Lucy Wilson, 1918-2019

Lucy Dorothy (Lockett) Wilson, 100, of Howe passed from this life into eternal life on Thursday, May 23, 2019.

Wilson was born in Maple (Van Alstyne area) on September 19, 1918 as the youngest daughter of 13 children of Winfield and Slimmer (Dunnham) Lockett She attended Van Alstyne and Burk schools

Reverend A W Yell married her and Willie “Bill” Wilson, son of Jefferson and Ida (Sailing) Wilson, on September 14, 1936 at the First Christian Church of Howe They had two children – Kenneth Wilson of Howe and the former Barbara (Wilson) Mudrick of Paris, Tennessee

Wilson worked for the Van Alstyne schools before retiring from Burlington Industries in Sherman

After retiring she continued to work at both the Howe SNAP Center and First United Methodist Church of Howe for many years Her life was dedicated to God and to her family She was a long time member of the FUMC of Howe

She was preceded in death by her parents, her devoted husband of more than 70 years, siblings and one grandson, Gary Wilson, formally of Weatherford She is survived by her son and was blessed to be an adored MawMaw of five grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, and eight great-great-grandchildren

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p m Tuesday, May 28 at the Scoggins Funeral Home & Crematory at 637 West Van Alstyne Parkway in Van Alstyne Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a m on Wednesday, May 29 at the First United Methodist Church of Howe at 810 North Denny Street in Howe Rev Zack Landis of the church will officiate Interment will follow at Cedar Lawn Cemetery in Sherman Family and friends are invited to join the family at the FUMC of Howe for a luncheon following services Pallbearers will be her grandsons and great-grandsons: Michael Mudrick of Willis; Kenneth Wilson, II, David Wilson, and William Wilson all of Howe; Nathaniel “Nate” Wilson and Cecil Scott both of Bells at the age of seven I left the realm of home to traverse the realm of unknown

School life at first entertained me but soon I grew tired and longed for the time to be when I could sleep until after seven and play when it suited my fancy But alas for me, this could not be, for I had entered a land from which I could not turn back - the land of life's responsibilities

At the age of twelve there came into my life the one girl (so I thought then), and I longed for the time to come when I could throw away school books and become a "cowboy" or a "soldier of fortune" and perform such deeds of chivalry that the ancient knights of Queen Elizabeth would blush for shame or perform such fetes of "Bronco busting" that Bill Cody would have knelt before me

But none of these fanciful dreams came true, so I had to make the best of school life studying the hard geography and the multiplication table; and what could have done more to dampen the spirits of a would be hero

But the great ambition, aim of my life, was to be a surgeon; and of course with much money and many friends But my father says at the present rate of my progress I am more destined for the section gang and no money than for a medical career

When I was thirteen and a freshie my ambition was to graduate with highest possible honors But after an encounter with my Latin grammar and partaking of a little Algebra all of the starch was taken out of me and left my ambition - to merely graduate At last, however, I passed my cerebus; freshman finals and awoke to find myself a sophomore Three years yet to help in the hazing of all freshman; also to help edit the school magazine; which was a real honor for a sophomore I soon found that thing that a sophomore was intended for was to play servants to the seniors On account of my red hair I had to perform many tasks But even sophomore year finally crept into the past and at last I had only one year to finish before I obtained the long wished , the time when I could be a senior and hold my head with an air of dignity, and order the freshies around as I had once been ordered

September 1918 a senior in the Howe High School The long goal is at least reached only to find myself on a dizzy height where I was at a loss what to do Also to find that my aim is not yet completed for there are nine months yet Nine months of hard work and tiresome waiting between it and me Sometimes I wonder if it is worth the struggle, the energy spent in obtaining it Why not voice the old sentiment , "Eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow you may die "

Shelley's remaining life was written until his death in August 1980 in East Aurora, New York He never made a surgeon, but our research found that he was a bookeeper for Baynard Bros Realty & Ins Co on 7th Avenue in St Petersburg, FL in 1934 He married Lucia Joan Bass of New Hampshire on May 23, 1923. Life after Howe High School took him to El Paso, Texas where Paul Patterson Shelley Jr was born Feb 17,1928 We also discovered that at age 40, he was found on the World War II draft card list in Florida In 1956 he was a title searcher for Abstract & Title Insurance in East Aurora NY

What about the girls? What happened to them? Well, of the Thompson twins, Lottie Ann Thompson was the daughter of Howe's longest ever tenured mayor (29 years) WP Thompson She later married James Ernest Ramer and had daughter Jimmie Ann Ramer in 1931 She lived in Dallas and was buried there July 10, 1983 Her sister and classmate Oline Thomposon married Harrison Asbury Forbes in 1922 in Johnson County Together, they had three boys, James Walter Forbes, Harrison Alfred Forbes, and Joseph Edgar Forbes All are deceased and Joseph died ten years ago Oline died in 1990 in Midlothian, Texas

Class of 1919

Of the other pair of twin sisters, Dadie Lida Butler married David Pleasant "DP" Wilson in Gainesville in 1922 She became a sixth grade teacher at White Settlement She died prematurely of colon cancer in 1948 Her sister Dasie Lila Butler became Mrs Haskell Wayne Walling in October 1919 just after graduation She died in 1994 and is buried in the Van Alstyne cemetery

Una Stark, the lone girl in the class without a twin sister, was the first to marry after graduation as she became Mrs Ross Clay Wood Together they had two boys and a girl One of the boys was Otha Dwayne Wood who became one of the first outstanding football players in Howe He was named to the All-Century Howe Bulldogs team in 2000

This particular article makes one wonder what will happen to those 90+ graduates of the HHS Class of 2019? What stories will be written? For now they are a blank sheet of paper soon to be filled in with records of marriage, birth announcements, job placements, hard times and good times No one escapes and the cold hard reality of death certificates which will also accompany each graduate at some point in the future

But we wonder if the Class of 1919 would trade their time in Howe for

Continued from page 4 the 2019 time in Howe? Life was much harder then without the luxuries we all enjoy The world has changed so much since 1919 even if Howe is still rooted in conventional values

It is doubtful that the Class of 2019 could make it one week as the Class of 1919 But the Class of 1919 would have equal ambivalence about the world of social media, in-your-face immorality, and would certainly be mesmerized by the lack of discipline and respect of elders and authority So which Class of '19 had it best?

Local Church Calendar

First United Methodist Church of Howe

Tuesday

9:30 am - Women's Bible Study

6:30 pm Boy Scouts

Wednesday 9:00 am - Wednesday Workers

6:30 pm - JrHigh and Sr High Youth

Saturday 9:00 am - Feed My Sheep (1st and 3rd Sat each month)

Sunday

8:40 am - Fellowship and Donuts

9:00 am - Sunday School

10:00 am - Worship service

3:00 pm - Cub Scouts

First Baptist Church Howe

Tuesday

7:00 pm - Bible Study

Wednesday

6:30 pm - Adult Bible Study

Kids Activities - Check Church FB Page

Youth Activities - Check Church FB Page Throughout Summer

Sunday

8:30am - Prayer Time

9:15am - Bible Fellowship

10:30am - Worship Service

First Baptist Church Dorchester

Wednesday

6:00 pm - Meal (Donations for adults and kids eat free)

6:30 pm - Praise service

7:00 pm - Youth Bible Study

7:00 pm - Adult Bible Study

7:00 pm - RA's/GA's/children's group

Sunday 9:00 am - Men's Prayer Time

9:45 am - Sunday School

10:45 am - A M Worship Service

5:00 pm - Adult Chior Practice

6:00 pm - Evening Worship

Howe Church of Christ

Wednesday 7:00 pm - Bible Classes (all ages)

Sunday 9:00 am - Bible Classes (all ages)

10:00 am - Worship Service

5:00 pm - Worship Service

New Beginning Fellowship

Wednesday 7:00 pm - Radiate Youth

7:00 pm - Sanctuary of for prayer

Sunday

9:30 am - Sunday School (kids, youth, women, men)

10:30 am - Worship Service

10:30 am - Kids Church

A Christian Fellowship, Luella

Wednesday

6:30 pm – Potluck Meal

7:00 pm – Worship Service

7:00 pm – Jr & Sr High Youth

Sunday

9:30 am – Sunday School (all ages)

10:30 am – Worship Service

10:30 am – KidZone Children’s Service (5yr – 12 yr)

Community Bible Fellowship

Wednesday 6:30 pm - Food and Fellowship

7:00 pm - Community Kids (ages 3

- 6th grade, nursery available)

7:00 pm - Youth and Adult Bible Study

Sunday

10:30 am - Worship Service

Times are subject to change. Please check with each church for any possible changes to the Odessa area Rideout has served on the council before.

Mayor Jeff Stanley was sworn in as he now has a mayor tenure of 10 consecutive years making him the third longest-tenured mayor in Howe's history behind WP Thompson (1922-1951) and Ray Bledsoe (1987-2001)

Bill French was also sworn in for