| Bobby Joe Ramsey
Bobby Joe Ramsey, 59, died Friday in a local hospital.
A memorial service will be at 4 p.m. Monday in View Baptist Church
with the Rev. George Rake officiating. Arrangements were made by Elmwood
Funeral Home, 5750 U.S. Hwy 277 South.
Mr. Ramsey was born in Cottonwood and attended school at
Butterfield, Mount Pleasant and Wylie Central. He served with the National
Guard. He worked in the oil field, road construction and helped build the
Amstead Dam in Del Rio. He was an Eagle Scout in Troop 72 and was the
widower of Elizabeth "Cookie" Clark Ramsey.
Survivors include three daughters, Audrey E. Heard of Mexia, Tracie
A. Williams of Abilene and Retha Elkins of Paris, Tenn.; two sons, Butch
Hester Jr. of Henry, Tenn., and Timothy D. Ramsey of Abilene; his parents,
Joe and Edna Ramsey of Caps; four brothers, John Clayton Ramsey of Irving,
Joseph Wayne Ramsey of Tuscola, Jim Eugene Ramsey of Faxon, Tenn., and
James Howard Ramsey of Abilene; eight sisters, Margaret Alene McQueen of
Locker, Wanda Marie Wolf of Greenville, Susie Francis Wallace, Linda Joyce
Voyles, Dixie Louise McCracken and Jean Carrol Parsons, all of Abilene,
Mary Helen Nurmi of Tye and Mildred Annett Liske of Alaska; 21
grandchildren; and many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.
Memorials may be sent to West Texas Rehabilitation Center, 4601
Hartford, Abilene 79605; American Cancer Society, 209 S. Danville, Abilene
79605; or Hendrick Hospice Care, 1682 Hickory, Abilene 79601
Abilene Reporter News, Abilene, Texas, June
4, 1997 |
