The Shopper David Layton Brown... David Layton Brown, 74, went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Monday, April 8, 2013 at his home at Silver Lakes Ranch, Sunset, Texas. David was born in Coleman, Texas on April 9, 1938 to Elmer Vernon (Bo) and Letha Edna Christine Givens Brown. He and Judy Abbey-Brown were married September 24, 1988. He graduated from Coleman High School and Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas. Memorial Mass will be on Saturday, May 4, 11:00 a.m., at St. Jerome’s Catholic Church, David’s body has been donated to science at University North Texas, Fort Worth. He is survived by his wife Judy of Sunset; sister, Mary Jane Strole of Runaway Bay; and a son, Bo David Brown of Hickory Creek, TX; and 12 grandchildren. Janice “Jan” Hill... Shaw’s Funeral Home Respect, Relieve, Remember 301 E. Tarrant Street, Bowie •940-872-1144 Owners: Gregg Shaw, Mike Shaw, Shelly Richey Director Newt Williams Office Manager Brittany Williams Janice “Jan” Hill, 59, passed away Monday, April 8, 2013, in Wichita Falls, Texas. Jan was born November 12, 1953 to Lester Grant and Bessie Marie (Holley) Smith in Vernon, Texas. She married Joe Hill on August 11, 1990 in Bowie. For the past twenty three years, Jan own and operated Window ETC; where she did window tinting on cars and trucks. Funeral service was held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, April 12, 2013, at the Carter Lake Road Church of Christ with Michael Whitworth officiating. Burial followed at Brushy Cemetery in Bowie. Arrangements were entrusted to the White Family Funeral Home of Bowie. Jan is survived by her husband, Joe Hill of Bowie; six children, Sheryle Velez of Atoka, OK; Joellen Stark of Bowie; Gary Joe Hill of Bowie; J.T. Cleveland of Wellington, CO; K.C. Wallace of Bowie and Steven Matlock of McKinney; fifteen grandchildren, one great-granddaughter, two brothers, Jimmy Smith of Gun Barrel City and Larry Smith of Bowie; three sisters, Wanda Houston of Toole; Elaine Houston of Bowie; Billie Jo Russell of Mesquite and brother, John Smith of Commerce; numerous nieces and nephews. Marie J. Blevins... Obituaries Thursday, April 18, 2013 9 Marie J. Blevins, 88, went home to be with the lord on April 15, 2013 in Wichita Falls, TX. She was born May 24, 1924 in Valley Mills, TX to Wylie and Dellar Wade Mayes. Marie married Hollis D. Blevins on January 28, 1942 in Heaton, OK. She was a homemaker, and loved her church and fellowship with friends; she was member of Bible Baptist Church in Bowie, for 37 years. Graveside services were at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at Elmwood Cemetery. She is survived by her son Howard Blevins and wife Joyce of Wichita Falls, TX, son Tommy Blevins and wife Mary of Kingston, OK; 3 grandchildren, Doug Blevins of Kingston, OK, and Stacey Blevins and Misty Dailey of Wichita Falls, TX; 3 great-grandchildren Shelby Harrison, Bailey Harrison, and Cierra Blevins; and a sister-in-law, Vesta Blevins, of GA. Lillian Elliott... Mattie Inez (Hale) Dennis... F U N E R A L WHITE FAMILY H O M E Coy & Jennifer White Coy RespectfulFuneralWhite Service - Dignified Director Reverently Rendered (940) 1418 Highway 59 North 872-9993 Bowie, Texas 76230 Phone (940) 872-9993 Fax (940) 872-5949 Bowie, Texas 76230 1418 Highway 59 North Mattie Inez (Hale) Dennis, age 92, passed away on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 in Fort Worth. Mattie was born May 23, 1920 in Electra, Texas. She was one of the six children of Charles Richard and Bessie Lee (Day) Hale. The family had moved from Electra to Saint Jo in 1934. They lived near Capps Corner where she was raised and attended the Spencer School. There she met and married Elvin Eli Dennis on October 10, 1936. Funeral services were at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, April 13, 2013 at the Landmark Missionary Baptist Church in Saint Jo. Services were officiated by Dr. Larry Cornell and Rev. Ricky Kerr and directed by McCoy Funeral Home. She was laid to rest in Mountain Park Cemetery following the church service. Mattie is survived by her daughters, Frances Poynor of Saint Jo, TX, Pat Jones of Fort Worth, TX; sons, Richard Dennis of Pilot Point, TX, Arnold Dennis of Saint Jo, TX; two brothers, Lee and Archie Hale of Gainesville, TX; 13 grandchildren; 18 great grandchildren; and 9 great-great grandchildren. Lillian Elliott, 88, passed away Sunday, April 7, 2013, in Bowie, Texas. Lillian was born June 16, 1924 to Harvey and Emma (Wheeler) Havner in Pioneer, Texas. She married her first husband, J.B. Dawkins. Lillian was a homemaker and enjoyed sewing, crocheting, and quilt making. Funeral services are at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, April 11, 2013, in the Drawing Room of the White Family Funeral Home with Larry Cox officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Cemetery. Arrangements are entrusted to the White Family Funeral Home of Bowie. Lillian is survived by her five children, William Dawkins of Odessa, Betty Conine of Kaufman, LaRee Henry of Abilene, Kathy Cole of Bowie, and Jay Dawkins of Bowie; fifteen grandchildren; thirty great grandchildren; twenty-seven great, great grandchildren; brother, Doc Havner; and several nieces and nephews. Obituaries published in The Shopper are archived on our website: www.theshopperonline.biz The saying for the week is: “ In the end what effects your life most deeply are things too simple to talk about ”. Good luck to all the folks in town for the Turkey Fest. Based on all the gobblers I have seen over the past several weeks the participants should have a good chance at bagging a large one to compete in the largest beard competition. Get out and enjoy all the activities and hopefully the cold snap will only help make sure the birds are out early strutting. On the home front the girls are busy working on their math and science projects for the Bellevue High Math and Science Fair to be held Friday. Lots of illustrations to be printed off the internet and different text to be printed out as well. Unfortunately my printer decided that it was time to just stop. I grew up with folks telling me that GM and Ford had engineered in obsolescence. In this case Epson decided that I could only make a certain amount of color prints and I should just be prepared to throw my printer away and buy a new one when they say so. Of course this message came up only after I had made a special trip to Wichita Falls to buy new ink cartridges, which are not cheap I should add. I put in the new cartridge and pressed OK to finish loading the ink when everything seemed to lock up. Needless to say Bruce was not a happy camper when the message came up saying I had exceeded the number of copies allowed and to please Visiting In Vashti contact a service center to replace some parts and to reset the counter again. At this point Shelley stepped in to save the day and the girls’ projects. She discovered a nice little web site where it gave the instructions for resetting the counter and the secret code to enter in through the keypad. Something about pressing three buttons at once while facing north during a full moon and chanting the first three verses to Hell Freezes Over by the Eagles and counting to ten backwards. Anyway it worked, so all is well. Also well is Shelley after celebrating her birthday on Saturday. Homemade spaghetti and French bread with some of Kayla’s ambrosia goes well with a bright pink birthday cake. The girls and I sprung for a new coffee maker which had Shelley doing a happy dance in the kitchen. We topped off the weekend by taking Sunday afternoon and visiting her mom and dad in Seymour. The four hours we spent just visiting went by way too quickly. We got to see several of Joe’s paintings and sharing stories that had Barbara chuckling most of the afternoon. I even slipped in my Foghorn Leghorn impersonation. The Vashti Fire Department will be holding their annual Brisket dinner/Cake auction fundraiser on April 27th starting at 5:00 p.m. Along with a delicious meal you will have the opportunity to purchase raffle tickets for a chance to win a Hustler 48” zero-turn mower valued at $4,000. This by Bruce Specht Muenster Hosts 38th Annual Germanfest Muenster, Texas a quaint German community of 1,700 will host its 38th annual Germanfest™, sponsored by the Muenster Chamber of Commerce, on April 26, 27 and 28, 2013. Over 30,000 are expected to attend this year’s Fest, and enjoy German sausage, German beer, sauerkraut, potato salad, scrumptious apple strudel, hearty cheeses and breads. You will also find a wide variety of American food in this beautiful park setting. For those who love to participate in competitive sports, you will want to try one or more of these: “Nagelschlagen,” a traditional German competition; The Bell Ringer; Ball Toss; or Wall Climbing. For the bicyclist there is a Bicycle Rally on Saturday, April 27th. The runners will find a 5k and 15k Run on Sunday, April 28th. A Barbecue Cook-off will return for the 7th year as a sanctioned event under the Lone Star Barbecue Association. The annual cook-off is sponsored by the Muenster Chamber of Commerce and attracts more than 80 cookers each year. The event will be at the adjoining grounds at the west edge of the Germanfest. Call the Chamber of Commerce for more information or visit www. germanfest.net. If you prefer spending your weekend just relaxing and having fun, then the Germanfest™ is the place to be, because there will be several stages where you will find tribute performers on Flashback Friday including Holt & Stockslager (Simon & Garfunkel), Swansong (Led Zepplin) and Hard Night’s Day (Beatles). Willey Kicket, Bad Habit II, Shane Wimmer & The Bois D’ Arcs, Tommy & The Dee Wops, and this year’s headliner 6-time vocal group of the year award winners Diamond Rio will appear on Saturday. Appearing Sunday, will be Grammy winners Brave Combo on MSB (Texas) Stage along with Burton Tyler. In the German Tanze Halle you will find great German bands like Alpenfest of Houston, and Alpenmusikanten along with Das Is Lustig from Sugarland, and traditional German dancers from Whitney High School. The Side Street Circus of Denton, Texas will be performing as usual at the Children’s Stage and around the Germanfest™ grounds. In the children’s area you will find lots of new things kids like to do. Balloonytik Betty will be on hand with her balloon sculptures. Also face painters, jump house and wall climbing, pony rides and petting zoo, water bumper boats and water Hamster Balls and paint ball fun are a few things for children. Don’t forget the carnival rides and arts & crafts. There is something for everyone. The admission is $8.00 per person on Friday, Saturday is $10 per person and on Sunday $6.00. Those age 8 and under are admitted free. Admission price includes all entertainment performances. Also anyone in complete German costume will be admitted free. To purchase tickets online go to www. germanfest.net. Located on U.S. Highway 82, 14 miles West of I-35, about 70 miles north of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, Muenster is waiting to welcome you to their community and entertain you at the Germanfest™. This year’s Fest times are: Friday, 12:00 noon to midnight, Saturday, 10 a.m. to midnight and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information, call the Muenster Chamber of Commerce at 940-759-2227 or www.germanfest.net Contact us by e-mail: john.chamber@ ntin.net or write to Muenster Chamber of Commerce at P.O. Box 714, Muenster, TX 762520714 year the department is also selling tickets for a chance at an Ipad 4 valued at $700.00. There will be lots of chances to bid on all the delicious cakes and pies the ladies of the community provide. That along with some lively MC’ing from our auctioneer makes for a memorable evening. I had a call from Tyler Garrison concerning the date of the community cleanup. We will be moving the date for the cleanup back one week to the 11th of May. This was necessary due to a wedding taking place on the fourth at the Baptist Church. We will still need all our volunteers to meet at the Center at 8:00 a.m. to pick up work assignments. We have several projects in mind but still need your input to make the most of the day. Contact Tyler with any of your project ideas. I understand that a roll-off dumpster will again be available for larger items that need disposal. In your prayers this week please remember Bonnie Underhill, Tyler Terry, Debbie Denson, Kay and Earnest Perkins, Mary Musgrove, Grover Watkins, Dewey Staley, Shirley Stovall, Sue Phillips, Wanda Molsbee, Trey Spivey, JoAnn Spivey, Betty Jo Hatfield, Bill Bartlett, B.J. Tate, Connie Elrod, Betty Allen, Verne Lawson, Garrett Nunn, G-Ma, Philip Lawson. Please remember those actively serving in the military at this time. Also remember Dana Garrison for a safe and healthy pregnancy. 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