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DICKENS (Special) - Services for Gracie Pearl Stephenson, 65, of Alto will be at 3 p.m. today in First Baptist Church here with the Rev. C. L. Atkinson, pastor, officiating.Burial will be in Dickens Cemetery under direction of Campbell Funeral Home of Spur.
Mrs. Stephenson died at 11:30 a.m. Monday in Nacogdoches Medical Center following a lengthy illness.
She was a native of Franklin County,Ark., and married Charlie Stephenson March 15, 1940, in Dickens. They moved to Lubbock in 1958 and to Alto four years ago.
Survivors include her husband; three sons, Monroe of Roshell, James of Cushing and Barney of Alto; a daughter, Bonnie Hawkins of Shallowater, four brothers, Charlie Gage and Monroe Gage, both of Afton, Riddley Glen Gage of Dallas and Gene Gage of Sherman; two sisters, Bessie Donavan of Phoenix, Ariz., andRuth Winfield of Delta, Utah; 12 grandchildren; and three great grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Clay Edwards, J.W. Vickrye, Jr., Jerry Took, Jerry Gage, Tom Stephenson and Henry Stephenson.
©Lubbock Avalanche Journal, February 16, 1981
Services for Charlie Clinton Stephenson, 67, Dickens, were at 2:30 P.M. August 14, 1991 in the Bible Church of the Nazarene in Dickens, Rev. Clifford Mayo officiated.Burial was in Dickens Cemetery under direction of Campbell Funeral Home.
Mr. Stephenson died about 7:10 p.m. August 12 in the Crosbyton Clinic Hospital following a sudden illness. He was born May 18, 1923 in Dickens County and lived here most of his life. He was a farmer. He married Gracie Pearl Gage March 15, 1940 in Dickens. She died on March 16, 1981. He then married Ruth Alwson, November 7, 1982 in Alto, Texas.
Survivors include his wife, Ruth Stephenson, Dickens; three sons, Monroe Stephenson, Afton and James and Barney Stephenson, both of Alto; one step-son, Lee Francis, San Angelo; a daughter, Bonnie Hawkins, Shallowater; two step-daughters, Nancy Hammon of San Angelo and Becky Niendorff, Columbia, South Carolina; a brother, Jim Stephenson, memphis and three sisters, Grace Fendley, Port Lavaca and Robena Watts and Lucille Stanley, both of Lubbock; 18 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
©The Texas Spur, August, 1991
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