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Harvey Tarleton Echols

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December 29, 1933 – January 17, 2025
WASHINGTON – Harvey Echols, 91, passed away at home after a long struggle with vascular dementia.
The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. with a viewing at 10 a.m. Jan. 25, 2025 at Mountain View Funeral Home in Lewiston with Pastor Herb Boreson of Gateway Church in Lewiston officiating.
A time of fellowship and refreshments will follow the service. He will also have military honors at the Washington State Department of Veterans Cemetery, Medical Lake, WA at 11 a.m. sharp.
Harvey was born December 1933 to D. Debbs Echols and Effie Mae Taylor Echols in Deleon Texas. The family moved to Forestburg, TX where he attended school until eighth grade. He left home and was working at a bakery at age 13.
In 1952, Harvey joined the Navy and served during the Korean war. He served a short stint on the USS Ashtabula (AO-51), but mainly on the USS Burton Island (AGB-1) as a culinary specialist. He married Reba Clary and they had two daughters, Mickie and Vicki, but their marriage didn’t last long. He has three grandchildren, Charlotte Kelley, Brandi Wiatrek and David Jones and five great grandchildren, Logan Sotello, Crystal Caudill, Abby Jones, Reiley Brumfield and Steely Jones.
After the Navy he went home for a visit and then to California to live with his brother for a couple of years. In 1958, he moved to Moscow and then to Pullman in 1959. He never wanted to go back to Texas. Harvey married Pearl Hall Echols on March 25, 1960. He passed two months shy of his 65th wedding anniversary. They had two daughters, Denise and Deanna. He has six grandchildren, Joshua Flett, Sabrina Swindell, Baltimore Roundtree-Echols, Kristopher and Jackson McAuliffe and Kelsey Feston and five great grandchildren, Milla Flett, Barry King Scroggin, Aurora Fuller, Emilily and Maisie Feston.
Harvey learned many different fields of work after moving to this area. In Moscow, he worked at Commercial Builders laying gas pipeline. He worked for the Pullman school district as a custodian, the Compton Union Building and WSU housing. In 1965, he began working in the WSU Animal Science department as a maintenance mechanic. He was in the farm shop for 35 years until he had to medically retire because of a work injury. Harvey enjoyed fixing and building things. It was really difficult for him after he was injured and no longer able to do it. In the 1960s, he built a cabin cruiser; in the 1970s a knee exercise machine for his wife after knee surgery and a back stretching machine that flipped upside down. He would have been a millionaire had he patented his ideas. He had so many.
In 2003, he moved to Clarkston with Pearl to care for his mother-in-law, and remained there after she passed in 2007. Harvey was a loving husband, father, grandfather and uncle who would do anything to help his family, friends and even strangers out.
He also was a member of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
He was preceded in death by his parents; sisters, Joyce Leeper, Carol Beckner, Sandra Whaley and Hazel Greenwood; his twin brothers, Tommy and Howard, and Jimmie Echols; and his daughter Mickie Morton.
Harvey is survived by his wife Pearl; his children, Vicki Sorrell (TX), Denise Echols (WA) and Deanna McAuliffe (WA); his siblings, Laveta Mills (LA) and Elvin Echols (TX); and all his grandchildren and great grandchildren.
The family would like to express their sincere appreciation to the Asotin County Fire/EMTs in Clarkston Heights and Elite Home Health & Hospice for the professional care and love the staff has shown Harvey during his final days.
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Christopher Jay Anderson

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June 18, 1982 – April 8, 2026.
BOWIE – Christopher Jay Anderson, 43, died on April 8, 2026.
A memorial service will take place at 2 p.m. on April 26 at the Selma Park pavilion.
He was born in Henrietta on June 18, 1982 and grew up in Wichita Falls where he graduated from the old Wichita Falls High School. He spent the majority of his working years in manufacturing at WL Plastics. He worked as a hospitality aide at Advanced Rehab in Wichita Falls. He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles in Wichita Falls.
He is preceded in death by his dad, Arthur Hudgins.
He is survived by his wife, Shae Anderson; daughter, Aubrey Anderson; sisters, Misti Jensen and Brandi Hudgins; brother, Daniel Wilkinson; mom, Janet; stepdad and many other aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews.

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Kenneth Lee King

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June 25, 1951 – March 29, 2026
BOWIE – Kenneth Lee King, 74, passed away in Bridgeport on March 29, 2026.
He was born on June 25, 1951 in El Paso to Leonard King and Marietta Arms. Kenneth graduated from Austin High School in El Paso. Kenneth started his career serving as a police officer and then detective in El Paso. After nine years on the police force, he moved into the position of Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission agent. He also worked as a security professional, car salesman and a realtor in later years.
He was an avid reader and a man of faith who loved the Lord. He is remembered as generous and kind, making recompense for past wrongs and seeking unity where possible. He attended First Baptist Church Bowie. He was truly a child of God welcomed home with “well done, good and faithful servant.”
Those left behind to cherish his memory are his daughter, Kelley Schmidt, Sanger; two sons, Kenny King and wife Anna, Kerrville and Jeremy King, Justin; the mother of his children, Gail English, Justin; two sisters, Susan McCall, El Paso and Michelle Pool, Centerton, AR; one brother, Leonard King, Bedford and two grandchildren, Guenther Schmidt, Sanger and Dillon King, Justin.
Please share your memories or condolences with the King family in the online guestbook www.cokerfuneralhome.com
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Margaret Ann Moore Hunt

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November 20, 1945 – April 14, 2026
ALVORD – Margaret Ann Moore Hunt, 80, went home to be with the Lord on April 14, 2026.
The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. on April 16 at the White Family Funeral Home in Bowie.
A funeral service will take place at 10 a.m. on April 17 at the White Family Funeral Home with Pastor Gregg Shaw officiating. The burial will follow at New Harp Cemetery in Forestburg. Pallbearers will be: Chasen Duncan, Shane Hunt, Hunter Harris, Cooper Masten, Bradyn Hunt, Coyt Curry, Colton Curry and Brian Rater.
Margaret was born Nov. 20, 1945 in Decatur to Oliver W. and Pauline (Freeman) Moore. On May 2, 1980, Margaret married Elmer Leon Hunt in Waurika, OK. She was a line supervisor for the Haggar Slack Company for many years and later worked as a caregiver at Independence Hall in Bowie.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Elmer Hunt; parents, Oliver Moore and Pauline Moore Clark; stepfather, Emery Clark; brother, Ernest Moore; son, Ricky Pigg; grandson, Brandon Duncan and great-granddaughter, Evany Barragon.
Margaret is survived by her children, Terry Harris and wife Pam, Alvord, Missy Duncan and husband Scotty, Chico, Monnie Joe Hunt and wife Margaret, Bowie, John Hunt and wife Kristi, Bowie, and Stacy Masten and husband John, Alvord; grandchildren, Shane Hunt, Brian Rater, Holly Curry, Haylee Harris, Hunter Harris, Phylicia Gibbs, Bradyn Hunt, Chasen Duncan, Cooper Masten, Felicia Lynch and Frankie Lynch; great-grandchildren, Audree, Emersen, Elliott, Devin, Coyt, Conlee, Alexis, Adalynn, Amelia, Zaydie, Josie, Hattie, Slaton, Kellen and Cora; and siblings, Connie Browning, Paul Moore and Gail Robinson.
In lieu of flowers, should friends desire memorials can be made in honor of Margaret to the Bowie Animal Shelter at 1504 E. Wise St. Bowie, TX 76230 or the American Cancer Society.
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