Graveside services for Ferrell Albin, 65, will be held today (Thursday) at 2 p.m. in Spur Cemetery with memorial services to follow at 3 p.m. in the First United Methodist Church.
Rev. Archie Echols and associate pastor, Rev. John Nay will officiate.
Mr. Albin died May 7 in Morton Hospital in Dallas after a long illness. He had been a resident of Dickens County since 1915. He was a member of the Methodist church and a retired farmer.
Survivors include his wife, Patti Albin, Spur; one son, David Albin, Colorado City; a daughter, Jane Ann Ensey, Boone, North Carolina; a brother, Henry Albin, Tulsa, OK; a sister, Mrs. Annis Stotts, Oklahoma City; five grandchildren.
Pallbearers will include Lacy Armstrong, Lynn Buzbee, Bob Conner, Jack Beeson, Arner Watson, Don Morrison, Eric Swenson and Spencer Campbell.
©The Texas Spur May 10, 1979
from the records of Lillian Grace Nay
Patti Albin, beloved mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, passed away March 7, 2006 in Midland, Texas. She was lovingly cared for at the Manor Park Mabee Center.
She was born on August 4, 1916 in Roswell, New Mexico to Louis and Janie King, She moved to Spur with her mother and sister Mabel at an early age. Spur was her home for 75 years.
She attended TWU in Denton, Texas and Texas Tech before her marriage to Ferrel Albin in 1935. They were members of the First Methodist Church in Spur for many years. The friends they shared in Spur were always a source of joy and pleasure, and she never forgot them.
She is survived by her daughter Jane Anne Ensey and husband Ron Ensey of Las Cruces, New Mexico and her son David Albin and Cheryl Albin of Midland, Texas. She is also survived by 6 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
The family is most grateful to the staff of the Mabee Center for the wonderful care they provided for our mother. They were compassionate and caring friends to her in so many ways.
Funeral arrangements were handled by Campbell Funeral Home.
©The Texas Spur, Thursday, March 16, 2006, page 8
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