seen on the county website at co.montague.tx.us, click on elections. Direct any questions to the office at 894-2540.
Marty Hilton and his crew with City of Saint Jo Public Works pulled an all nighter repairing an eight-inch water main break along U.S. 82 and Boggess Street. The break was reported around noon on Wednesday. City officials said one of the hardest parts was digging on U.S. 82 and when large trucks would go by the vibrations kept making the walls fall down causing them to be dug out again. The repair was completed at 10:30 a.m. Thursday and the water turned back on. The city is under a boil order until the water tests are complete, which can’t happen until Monday when the lab reopens. (Courtesy photo)
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