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4-A Uil WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1994 GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS Obituaries Sally Goffiwy GALVESTON Mrs. Sally Goffney, 79, of Galveston died Sunday, March 13,1994, at her residence. Arrangements are pending at Fields Funeral Home, Inc. Clifford E. Norton SANTA FE Mr.

Clifford E. Horton, age 71, of Malakoff, Texas, passed away Monday at Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas. Funeral arrangements are pending at Hayes Funeral Home. Esther C. Rice LA MARQUE Esther Carrie Rice, 81, who founded the La Marque Youth Aid Project with her husband, the late C.V.

Rice, died Tuesday morning at Mainland Center Hospital. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Friday, March 18,1994 at the First United Methodist Church of La Marque; the Rev. Winston Goens of First United Methodist Church and the Rev. Leo Smith of Highlands Baptist Church will officiate.

Burial will follow at La Marque City Cemetery, under the direction of James Crowder Funeral Home in La Marque. Visitation will be held 4 p.m. Thursday at the James Crowder Funeral Home in La Marque. Following the services, friends and relatives will meet at the First United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall in La Marque. Rice was born in Jasper, Texas, the daughter of the late Mitchell and Leila Gandy.

A resident of La Marque for 35 years, Rice dedicated her life to the city of La Marque and its children. She devoted most of her life to city and community projects. She was known as La Marque's Good Samaritan and was often introduced as the First Lady of La Marque. Three times she was named the outstanding woman of La Marque. She helped to organize the La Marque Chamber of Commerce and was a member of the board of directors.

She was the only lifetime member of the La Marque Chamber of Commerce, which named her citizen of the year. She was also named citizen of the year by the la Marque Lions Club. Rice wrote a weekly column, "Ramblings," for The La Marque Times. She was a member and on the board of directors of the La Marque First United Methodist Church. The County Commissioners Court of Galveston County declared a day for Rice "for her distinguished record of service and for her untiring efforts for the benefit of all people." The Texas House of Representative also presented Rice with a similar proclamation for her 80th birthday in Austin.

Her Youth Aid Project has furnished thousands of children in La Marque with gifts, candy and fruit at Christmas and school clothes when they needed them. Four years ago she added the senior citizens shut-ins to her Christmas program. She was older than many of the shut-ins who received gifts, but one would have never known it. She was a living dynamo who often proved that one person can make a difference. She was an active Democrat and worked with many campaigns, from local to state and national elections.

She served on many state committees, including the State Health Advisory Committee. She was named an honorary general for the State of Texas and received the distinguished service award from the Galveston County Sheriff's Department. Among her many city, state and national honors, Rice was made an Admiral in the Texas Navy. She is survived by her stepson Charles V. Rice Jr.

and wife Bonnie of La Marque; sisters, Lucille Monych of La Marque, Ruth Maddox of Aransas Pass, Dorothy Redden, Betty Jasinki of Royston, and Ann Steelman of Dallas; brothers, Roy Gandy of Royston, and Kennard Gandy, Sam Gandy and Buster Gandy, all of Kountz; nieces, Pat Monych of Texas City and her sons Fred M. Faour of Houston, Patrick Faour of La Marque and John Paul Faour of La Marque and Betty Schoenbaechler and her daughters Anna and Mary of Lithonia, nephews, Harry Monych, his wife Pam and then- sons Wes and Jeff Monych of Santa Fe; Troy Maddox and his daughter Ursula of Aransas Pass, Terry Maddox his wife Cindy and their sons J.T. IE and Jason Maddox of Corpus Christi; and Todd Maddox and daughters Haley and Kaci of Aransas Pass; grandchildren, Deborah K. and Dave Bowman of League City; Charles V. (Chuck) Rice HI and wife Cynthia of Santa Fe, Stephen B.

Rice and Shirley Wendt of La Marque; great-grandchildren, Bryan and Daniel Bowman of League City, Michelle Rice and Charles V. (Chuck) Rice IV of Santa Fe and Kelli Rice, Kandice Rice, Joseph Rice and Austin Rice all of La Marque and numerous other relatives and friends. Pallbearers will be Larry Crow, Chet Brooks, Mike Martin, Dr. John Glasin, Gordon Wood, Carlton Getty, Clark Gofer and John Thoma. Honorary pallbearers will be Jack Brooks, Pete Raygaard, Jack Neuner, Joe Max Taylor, Dr.

Ron Cress and Dr. Robert Sullivan and Frank Flanagan, In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Esther Rice Memorial Fund at First Bank Mainland. James Crowder Funeral Home Thomas A. Baker TEXAS CITY Thomas A Baker, 71, passed away March 14,1994 at his residence. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, March 17, 1994 at Peace Lutheran Church with Rev.

Walter Dube officiating. Burial will follow services at Forest Park East Cemetery in League City. Visitation will be held on Wednesday evening from 6p.ro, till 9 p.m. at the funeral home. Mr.

Baker was born March 27, 1922 in Del Rio, Texas. He was a retired house mover for W.H. Born Son. He was a member of the T.G.I.F. Bowling League; member of the Galco Bowling Elder at Peace Lutheran Church; past president of the Bayou Golf member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen: served in the U.

S. Navy from 1942-1945. Survivors include wife, Carrie Baker of Texas City; sons, Gary Keith Baker and wife Jackie of Texas City, Ricky Allan Baker of Texas City; daughters, Sheary Swain and husband, Charles of Santa Fe, Carolyn Ivey and husband, Stan of Texas City; sister, Mrs. L.D. Kruger of Katy, Tx; 14 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be Mark Farley, Chuck Swain, Gerald Bryket, Richard Hill, Paul Garrick and Don Kirkland. Honorary pallbearers will be Corby Ivey, Kelly Baker and Gary T. Baker. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to Peace Lutheran Church, 9111 Emmett F. Lowry Expressway, Texas City, Tx 77591.

Emken-Linton Robert P. Hall BACLIFF Mr. Robert P. "Shorty" Hall, 79, died Monday, March 14,1994. Mr.

Hall was a Bacliff resident for 48 years he retired from Marathon Oil after 30 years. He was a past volunteer firemen for the Bacliff Volunteer Department. Preceded in death by wife, Golda Hall, two sons, Robert Wayne Hall and Truman Hall and two step-sons, Cliff Cannon and Paul Cannon. He is survived by wife, Beulah Hall; daughter, Annie Ruth Grubbs and three step-daughters, Imogene Dover, Carol Smith, Linda Smith; two stepsons Gene Cannon and Carl Cannon; sisters, Gertrude Owens, Alice Padgett; five grandchildren, seven great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held in the chapel of Forest Park East Funeral Home at 11:30 a.m.

Thursday. Interment will be held at Forest Park East Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to Wednesday evening at the funeral home. Forest Park East Funeral Home Miriam Heath SHOALS, INDIANA Miriam Heath, 33, of Shoals, Indiana died March 13,1994 at 1:45 a.m. on Highway 150 one mile south of Shoals, Indiana in a one-car vehicle accident.

Mrs. Heath was born June 8, 1960 in East Chicago, Indiana. She was a secretary for Owens Detective Agency in Paoli, Indiana. She was a graduate of Whiting High School in 1978 and attended Indiana University, she attended Our Lady of Springs Catholic Church in French Lick, Indiana. She is preceded in death by her father John Ruman.

Survivors include husband, Jeff Heath of Shoals, Indiana; mother, Jeanne Ruman of Whiting, Indiana; one step-daughter, Crystal Heath of Galveston, Texas; mother-in-law, Evelyn Heath of Galveston, Texas. Funeral Services will be at 2:00 p.m. Friday, March 18, 1994 at Our Lady of Springs Catholic Church at French Lick, Indiana with Father John Hall officiating. Burial will be at a later date. Visitation will be from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Thursday at Queen Lee Funeral Home. A Rosary will be held at the Queen Lee Funeral Home Thursday at 5:30 p.m. Queen Lee Funeral Home Frederick H. Schneider KINGWOOD Frederick H. Schneider, 59, of Kingwood, Texas died March 15,1994.

Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, March 17, 1994 at Emken-Linton Chapel with Rev. Shanna Suarez officiating. Burial will follow service at Galveston Memorial Park in Hitchcock. Visitation will be held Wednesday evening from 5:00 p.m.

till at Emken-Linton. He was born February 3,1935 in Galveston, Texas. He was a chemical engineer for Mobil Chemical. He was a member of Texas former Class of 1955 Student Association; a member of the Century Club and the 12th Man Foundation. Survivors include wife; Roxanne Schneider; son, Marc Haden Schneider; daughters, Melissa Jo Sabo, Amy Katherine Schneider, Wendy Lois Schneider; sister, Valerie Lois Schneider Agar; two grandchildren, Casey Marie Schneider and Joshua Haden Sabo; nephews, W.

Douglas Murdoch and Ross Eugene Murdoch. Pallbearers will be Kevin Kemp, Kenneth Kemp, Dr. Lawrence McMakin, Ed McKellar, Tim Sabo and Melvin Gordy. Emken-Linton L. W.

Dixon DICKINSON L.W. "Wildcat" Dixon, 80, of Dickinson passed away from this life on Tuesday, March 15,1994. Funeral services will held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, March 18, 1994 at the Chapel of James Crowder Funeral Home in Dickinson, Tx. Burial will follow service at Mt.

Olivet Cemetery in Dickinson, Tx. Visitation will held Thursday at 4:00 p.m. at the Chapel of James Crowder The Galveston County Daily News classified advertising department charges a standard advertising rate of $13.30 per column inch to publish obituaries. Obituaries can be faxed to The Daily News at 744-6268 or hand-delivered to the classified advertising department at the newspaper's main office, 8522 Teichman Road in Galveston, or the mainland service center at 3000 FM1764 in La Marque. The deadline for full obituaries is 4 p.m.

Brief notices that funeral arrangements are pending with the funeral home will be accepted until 7 p.m.; these notices are not charged. Obituaries should be typed. Obituaries must contain complete biding information: the name, full mailing address and telephone number of the party that will pay for the obituary. Obituaries may be placed by a private party, but they must indude the phone number of a source, such as a funeral home or clergyman, that can verify the information. Obituaries placed by funeral homes will be billed.

Private parties placing obituaries Monday through Friday must pay at the time the obituary is placed. (Notices for indigent funerals being handled by the county can be published without charge; contact The Daily News classified advertising department for more information.) Major credit cards are accepted. Weekends obituaries will be handled by The Daily News editorial department between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. Families and funeral homes are urged to make sure information supplied to The Daily News is accurate, and all names are correctly spelled.

The Daily News assumes no responsibility for inaccurate information supplied to us. For more information, call classified advertising between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. at 744-7355. Funeral Home.

Mr. Dixon was born October 24, 1913 in Smithville, Texas. He was a retired pipefitter with Local Union in Houston, Texas. Survivors include wife, Mrytie L. Dixon; son, Robert W.

Dixon; sisters, Edith Mayberry, Murlynn Englishby, and Pat Green; niece Elizabeth Jones; grandchild, Denice Dixon. James Crowder Funeral Home Pauline V. Crawford ALTA LOMA Pauline V. Crawford, 95, of Alta Loma died March 14,1994 in Texas City. Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, March 17, 1994 at Elbert Cemetery with Rev.

Cliff Lester officiating. Burial will follow under the direction of Merriman Funeral Home of Throckmorton, 849-4021. Ms. Crawford was born February 14, 1899 in Dixie, Oklahoma. She was a homemaker.

She was a member of Alta Loma Baptist Church. Survivors include sons, A C. Rodgers of Snyder, Texas, Jimmy Rodgers of Stafford, Virginia; daughters, Ella Mae Young of Manteca, California, Martha Fellers of Santa Fe, Texas, Jane Stephens of Santa Fe, Texas; sisters, Dixie DEJANA of Dallas, Texas, Loren McCarson of Elbert, Texas numerous grand and great grandchildren and nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will the grandsons. Emken-Linton Mandy M.

Henderson HOUSTON Mrs. Mandy Mae Henderson, 57, of Houston, Texas died Sunday, March 13, 1994 at Ben Taub Hospital in Houston. Funeral service will be held at 1:00 p.m. Friday, March 18, 1994 at Carter Temple C.M.E. Church with Rev.

I.E. Henderson officiating. Burial will follow at Mainland Memorial Cemetery in Hitchcock, Texas. A wake service will be held from p.m. on Thursday, March 17,1994 at St John Baptist Church in Houston, Texas.

Mrs. Henderson was born April 1, 1936 in Navasota, Texas. She was a nurse's aide with Home Health Care. Survivors include four daughters, Mary L. Henderson of Galveston, Barbra G.

Henderson, Addie M. Henderson and Ayanna Y. Henderson all of Houston; four sons, Jim Henderson in, Douglas W. Henderson, Benjamin L. Henderson and Arthur D.

Henderson all of Houston; children's father Jim Henderson, Jr. of Galveston; mother, Ellen McNeil of Galveston; sisters, Fannie M. Malone, Georgia Davis and Sharon Williams all of Galveston; brothers, Henry J. Venters, Tommie McNeil, Willie L. McNeil Ernest McNeil and Charles McNeil all of Galveston; 13 grandchildren; a special friend, Henry Turner of Houston; a host of nieces, nephews, family and friends.

Pallbearers will be friends of the family. Memorials may be sent to Fields Funeral Home. 2701 Avenue Galveston, Texas 77550. Fields Funeral Home Angelina Richardson TEXAS CITY The funeral services for Angeline Richard- In Memory Of DAVID ALLEN KASSERMAN Not a day passes that I don't think of you. Thank you, Dear David, for the greatest gift you ever gave me, our beautiful Moigan.

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La Marque 933-8170 son will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. in Trinity, Texas at the Mt. Sirria Baptist Church, Trinity, Texas FM 1617. Mrs. Richardson was a resident of Texas City, texas for 40 years.

She was a housewife. She was married to Sitias Richardson. Mrs. Richardson was a member of Rising Star Baptist Church and a retired employee of the former Cleaners where she worked for a number of years. The Rev.

D.N. Benford officiating. She leaves to mourn her death her husband Silias Richardson; one brother Siras Cross of Houston, Texas; sister-in-laws Leslie Cross of Houston, Texas, and Delorea Cross of Houston, Texas, Faye Cross of Houston, Texas, Jessie May Cross of Trinity, Texas; a host of nephews and friends. Funeral services are under the direction of Cox Funeral Home, Huntsville, TX, 77342. (409) 295-2621.

Funerals TODAY Norris Jean Seaux, 66, of Galveston died Sunday at his residence; services 10 a.m. today at Broadway Funeral Home; burial will follow at Grace Memorial Park in Hitchcock. Luther Calvin Smith, 74, of Hitchcock died Sunday; services 10 a.m. today at James Crowder Funeral Home; burial will follow at Galveston Memorial Park. D.D.

"Babe" Haney Sr. of Bacliff died Monday; services 2 p.m. today at Emken-Linton Chapel; burial will follow at Forest Park East Cemetery in League City. David A. Strain, 79, of Santa Fe died Sunday; services 1 p.m.

today at Hayes Funeral Home; interment will follow at Grace Memorial Park Cemetery. THURSDAY Pauline V. Crawford, 95, of Alta Loma died Monday; services 10 a.m. Thursday at Elbert Cemetery; burial will follow at Merriman Funeral Home in Throckmorton. GALVESTON COUNTY 1HE DAILY NEWS U.S.P.S.

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