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By Donnie A. LucasTaking a week off from com-

petition with an open date, the Lady Lions traveled to Moran on Tuesday to start the District 9-1A race.

The Albany girls came home with a three-game win 25-15, 25-6, 25-20. Complete results will be reported next week.

The team will also be on the road on Saturday in Ranger for games starting at 10:00 a.m., followed by the fi rst district home game on Tuesday, Sept. 25 against DeLeon, beginning at 5:00 p.m.

The Lady Lions are part of the six-member district that includes DeLeon, Gorman, Lin-gleville, Moran and Ranger – all teams the girls have competed against in previous district races.

Varsity Beats RotanAlbany ended the pre-season

with a 25-16, 25-19, 25-15 win over the Rotan Yellowhammers on Sept. 11.

“This was our last tune-up before district,” said coach Kimberly Hill. “We missed eight serves and had some miscues that were glaring to me, but

that said, I thought we passed the ball solidly and our aggres-siveness at the net was the best in several games.”

Offensive standouts for hitting were Bristyn Vickers, Conor Wilson and Hannah Brown, along with Erin Lindsey and Liz Moore passing on serve receive. Defensive standouts were Hanna Wood and Kelli Schkade.

“There were some players showing me what this season really means to them and that they want to be on the court,” said Hill. “I’m excited and ready to see what the girls are going to accomplish in district.”

ALBANY VS. ROTANPLAYER Serves Kills Digs Blks AsstH Wood 10E Lindsey 6K Schkade 9 4 4B Vickers 3 5H Horneck 1A Faith 7C Wilson 10 5H Cope 1H Brown 4 1

JV ResultsThe JV I team beat Rotan

23-25, 25-12, 25-7 on Sept. 11.“We started out sluggish

and lost the fi rst game,” said coach Sara Wilson. “We were just overconfi dent, but we came back and played much better.”

The coach said that serves, passes and hitting all improved in the game.

Scoring on serves were Tobi

Nall, 6; Abby Reed, 14; Lexie Lee, 5; Autumn Owen, 4; Ra-chel Kitchens, 3; and Kassidy Sullivan, 13.

All of the scorers were named offensive standouts, along with Kassidy Sullivan, Rachel Kitchens and Shelby Barton on defense.

The JV beat Aspermont in a home game on Monday 25-19, 25-6.

“Tobi Nall had 21 consecu-tive scores on serves, which is outstanding,” said Wilson. “We still need to work on our cover on the block, but overall we are playing really well.”

Scoring on serves were Reed, 4; Nall, 21; Owen, 7; and Molly Lee, 3. The following had kills in the game: Reed, 2; Molly Lee, 3; Lexie Lee, 6.

Offensive standouts were Nall and Lexie Lee, along with Reed on defense.

The JV II girls traveled to Abilene on Sept. 11, picking up a 25-11, 25-11 win.

“This was the best game we have played all year,” said coach Paul Johnston.

The JV II also hosted Asper-mont on Monday, posting a 25-21, 25-16 victory.

“We started off very slow, but became more focused and really played well,” said Johnston. “We have played very well in our last two matches.”

♦ Girls to travelto Ranger Sept. 22

Lady Lions start district action with win

Senior Kelli Schkade (r) hits the ball over the waiting hands of two Moran blockers during the Lady Lions’ district win over Mo-ran on Tuesday night. The local girls will play in Ranger Saturday.

Lions fall to top-ranked Munday♦ Albany to tackledistrict next week ALBANY MUNDAY

24 1st Downs 1760-284 Yds Rushing 29-418

4-12 Passes Comp., Att. 5-7 0 Passes Int By 0 128 Passing Ydg. 167 372 Total Offense 585 88 Return Yds. 12 6-26.5 Punts, Avg. 2-31.5 0 of 1 Fumbles Lost 0 of 0 3-13 Penalties, Yds. 7-79 33:52 Time of Possession 14:08

RUSHING: Bumguardner 20-152, Pleas-ant 27-82, McCree 9-43, Raymond 3-4. RECEIVING: Burch 1-68, Bumguardner 1-13, Pleasant 2-7

GAME AT A GLANCE

SCHEDULE/RESULTSAug. 31 @ Hawley W28-14Sept. 7 Jim Ned W56-32Sept. 14 @Munday L55-28Sept. 21 OPENSept. 28 Ranger 7:30Oct. 5 @Gorman 7:30Oct. 12 Roscoe 7:30Oct. 19 @Roby 7:30Oct. 26 Baird 7:30Nov. 2 @Cross Plains 7:30Nov. 9 Hamlin 7:30

By Donnie A. LucasFacing the top ranked team

in Class 1A last Friday cost the Lions a 55-28 loss, but accord-ing to their coach there were lessons learned that will benefi t the team in the future.

The Lions lost their fi rst regular season game in over four years in Munday to the state-ranked Mo-guls primarily be-cause of quickness and speed. Albany held the game to a 14-7 margin into the second quarter, but the Moguls ignited a scoring spree to pile up four unanswered touchdowns in the second period to post a 42-7 lead at the half.

The Lions came out of the locker room at the half rejuve-nated to outscore Munday three touchdowns to two, but the damage had already been done.

The Lions, now 2-1 in pre-district, will have a week off before opening District 7-1A action at Robert Nail Stadium against the Ranger Bulldogs on Friday, Sept. 28.

Albany moved down to Divi-sion II of Class A this season and became part of an eight-team district.

“Our open date is earlier than usual,” said head coach Denney Faith. “We will use the time to make ourselves better and get ready for district.”

The coach said that the team will work on some of the funda-mentals covered during two-a-days, along with continuing to work on conditioning.

Faith is planning to use what has been learned over the fi rst three weeks of the season to prepare for district.

“We have got to get ready during this open week and be

ready to start district with a win.”

Faith acknowledged that the Moguls have a very good team this year.

“They have a lot of team speed and utilized it very well,” said Faith. “But our kids played hard and we loved the effort.”

He added that the Moguls’ scoring spree in the second quarter “had a snowball effect and was hard to stop, but I am proud of our kids for continuing to fi ght the entire game.”

The coach credited the of-fense, especially senior quar-terback Jake Bumguardner for posting a good effort.

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Several Albany de-fenders (top photo) pull down Munday runner Roddrick Tay-lor on the fi rst play from scrimmage during the Lions’ loss to the number one ranked Moguls last Friday night. Later in the game, Albany quarterback Jake Bumguardner (lower photo, r) follows lineman Javier Rocha for a good gain around the left side.

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The JV Lions remained undefeated last week with a 44-14 win over the visiting Munday Moguls to improve to 3-0 for the season.

The Lions jumped ahead 38-0 in the fi rst half of play.

Caleb Masters scored on the fi rst series with a 26-yard run, followed by the two-point conversion on a keeper by Drew Neece.

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Steve Phillips scored twice in the period for the Lions on runs of 15 yards and 32 yards. Michael Cot-ter scored the conversion points on a pass from Neece, while Masters ran in the second conversion.

Masters made good on another tally on a 29-yard run just before the half. The two-point attempt failed.

The Lions opened the second half with a quick score on the fi rst play from scrimmage with Neece go-ing 61 yards around the end on a keeper. Masters ran in the two-pointer to end the scoring for the Lions at 44 points.

“We continue to domi-nate on offense,” said coach David Fairchild. “Our backs are running hard, the line-men are doing a great job, and our receivers are catch-ing the ball and blocking down fi eld.”

The coach commended the team for putting to-gether three straight weeks of good offense.

“Our defense played ‘lights out’ in this game. The Moguls had only one fi rst down in the fi rst half.”

Defensive standouts in-cluded Drew Neece, Steve Phillips, Dylan Petree, Alex Faith, Levi Britting, Caleb Masters and Michael Cotter, who had both an interception and a fumble recovery.

The Lions are open this week, but will host Wylie on Sept. 27 at 6:30 p.m. Ranger doesn’t have a JV team.

JV Lions roll over Munday in 44-14 win

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Quarterback Drew Neece keeps the ball and moves past a Mogul defender for the two-point conversion as the JV Lions dominate the Munday sub-varsity in a 44-14 victory on home turf last Thursday evening. The local teams will be open this week, and since Ranger doesn’t have a junior varsity, the Lion JV will play Wylie in a game here next Thursday, Sept. 27, starting at 6:30 p.m.

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Baseball assn. works to beat donation deadline♦ Challenge grantspeeds up campaign

The Albany Baseball Association is continuing its efforts to raise funds to replace aging lights at the youth fi eld on Griffi n Road.

Since announcing its capital campaign, “A Brighter Future,” the association has received donations and pledges in the amount of $40,300. Included in that total is a $10,000 challenge grant contingent on the balance of the $88,550 project bud-get being raised or pledged by Oct. 1.

“The pledge and chal-lenge from separate foun-dations are substantial en-dorsements of the project and its importance,” said league president Pat Kelly.

He emphasized that the challenge grant deadline is coming up very soon, in less than two weeks.

“We want to be able to meet the goal in either donations or pledges so we don’t lose those dollars,” Kelly continued. “It’s very

important that those will-ing to contribute act as quickly as they can.”

Originally installed in 1962, Kelly explained that the lights and poles are in urgent need of being replaced with a proposed lighting system that will carry a 25-year warranty for parts and service.

“I’ve personally seen evidence of light fi xtures becoming unattached and falling to the fi eld. I have also witnessed power lines sparking as they contact one another on windy days.”

He added that all the burned out lights were replaced last year and the same ones were out again within a week.

“My fear is that one of the lights is going to fall and seriously injure an individual.”

The players who use the baseball fi eld range in age from fi ve to 12. Minor and major teams utilize the fi eld during the week, playing two games per night. Some players par-ticipate in both games in order to keep a four-team local league.

“If the lights can’t be replaced, we will be forced to condemn them and that would allow for only one

game per night,” said Kelly.The league would prob-

ably have to drop the four-team program to two and

require teams to travel on weeknights in order to play in an area league.

The other option would be to play games on Sat-urdays.

The association also uses the field to host tournaments that gener-ate operating income for the local league. Without evening games, hosting tournaments would not be possible, Kelly said.

“Our program has a very low registration fee of $25 per player and also supplies a uniform; some towns’ fees are around $100 and do not include a uniform.”

After paying for normal operating costs, the league has very little money re-maining to apply towards fi eld improvements of this magnitude.

“Every contribution – large and small – adds up,” Kelly said. “If you have been associated with the baseball program, have children or grandchildren in it, or simply like base-ball, we urge you to con-tribute to the lights that we anticipate will last at least 50 years.”

Those wanting to con-tribute or pledge can either mail it to the league at P.O. Box 2014 or give to Kelly or treasurer Angelyn Faith. The ABA is a 501(c)(3) non-profi t organization and all donations are tax deductible.

MELINDA LUCAS / ALBANY NEWS

Baseball player Henry Kelly leans up against one of the failing utility poles at the local ballpark that members of the Albany Baseball Association are seeking to re-place. A $10,000 challenge grant has quickened the pace of the campaign, with a deadline of Oct. 1.

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By Donnie LucasThe Albany Lady Cubs

A teams won a pair of games over Ranger last week, while the B teams lost to Abilene Christian Junior High.

The 8-B girls also trav-eled to Moran on Tuesday for a game, while the rest of the junior high squads were off.

All four teams will resume play on Saturday when Albany hosts a junior high tournament.

In addition to the Al-bany teams, other schools participating will be Wood-son, Abilene Christian Junior High and Munday.

Games will start at 9:00 a.m. in both gyms and will continue until 4:00 p.m.

Admission for the event will be $5 for adults and $2 for students. A full conces-sion stand will be available throughout the day.

The two A teams trav-eled to Ranger on Sept. 10, both bringing home wins.

The 8-A girls won 25-18, 25-11.

“We came out a little slow in the fi rst game,” said coach Lauren Peacock. “Our passing and commu-nication were lacking, but our serves were improved. The girls stepped up and played ‘their’ game in the second match.”

The coach said that the team still needs to work on transitions.

Lexi Munden and Ra-chel Hill were named

as offensive standouts, along with Kelci Smith on defense.

The 7-A team defeated Moran 25-17, 25-17.

Standouts were Krys-ten Morris and Kaley Smith on offense, and Baley Green and Chloe Fields on defense.

“Our passing was ac-curate and the girls wer always ready for the ball, which made a huge dif-ference in the game,” said Peacock. “We still missed several serves, but over-all the girls played much better.”

The 7-B team lost at ACJHS on Sept. 10, 25-15, 25-15.

The 8-B team lost to ACJHS 25-19, 25-21.

“Everyone did a great job,” said coach Paul John-ston.

♦ Jr. high girlswin over Ranger

AJHS teams to host tournament

Three Albany runners medaled in a very com-petitive cross country meet held in Hamlin last Satur-day, Sept. 15, including two varsity athletes.

The local cross country teams were scheduled to travel to Anson on Wednesday, but the meet was cancelled due to rain.

Their next competi-tion will be in Merkel on Wednesday, Sept. 26.

James McDonald in the varsity boys division placed fi fth out of 75 run-ners. His time over the three-mile course was 17:37.91, according to coach Ginger Norton.

Also medaling was Kami Norton in the var-sity girls category. She was

14th of 117 entries with a time of 13:07.44, with the top 15 runners receiving medals. The high school girls run a one-mile course.

Among the 75 junior high boys, Efren Camacho crossed the fi nish line in eighth place with 12:25.58.

“Overall, we competed well for the second meet,” said the coach. “Everyone shaved of a minute or more from their times.”

She added that several schools from the district list were entered in the Hamlin meet, including all the schools in Albany’s zone – Munday, Hamlin, Haskell, Stamford and Anson. Schools in the north zone are Petrolia, Archer City, Seymour, Olney, and

Windthorst.There were also quite

a few entries from larger schools, including Clyde, Snyder, Jim Ned, and Ballinger.

Complete local results from the Hamlin are as follows:Varsity Boys (75 runners)

5. James McDonald, 36. Caleb MastersVarsity Girls (117 runners)

14. Kami Norton, 27. Valerie Gandara, 100. Kathryn Ham-ilton, 106. Ruby Sanchez.

JV Boys (84 runners)63. Servando Rosales, 64. Miguel Perez, 80. Jesus Ro-driguez, 81. Luis Veliz.

JV Girls (70 runners)42. Abby Reed.Jr. High Boys (75 runners)

8. Efren Camacho, 32. Ryan Phillips

3 runners medal at Hamlin meetCROSS COUNTRY

Cubs split season openers with Munday♦ 7th grade gamefound for Thursday

The Albany Cubs opened the 2012 football season last week by hosting the Munday Moguls.

The seventh and eighth graders were originally scheduled to be open this week, along with the two high school teams. How-ever, since many of the district schools only have one combined junior high team, coaches decided to fi t in another seventh grade game this week with Haskell. Kickoff will be in Haskell at 4:30 p.m.

They are attempting to schedule other additional games throughout the season so that both teams will have a chance to play.

The eighth grade team will travel to Ranger on next Thursday, Sept. 27 for a 5:00 p.m. game, while the seventh graders will make the trip to Winters for a 4:00 p.m. game.

The seventh grade Cubs

started the year in the win column, blanking the Moguls 44-0 in the opener.

“Offensively, the Cubs got it going with their rushing attack,” said coach Ryder Peacock. “Running backs Adam Faith and Brian Hamilton were able to put together big run after big run, giving us an early lead.”

Quarterback Dax Neece was able to convert the two-pointer after the opening tally for an 8-0 lead.

The Cubs recovered a fumble to set up another touchdown. Overall, the Cubs put together six scor-ing drives that included touchdowns by Faith, Ham-ilton, Neece and Nolan Davis.

“Defensively, the Cubs used an overall team effort to contain the Moguls’ rush-ing game. The front line gave continuous pressure to disrupt their offense,” said Peacock. “The backs and secondary kept their wide receivers from getting on the board.”

The coach added that the defense was able to convert

several turnovers.“The guys played physi-

cal football, and we were able to give everyone an opportunity to showcase their skills. This was a great start to the season.”

The eighth grade Cubs finished one touchdown short with a 14-8 loss to the Moguls.

“Munday had a good team, and we weren’t able to mount a scoring drive in the second half,” said coach Rob Britting. “We had some mental mistakes we couldn’t overcome that hurt us.”

After a scoreless fi rst quarter, quarterback Roman Fuentes connected with Jordan Pleasant for a 14-yard touchdown pass. Fuentes then hit Jake Green with the two-point pass.

The Moguls ran back the ensuing kickoff to make it an 8-6 game. The Cubs stopped the two-point play.

Munday scored again before the half to go up 14-8.

“We have a lot to learn, but I still know these guys will keep improving.”

Albany’s young Lions youth football team plays host to a Cisco team this weekend for its fi rst game of the season.

The Lions take on Cisco White in Albany at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 22. This is expected to be the Lions’ only home game this season.

“We may still need some help with offi ciating and running the down mark-ers,” Lions coach Doug Neece said. “We have two

offi cials but could probably use one more and no volun-teers for the chains yet. We will pay anyone willing to help offi ciate the game, and we’ll need three offi cials.”

The season for the Breckenridge Little Bucks League offi cially started on Sept. 15, but the Albany team had a bye the fi rst week, and Neece couldn’t fi nd a practice game for that day.

“The boys are extremely

ready to play the fi rst game. I think they’re really tired of hitting each other and ready to take it out on someone else,” Neece said. “We’re really excited.”

There are seven teams in the league again this year: three from Breckenridge, two from Cisco, one from Cross Plains and one from Albany. The regular season will run through Oct. 27, with the playoffs starting on Nov. 3.

Youth football team to host Cisco

DONNIE LUCAS / ALBANY NEWS

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Seventh grader Nolan Davis (top photo) takes a handoff from Dax Neece and heads for the goal and a score during the Cubs’ 44-0 shut-out over Mun-day last week. Hunter Owen (lower photo) evades several Mogul linemen to pick up good yardage.

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Football(Cont. from pg. 1B)

“Jake fought hard at quarterback and the offense line really did a good job blocking. Both Rob Montgomery and Javier Rocha did a good job for us.”

The coach was much less pleased with the defensive effort.

“We still need to learn how to take proper an-gles, especially against a team with that kind of speed,” Faith said. “There were several times that we didn’t take the correct angle to get to the ball, and when we did get there we still need to be able to wrap up a tackle.”

He was pleased with the Lions’ kicking game, as well as preventing any long returns on kicks or punts.

“We had a couple of good returns to set our-selves up with good fi eld position.”

The Lions could meet the Moguls again in the playoffs. District wins by both squads would result in a possible quarterfi nal rematch.

Albany has posted four straight 10-0 regu-lar seasons and four district championships, advancing to the semi-fi nal in 2008, the state fi nal in 2009, the quar-terfi nal in 2010 and the regional round in 2011.

How They ScoredThe Moguls took the

opening kick at their own 37 yard line and fi ve plays later converted it to points on the board. Quarterback Dee Paul connected with Trey Stinnett on a 41-yard pass play and Dewayne Castorena booted the PAT.

The two teams traded

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the ball on downs before the Lions posted the lon-gest series of the quarter, moving the ball over 40 yards down to the Munday 24 yard line only to lose the ball on downs.

Munday’s Paul broke loose on the fi rst play for a 76-yard race to the goal and Castorena kicked the PAT to give the Moguls a 14-0 lead.

Albany rallied with a scoring drive on the follow-ing series. Thanks in part to a couple of stellar runs by senior running back Ryan Pleasant, the Lions made it to the 13-yard line. On fourth and fi ve, junior Lewis Kelly quickly stepped behind center and passed to Bumguardner in the corner of the end zone for the score. Bumguard-ner also kicked the PAT to put the score at 14-7.

But on the fi rst play after the kick, Roddrick Taylor took the handoff

59 yards for a touchdown and Castorena’s kick put the Mogul’s lead at 21-7.

A short punt ended the next Lion drive at the Albany 40 yard line. Paul handed off to L.J. Collier on the fi rst play for a 40-yard scoring run. Castorena kicked the PAT with 6:38 remaining in the half.

Munday scored less than a minute later on a run by Tyrone Neskorik. Castorena kicked the PAT.

The Moguls added an-other score just before the half ended on a 32-yard pass from Paul to Jake My-ers. Castorena’s kick gave the Moguls a 42-7 lead at the half.

The Lions took the fi eld fi red up after the intermis-sion, but Munday scored fi rst on a 18-yard carry by Taylor. The PAT failed.

The Lions answered the tally with a 61-yard drive that ended with Bumguardner scoring on a two-yard keeper. Bum-guardner kicked the PAT.

Munday’s Neskorik an-swered with a 68-yard run to the goal just two plays later and Castorena kicked the PAT.

Albany scored twice in the fourth quarter.

The fi rst came on a fi ve-yard keeper by Bumguard-ner with 4:08 remaining in the game. The score capped a 72-yard series, boosting the score to 55-21.

Bumguardner hit Dylan Burch with a 68-yard play pass to set up the fi nal touchdown. Three plays later Bumguardner scored on a three-yard run and also kicked the fi nal PAT to put the score at 55-28.

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Jake Bumguardner, who normally throws the ball from the quarterback po-sition, is on the receiving end of a touchdown pass from Lewis Kelly during the fi rst half in Friday’s loss to Munday.

OBITUARIES —

BILL STAPPWilliam Edwin “Bill”

Stapp, 67, of Vienna, Vir-ginia, died peacefully on Sept. 7, 2012, from com-plications after elective surgery.

The funeral will be held in Albany on Saturday, Sept. 22 at 1:00 p.m. at Trin-ity Episcopal Church with a reception to follow at the T.E. Jackson Warehouse.

Visitation will be held on Saturday, Sept. 22 from 9:00-11:00 a.m. at More-hart Mortuary.

Bill was born Oct. 3, 1944 to parents William “Bill” Thomas and Bernice Williams Stapp. Bill’s

mother died in 1947. After his mother’s death, Bill was raised by his father and stepmother, “Mam-ma,” Cora Starks Stapp.

Bill attended Albany schools and helped lead the Albany Lions to the 1A Football Championship in 1960 and 1961. The team was one of the most domi-nant teams in Big Country history, with a combined 30-1 record, and Bill was elected to the Texas High School Football All-State Team both years.

Bill went on to attend the St. Mark’s School of Texas in Dallas followed by the US Naval Academy Preparatory School. He later graduated from the University of Texas with a degree in Economics.

Most of Bill’s career was centered on the construc-tion industry. After many years in Dallas, TX, Bill moved to Northern Vir-ginia where he worked at Hensel Phelps. There, he worked on many fascinat-ing large-scale projects including the new Smith-sonian Air and Space

Museum and renovations to the Pentagon and the National Gallery of Art. Bill retired in 2010. In his retirement, Bill enjoyed the study of US History, his three grandchildren and was an ardent fan of the Washington Nationals.

Bill is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Liz and Russ Fleischer; son and daughter-in-law, William James and Ju-lia Stapp; grandchildren Alexander and Amelia Fleischer and Jessica Stapp; sisters Elaine Mc-Carty and Ann Hudman; brothers Steve, Johnny and Wayne Stapp; long time companion Ahn Al-der; and many nieces and nephews and friends.

Bill’s mother, father, stepmother and brother, Tommy Stapp, preceded him in death.

Donations may be made to the Robert Nail Scholar-ship Fund P.O. Box 2650 Albany, Texas 76430.

This is my comfort in my affl iction, that your prom-ise gives me life. Psalms 119:50. PD

DORIS HASHDoris Hash, age 69

of Albany, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012 at her residence. Funeral services were held Friday, Sept. 14 at First Baptist Church with Rev. John Tunnell officiating. In-terment followed in the Albany Cemetery under the direction of Morehart Mortuary.

Doris Swanner was born Aug. 3, 1943 in Fort Worth, Texas to parents, James Guy Swanner and Joyce Raglin Swanner. She grew up in Fort Worth and later graduated from high school.

Doris married John Daniel Hash, Sr. on Dec. 8, 1961 in Fort Worth. They moved to Albany where Doris worked for Motts Department Store and later at First National Bank until she retired.

Doris loved spending time with her family and she was a member of First Baptist Church in Albany. Doris was preceded in death by her parents.

Doris is survived by her husband, John Hash, Sr. of Albany; one son, John Dan-iel (Danny) Hash, Jr. and wife Leslie of Archer City; one daughter, Kimberley

Elaine Hash Conde and husband David of Abilene; one brother, James Carl (JC) Swanner and girl-friend Sue Chinworth of Burlington, North Caro-lina; four grandchildren, Laramie Sheree Hash of Brownwood, Cori Lynn and Tanner John Hash both of Archer City, and Kyler Mason Conde of Abilene; two great grandchildren, Tristan John Jackson and Urijah Sheree Cooper both of Brownwood; one aunt, Charlene (Raglin) Parks of Iowa Park; and numer-ous nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Nation-al Kidney Foundation and may be left at Morehart Mortuary. Condolences may be made online at www.morehartmortuary.net. PD

JAMES GARVINJames Weldon Garvin,

90, died Sept. 16, 2012 in the Hospice wing of Hen-drick Medical Center in Abilene, Texas. A memo-rial service was held Tues-day, Sept. 18, at the First Baptist Church in Albany with the Rev. John Tun-nell offi ciating. Military graveside services were in the Albany cemetery, under the direction of Bailey-Howard Funeral Home in Clyde.

James was born Aug. 2, 1922 in Lueders, Texas. The Garvin family later moved to Ft. Griffi n and then to Albany. James served in the Army Air Force and was stationed in Bryan, Texas. Upon his return to Albany, James met and married Oneta Carter. They had a son, Terry L. Garvin and daughter, Tillie Garvin Romanick. Oneta Garvin passed away in 1972.

James later married Lavetta Shelton of Clyde and moved his new fam-

ily to Albany. Lavetta’s children are Bob Shelton and his wife Jenna of Haltom City, Texas; Kay Hall and her husband Randall of Austin, Texas; Larry Shelton and his wife Cinda of Spring, Texas; Wesley Shelton and his wife Sherri of Sherman, Texas; and, Beverly Moore and her husband Don of Grapevine, Texas.

James and Lavetta have 14 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchil-dren.

James owned a Texaco station in Albany, worked for Lone Star Gas, and was a salesman for West Texas Utilities for 24 years. James was a Dea-con and then Chairman of the Deacons of the First Baptist Church. He was a devoted servant to our Lord and to his church and church family.

James enjoyed building many wood pieces for the local churches and fund raising organizations. James served as a city councilman for the City of Albany, was a Director of the Resource Center, represented the Red Cross on many area disasters, served with the Ministe-rial Alliance to provide food baskets at Christmas, and faithfully served with the Lions Club of Albany for almost 60 years.

James has lived a long fulfi lling life and raised two wonderful families. He is so loved and will be

missed by not only by his wife, Lavetta, all of his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, but also the many who knew him for so many years. He was a caring and giving soul and never failed to help those in need.

James was preceded in death by his father, Albert Ross Garvin; his mother Minnie Childers; his brothers Calvin Clif-ton, Albert Levoy (Bill) and J.B. Garvin; and his sisters Allie May Bouldin and Elsie Simmons.

James is survived by one sister, Evelyn Trice and her husband W.L. of Weatherford, Texas.

Pallbearers are his grandsons: Daniel and David Garvin, Nick and Garrett Hall, Trent and Jeffery Shelton and Trey and Matthew Moore. Hon-orary pallbearers are L. B. Gibson, Ed Edgar, John Bray, Arthur Lee Viertel and Billy Boland.

When we think of James, we remember this scripture: A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold. Proverbs 22:1

In lieu of fl owers me-morials may be made to Hendrick Hospice Care, 1682 Hickory St., Abilene, Texas 79601.

You may leave online condolences at www.bai-leyhowardfuneralhome.com. PD