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Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, August 4, 2008 at the First United Methodist Church in Rankin. Officiating the services were Reverend Jennifer Kelley, Pastor at the First United Methodist Church, and Reverend Alan Speed, a former kindergarten student, of Jal, New Mexico. Pallbearers were grandsons T. L. McAden, Jim Bob McAden, Spencer Marshall, Matthew Marshall, Tre McDonald and Juan Duran; and son-in-laws: Phil Marshall and James McDonald. Burial followed in the Rankin Cemetery with arrangements under the direction of Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home.
Mrs. McAden was born on August 25, 1909 in Salado, Texas to B. A. and Ollie Mae Raymer. At an early age Vina Mae moved to Voss, Texas where she graduated from Voss High school as valedictorian of her class. While attending McMurry University in Abilene, Texas, she was class favorite and a member of numerous organizations. She married Lynn H. McAden in 1930 in Voss, Texas. Lynn was a Methodist minister in the Southwest Conference; together they served churches in Utopia, Marble Falls, Red Oak, Johnson City, St. Luke’s Methodist in Corpus Christi, Mertzon, Rankin, Carrizo Springs, Pharr and Rocksprings. In 1981, they moved to Brownwood, where they served Blanket and May until his death in 1988.
Vina Mae was a private kindergarten teacher in Rankin, Carrizo Springs and Pharr. She was a member of the Garden Club and numerous woman’s clubs in various towns.
She was an excellent cook, a wonderful seamstress, teacher and organizer, but most of all she was a loving wife, mother and Me Maw, who will be greatly missed.
She is survived by her son, Bobby McAden of Fort Worth, Texas; three daughters, Shirley McAden of Dallas, Judy Marshall and her husband Phil of Garland, and Alta McDonald and her husband James of Crane; her sister-in-law, Frances Raymer of Greenbriar, Arkansas; six grandchildren, Tommy McAden and his wife Lisa, Jim Bob McAden and his wife Rachel, Spencer Marshall and his wife Mary Beth, Matthew Marshall, Tre McDonald and his wife Crysti, and Tiffany Duran and her husband Juan; and 13 great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the Vina Mae McAden Memorial Fund, First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 503, Rankin, Texas 79778.
RANKIN- Vina Mae McAden, 98 of Brownwood, died Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at the Baylor Hospital in Dallas.
Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, August 4, 2008 at the First United Methodist Church in Rankin. Officiating the services were Reverend Jennifer Kelley, Pastor at the First United Methodist Church, and Reverend Alan Speed, a former kindergarten student, of Jal, New Mexico. Pallbearers were grandsons T. L. McAden, Jim Bob McAden, Spencer Marshall, Matthew Marshall, Tre McDonald and Juan Duran; and son-in-laws: Phil Marshall and James McDonald. Burial followed in the Rankin Cemetery with arrangements under the direction of Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home.
Mrs. McAden was born on August 25, 1909 in Salado, Texas to B. A. and Ollie Mae Raymer. At an early age Vina Mae moved to Voss, Texas where she graduated from Voss High school as valedictorian of her class. While attending McMurry University in Abilene, Texas, she was class favorite and a member of numerous organizations. She married Lynn H. McAden in 1930 in Voss, Texas. Lynn was a Methodist minister in the Southwest Conference; together they served churches in Utopia, Marble Falls, Red Oak, Johnson City, St. Luke’s Methodist in Corpus Christi, Mertzon, Rankin, Carrizo Springs, Pharr and Rocksprings. In 1981, they moved to Brownwood, where they served Blanket and May until his death in 1988.
Vina Mae was a private kindergarten teacher in Rankin, Carrizo Springs and Pharr. She was a member of the Garden Club and numerous woman’s clubs in various towns.
She was an excellent cook, a wonderful seamstress, teacher and organizer, but most of all she was a loving wife, mother and Me Maw, who will be greatly missed.
She is survived by her son, Bobby McAden of Fort Worth, Texas; three daughters, Shirley McAden of Dallas, Judy Marshall and her husband Phil of Garland, and Alta McDonald and her husband James of Crane; her sister-in-law, Frances Raymer of Greenbriar, Arkansas; six grandchildren, Tommy McAden and his wife Lisa, Jim Bob McAden and his wife Rachel, Spencer Marshall and his wife Mary Beth, Matthew Marshall, Tre McDonald and his wife Crysti, and Tiffany Duran and her husband Juan; and 13 great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the Vina Mae McAden Memorial Fund, First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 503, Rankin, Texas 79778.
Danny Ramirez, 33, of Pipe Creek, Texas, died on Friday, August 8, 2008, at his residence. Danny was born on July 6, 1975, in Kerrville, Texas, to David Ramirez and Alma Perez Ramirez. He was a construction worker.
Danny loved being outdoors, fishing and hunting, being with his family, and especially with his two girls. He was of the Christian faith.
Survivors include his mother, Alma Sheppard and husband Wade of Pipe Creek, his father, David Ramirez and wife Teresa of Lubbock; grandparents, Rosa Perez of Medina and Minerva Ramirez of Rocksprings; the mother of his children, Courtney Butler; his two daughters, Debra Christine Ramirez and Danielle Ramirez, both of Kerrville; two sisters, Delia Ramirez of Bandera and Brittani Sheppard of Palestine; brothers, David Ramirez, III of Kerrville and James Sheppard of Bandera; step sisters, Denise Ramirez and Davina Ramirez; step brothers, Dale Ramirez, D. J. Ramirez and Devin Ramirez; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts and uncles.
Funeral services were held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, August 12, 2008, at Grimes Funeral Chapels. Interment followed at Bandera Cemetery.
The family invites you to send condolences at www.grimesfuneralchapels.com by selecting the “Send Condolences” link.
Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Grimes Funeral Chapels of Bandera.