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Source: Adams Funeral Home
Transcribed by Bettye OdomObituary
CROSBYTON (Special) — Services for Tiny Wallace, 72, of Crosbyton will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in First Baptist Church with the Re. Lester B. Griffin, pastor, officiating.
Burial will be in Crosbyton Cemetery under direction of Adams Funeral Home.
He died at 3:50 p.m. Wednesday in Lubbock´s Methodist Hospital after a lengthy illness.
He was born in Hill County and moved to Crosbyton in 1920. He married Betty Jo Brents on Dec. 23, 1939, in Ralls. He was a mechanic and a member of First Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, Travis Odell Jr. of Fort Worth and Charles "Beaver" of Crosbyton; three daughters, Bettie Woolridge of Longview, Lori Van Ness of Arlington and Melba McCravey of Jal, NM; two brothers, Earnest of Crosbyton and D.E. of Meridian; three sisters, Erma Lansford of Waco, Ethna Mae Ellis of Crosbyton and Bertha Appling of Floydada; seven grandchildren; and three great grandchildren.
Lubbock Avalanche Journal, November 1988
Record provided by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum
transcribed by Linda Fox Hughes
CROSBYTON (Special) — Graveside services for Betty Wallace, 67, of Crosbyton will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Crosbyton Cemetery with the Rev. Beth Harrington, pastor of First United Methodist Church, officiating.
Interment will be directed by Adams Funeral Home.
Mrs. Wallace died at 5:03 p.m. Tuesday in North Hills Medical Center in North Richland Hills after a lengthy illness.
She married Travis Odell "Tiny" Wallace Sr. in Ralls on Dec. 23, 1939. He died on Nov. 16, 1988. She was a member of Omega Baptist Church. She was employed at the Mini Mart for 14 years and had worked at Crosbyton Care Center for a number of years. She moved to Fort Worth in January 1992. A daughter, Jo Wallace, died on Feb. 17, 1945, and a son, Travis, Jr., died on Oct. 20, 1990.
Survivors include a son, Charles O. "Beaver" Wallace of Crosbyton; two daughters, Lori Van Ness of Fort Worth and Melba McCravey of Jal, NM; a brother, Jay Brents of Wilburton, Okla.; a sister, Dollie Ann Bond of Escondido, Calif.; seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Lubbock Avalanche Journal, March 18, 1993
Record provided by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum
transcribed by Linda Fox Hughes
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