United States Marine Veteran
Funeral services for Clarence D. Foreman, 64, were held Friday at 3 p.m. in the First United Methodist Church with church pastor, Rev. Archie Echols, officiating; he was assisted by Rev. John Nay.A retired Phillips Petroleum consignee, Mr. Foreman died October 11, in Garza Memorial Hospital, Post. He married the former Selbia McCulley in Spur in 1940. He had lived in Dickens County all of his life. He was a member of the Methodist Church; Masonic Lodge; served in the Marine Corps and was a 25 year member of the Spur Volunteer Fire Department.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Selbia Foreman, Spur; four daughters, Barbara Harrison, Stamford; Jo Ann Richbourg, Hereford; Sandra Fitzhugh, El Paso and Patricia Reynolds, Post; three brothers, Milton Foreman, Odessa; L. D. Foreman, Amarillo and Walter Foreman, Jr., Seattle, WA; two sisters, Mrs. Pauline Perio and Mrs. Nadine Niles, both of Seattle, WA; five grandchildren.
Pallbearers included Pete Day, Billy Bigham, David Albin, Don Morrison, Buster Thomason, Rip Garner, Bunk Garner, and Billy Bud Sims.
Burial was in Spur Cemetery.
©The Texas Spur, October 19, 1978
From the records of Lillian Grace Nay; transcribed by Kay Laster
Services for Selbia Nelle Foreman, 85, of Lubbock were held at 3:00 p.m. Friday, June 14, 2002 at First United Methodist Church in Spur with Rev. Larry Burton officiating. Burial was in the Spur Memorial Cemetery under the direction of Campbell Funeral Home of Spur.She died Wednesday June 12, 2002 in Lubbock.
Mrs. Foreman was born August 11, 1916 in Matador to Charles and Lena Miller McCully. She graduated from Spur High School in 1934 and attended Texas Tech University. She married Clarence Foreman May 12, 1940 in Spur. He preceded her in death October 1978. She was a retired bookkeeper. She was honored as Spur´s Ex-Student of the Year. She was a member of Christian Women´s Guild and she taught Sunday School for many years. She was a member of First United Methodist Church in Spur.
She was also preceded in death by one daughter, Jo Ann Richburg and one brother, Alton McCully.
She is survived by three daughters, Barbara Harrison of Stamford. Sandra Fitzhugh of El Paso and Patricia Reynolds of Lubbock; two sisters, Joyce Giliuson of Rosemount, Minnesota, and Pat Sims of Granbury; five grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
©The Texas Spur, Thursday, June 20,2002, page seven
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