Herald Democrat
Friday, March 24, 2006
HOWE - Funeral services for William Henry
Willingham of
Howe will be held at Howe Church of Christ
at 2 p.m. Saturday, March
25, 2006 with Mike Wyatt, Toby Soechting
and Perry Cotham officiating
followed by burial at Van Alstyne
Cemetery. Flesher Funeral Home in Van
Alstyne
has charge of arrangements.
Henry was born September 2, 1919 at home
in a rural community which was
approximately five miles west
of Ravenna. He went to be with the Lord on
March 22,
2006 at 86 years of age. He married Vera
Evelyn Terry
on August 9, 1947 in Sherman, Texas. He
battened school
in Tom Bean where he lived for a number of
years. He
worked for Chance Vaught Aircraft (also
known as
LTV) in Grand Prairie retiring in 1979. He
was a devoted
member of Howe Church of Christ.
He is survived by his wife, Vera, of Howe;
son Terry
Willingham and wife, Ann, of North
Richland Hills;
daughter, Vickie Smith and husband,
Russell of
Luella; grandchildren, Alicia Levitz and
Jody Willingham,
both of Grand Prairie, Justin Ward and
wife, Andrea
of Austin, Ross Ward of Luella and Reece
Willingham
of North Richland Hills;
step-grandchildren, Marcus
Huffer of San Antonio, Joey Huffer of
Grand Prairie,
Casey Collum and Jennifer Smith, both of
Sherman.
He is also survived by
great-grandchildren, Matthew
Kotapish of Willow Park, Jacob and Joshua
Levitz
of Grand Prairie, Landon Collum of Sherman
and
one great-grandchild on the way; sister,
Francis
Morris of Mansfield; sisters-in-law, Ruby
Ford of
Sherman, Ola Springfield and husband,
James,
of Garland, Joyce Edwards and husband,
Bobby,
of Grand Prairie and several cousins,
nieces and
nephews.
He was preceded in death by his mother and
father; sisters, Treca Bush, Dorothy
Winkle, Louise
Renfro and Viola Butler; brothers, L. C.
and J. B.
Willingham; nephew, Nathan "Bodiddle"
Willingham,
brothers-in-law, A. B. Terry, Wallace
Terry, Henry
Ford and Jesse Lois Terry.
Pallbearers will be Danny Watson, Jeff
Enoch, Doug
Gaston, Mark Bickenbach, Wayne Carter,
Mike
Stringfellow, Max Robertson and
Darrin Savage.
Honorary pallbearers will be Alicia
Levitz, Jody
Willingham, Chance Harmon, Justin Ward,
Ross
Ward and Reece Willingham.
Family visitation will be at Flesher
Funeral Home in
Van Alstyne from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday
night.
Memorials may be made to Home Hospice of
Grayson
County, 505 W. Center, Sherman, Texas
75090.
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Howe, Texas -- Vera Evelyn (Terry)
Willingham of Howe, Texas went to
her heavenly home on November 3,
2014 at age 88. Vera, affectionately
known by extended family and loved ones as
Aunt Bea, was born on July
30, 1926 in Collin County, Texas to Jessie
James &
Bertha Mae
(Harmon) Terry. She grew up in Van Alstyne
and graduated from Van
Alstyne High School in 1945.
Vera married William Henry Willingham on
August 9, 1947. Vera and Henry
lived in Grand Prairie, Texas where he
worked for LTV Aircraft and she
was
a stay-at-home mom for many years but later
worked
in the dry
cleaning industry.
After retirement in 1981, Vera and Henry
moved to
Howe, Texas, where
she had continually resided and
was a faithful member of the Howe
Church of Christ.
Most of all she was a loving, gracious,
wonderful
Mom,
Ma maw and Aunt Bea who will be missed by
all.
Vera (Aunt Bea) is preceded in death by her
father
and mother Jessie
and Bertha Terry, husband William
Henry Willingham, and three brothers,
Wallace, AB
and Jessie Terry. She is survived by sisters
Ruby
Ford of
Sherman, Texas, Ola Springfield of Garland,
Texas and Joyce Edwards and
husband Bobby of
Grand Prairie, Texas; sisters-in-law
Charlotte Terry
of Irving, Texas and Betty Terry of
Whitewright,
Texas; son Terry Lee
Willingham and wife Ann of North Richland
Hills, Texas; daughter Vickie
Secor and husband Paul of Garland, Texas;
grandchildren
Alicia Levitz,
Jody Willingham, Justin Ward, Ross Ward and
Reece Willingham;
great-grandchildren Matthew Kotapish, Jake
Levitz, Josh Levitz, Brianna
Ward and John Henry Ward.
Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday,
November
6, 2014 at the
Howe Church of Christ with burial to be
in the Van Alstyne Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 6:00
p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Wednesday
at Scoggins Funeral Home in Van Alstyne.
Services are under the
direction of Scoggins Funeral
Home, 637 W. Van Alstyne Parkway, Van
Alstyne, 903-482-5225.
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