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R. Ben Ellis June 26, 1934 ~ May 31, 2013

Ben Ellis, 78, of Lakeway, Texas died on May 31, 2013. He was born in Beaumont, Texas, the son of Bobbie and L.G. Ellis. He was the owner of Lake Hills RV & Boat Storage.
He graduated with a degree in petroleum engineering from The University of Texas and spent 34 years in the oil industry. He worked in several states and one foreign country, and spent six years in the Army Reserves.

Lindsey Ball Henderson June 22, 1981 ~ June 13, 2013

Lindsey Ball Henderson, 31, of Buchanan Dam, passed away, June 13. She was born to Carter A. and Kim (Kanaly) Ball in Laramie, Wyo. on June 22, 1981.
After high school graduation, Lindsey attended Southwest Texas State University. She later received her Real Estate agent license. She worked as a property manager, and worked in her dad’s firearms business as office manager. Lindsey adored her son Jackson and loved being a mom. She enjoyed cooking, gardening, and being with family and friends. She will be missed so much.
Lindsey was proud of her brother, Carter, who is a Texas Game Warden, and her husband, Jack, who is a volunteer firefighter at Buchanan Dam.
She recently had ear surgery, that enabled her to hear simple sounds, that we all take for granted, for the first time. She was still recovering, working through bouts of vertigo.
She is survived by her parents, Carter A. and Kim Ball of Buchanan Dam; son, Jackson Henderson and husband Jack Henderson of Buchanan Dam; brother, Carter A. Ball III and nephew Cash Ball of Buchanan Dam and Midland, Texas; maternal grandmother, Maisie Kanaly of Neptune Beach, Fla., and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews in several states.

Alfred Earl Becker

Alfred Earl Becker was born Jan. 25, 1929 to Walter Eugene Becker and Thelma Alice Cone, in San Antonio, Texas. He was one of five children: Vivian, Eugene, Alfred, Elizabeth, and Beverly. He lived on Cottonwood Road in San Antonio in a house built by his father and shared with his grandmother; Anna Amelia Henrietta Ripschlager Becker McClintock, who came to America from Magdaburg, Germany in 1872. In 1953, he married, Marjorie Mae Leverett. Catherine was born later that year, followed by Carolyn, Michael, and then Mark in the Philippines.
Alfred is predeceased by his father and mother, sister Vivian, brother, Eugene, and granddaughter, Rebecca.

Joseph William Miles Jr. March 16, 1944 ~ June 11, 2013

Joseph William Miles Jr., M.D., 69, died June 11 in Horseshoe Bay.
Dr. Miles was born March 16, 1944 in Madisonville, Ky. He was a graduate of Vanderbilt University, where he was a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity, and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine, where he was a member of the Phi Chi Medical Fraternity. He was a board-certified urologist and practiced in Clarksville, Tenn., for 37 years, recently retiring to Horseshoe Bay.

Dunning Charles Bright Jan. 11, 1947 ~ June 12, 2013

Dunning Charles Bright, 66, of Marble Falls, passed away peacefully on the morning of June 12 at his home surrounded by loved ones.
Dunning is survived by his wife of 34 years, Patti Bright; his daughters Leah Petri and husband Chris of Austin, Bonnie Frailicks and husband Bradley of Austin, Katie Bright of Houston; and his son Sam McCall and wife Rachel of Manor. He is also survived by his sister Rosemary "Dede” Bright of Hearne, grandsons Walker and Hughes Petri and Nathan McCall, along with numerous other family members and friends.

Ethel Olene Singleton Jan. 16, 1933 ~ June 10, 2013

Ethel Olene Garrett Singleton was born Jan. 16, 1933, in Rock Springs, Texas to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Grover Garrett. She passed from this life and on to glory, June 10. She was 80 years old.
She was preceded in death by her parents, and her husband, James Phillips Singleton, and her brother, Joel Ervin "Erby” Garrett.
"Etholene” as many called her, moved with her family to Travis Peak, Texas in 1938, when she was five years old. She lived and flourished in that close-knit community. She attended Travis Peak School #2 until her senior year, when she attended and graduated from Marble Falls High School in 1951. As a young adult, she lived and worked in Marble Falls and Austin, and then married Phillips Singleton in 1957, and they had 3 children, Charlie, Donna and Laura. Ethel and Phillips ranched all of their years together. She was a lifelong member of the Travis Peak Church of Christ, where she was a Bible School teacher.

Buddy Mann 1997 - May 25, 2013

After 16 years in residence on Kerrville Folkway in North Austin, "Buddy” moved on to Doggie Heaven last week.

Known as the "neighborhood pet” for his welcoming grin, better suited to a Cheshire cat than a mixed-breed canine, that grin had begun to fade in recent months as muscles in his back legs deteriorated.

Buddy Mann 1997 ~ May 25, 2013

After 16 years in residence on Kerrville Folkway in North Austin, "Buddy” moved on to Doggie Heaven last week.
Known as the "neighborhood pet” for his welcoming grin, better suited to a Cheshire cat than a mixed-breed canine, that grin had begun to fade in recent months as muscles in his back legs deteriorated.
This open-jawed, happy-to-see you border collie mix was having to endure being toted from his long, deep sleeps to food and water bowls. Then a heart murmur found several years ago by renowned neighborhood veterinarian Doyle Wood returned, making every breath Buddy took labored and, I suspect, painful. His doorstep greetings had come to an end.
Early on a Saturday, surrounded by his Kerrville Folkway family and the loving team of vet Dr. Doyle Wood’s Balcones Animal Clinic, Buddy moved on. He was at least l7.
Survivors include Bob Mann and Valerie Phillips who welcomed a badly-wounded Buddy into their home in 1997 where he fell in step with the glorious park romps and home life of his new hosts, the energetic and comical mother-daughter mixed dachshund team of Wally and Molly.
Like all pooches we grow to love, Buddy was, indeed, one of a kind, but, in journalism lingo, there is a "back story:”
That 1997 summer, I motored in my red Miata to my high school class reunion in Cameron, 70 miles away in Milam County, where I grew up and where my parents lived for more than half a century.

Mildred Ann Larremore April 14, 1933 ~ June 11, 2013

Mildred Ann Larremore died Tuesday, June 11, 2013 in San Antonio. Mildred was born to Erma Lee Mask and William B. Hodges Sr. on April 14, 1933 in Levelland. She married Allen Nelson Larremore on June 2, 1950 in Lampasas.
Mildred was preceded in death by her husband Allen Nelson Larremore, parents Erma Lickfeldt and William B. (Mutt) Hodges Sr., and her brother Dudley W. Hodges. She is survived by her daughters Lee Ann Kunz and husband Danny of Harper, Kathy Michalczak and her husband Bruce of Bulverde, Sarah Nyegaard and husband David of Ganado, sister, Patsy Burnell of Heuber Springs, Ark., brother William (Bill) Hodges Jr. of El Dorado, sister-in-law, Lavone (Larremore) Traskos, Mich., eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

Charlsie Williams Wylie Jan. 19, 1928 ~ June 7, 2013

Charlsie Williams Wylie, 85, of Sycamore Creek Ranch in Burnet County died June 7, 2013 at Granite Mesa Health Center in Marble Falls. At her side was her husband of thirty-two years, Roger Wylie. She is survived by her brothers and sister Wallace D. Williams and wife Beverly of Arlington, Mass., Dan A. Williams of Clear Lake, and Wanda B. Williams Poe and husband Jack of Pottsboro, and by her four children Charles R. Crouchet of Marble Falls, John A. Crouchet and wife Carolyn of Marble Falls, Janet D. French and husband Bruce, of Houston, James T. Crouchet and wife Elizabeth of Buda, step-daughter Beth Wylie Shultz and husband Fred of Oriental, N. C., and dear friends, Ruth Carter and Lori Sears of Marble Falls. Charlsie’s four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren live in Texas.

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