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Lynna Kay Shuffield

 

 

 

Waco Tribune-Herald (TX) - September 23, 2008

 

Weldon “Bunce” Walston

May 20, 1920 – September 21, 2008

Weldon "Bunce" Walston, 88, of Rosebud, died Sunday, in Rosebud. Services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, at Cook-Gerngross-Green-Patterson Funeral in Rosebud. The Rev. Joe Bailey, the Rev. Duane Brooks and the Rev. Henry L. Williams will be officiating. Burial will follow at Powers Chapel Cemetery near Rosebud. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, at the funeral home.

Mr. Walston was born May 20, 1920, in Ledbetter, to Thomas and Sarah Watson Walston. He lived in the Rosebud area most of his life. He married Edna Mae Jordan on Sept. 22, 1945. He was a farmer and rancher and had worked for the Cameron and Marlin Livestock auctions. He was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, where he was deacon emeritus.

 

He was preceded in death by his wife on Sept. 18, 2000.

 

Survivors include his nieces, Barbara Schiller and husband, Frankie of Temple, Mary Ann Mitchell and husband, David of Rosebud, Linda Thrasher of Rosebud, and Nancy Puente and husband, Raymon of Rockdale; great nieces and nephews, Tammie and Doug Isbel of Temple, Timothy and Lisa Schiller of West, Todd and Dawn Schiller of Temple, Keith and Kristin Mitchell of College Station, Jason and Stacie Puente of College Station, and Justin Puente of College Station; great-great nieces and nephews, Taylor and Tatum Isbel of Temple, Kamrynn and Kristynn Schiller of West, Haylee and Erik Schiller of Temple, and Bryce and Kade Puente of College Station.

 

Memorials may be made to Powers Chapel Cemetery Association or to VistaCare Hospice.

 

Cook-Gerngross-Green-Patterson Funeral Home, Rosebud