George Wylie Sosebee

George Wylie Sosebee was my father-in-law.  He farmed and ranched about 6 miles from Ropesville.  He raised 5 children who all graduated from Ropes School.  He was well liked and an outstanding member of the community.

(Taken from the Lubbock Avalanche Journal, May 26, 1975, Monday Morning)
Wylie Sosebee

ROPESVILLE (Special)  Services for Wylie Sosebee, 63, of Ropesville will be at 3:00 p.m. today at the Ropesville Church of Christ with W. O. Batten, minister of the church, officiating.  He will be assisted by the Rev. Robert Adams, pastor of the Ropesville Church of the Nazarene.
    Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Park in Lubbock under direction of Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home.
    He died at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in Highland Hospital in Lubbock following an illness of two months.
    A native of Bosque County, he had been a resident since 1944.  He was a retired farmer.  He was married to Bonnie Taliaferro in April, 1936 in Plainview.  He was a former president and member of the Ropes School Board and a former director of the Ropes Co-p Gin.
    Survivors include his wife; a son, Troyce Wylie of Austin; four daughters, Mrs. Patsy Smith and Mrs. Sue Suter, both of Ropesville, Mrs. Kaye Wylie of Lubbock,and Mrs. Linda Burns of Austin; two sisters, Mrs. Jesse Woods of Lakewood, California, and Mrs. D.D. Skipper of Abernathy, and twelve grandchildren.
    Pallbearers will be E. J. Abney, A.L. Bevers , Horace Abston, Bill Berry, Joe Schwartz, and J. R. Smith.

 

     

 

 

 

 

Submitted by:
Carolyn Bethany Sosebee
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