Alma Adaline Laird, 87, a kind, gentle, loving Mother, Grandmother and friend, passed from this earthly life on Friday, December 7, 2012 in Abilene. Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m. Monday, December 10, 2012 at Orient St. Church of Christ with Wes Horn officiating. Interment will follow in Willow Cemetery, Haskell, Texas under the direction of Kinney-Underwood Funeral Home in Stamford. The family will receive visitors from 2-3 p.m. Sunday, December 9, 2012 at the funeral home.
Adaline was born January 8, 1925 in Swenson, Texas, the fifth of six children born to the late Dan and Alice (Stubblefield) Hill. Adaline lived most of her life in Stonewall County. As a young child, her family moved to a farm North of Aspermont . She started school in Aspermont Grade School and graduated Aspermont High School in 1942. Adaline furthered her education at Draughon's Business College in Abilene, taking classes in bookkeeping and typing. She worked for Standard Oil and Wm. Cameron Wholesale in Lubbock, Texas.
She married Walter B. Hills in January 1946 in El Paso, Texas, and he preceded her in death November 11, 1957. Adaline later married Wayne Laird on August 22, 1958, in Weatherford, Texas. In 1977, Wayne and Adaline purchased Foster Lumber Company in Aspermont, while still engaged in farming and ranching North of Swenson. Wayne preceded her in death on December 16, 1997. In 2002, Adaline moved from Aspermont to make her home in Stamford to be closer to her son Waddy and wife Margie. She enjoyed the sweeter things in life, including bird watching, seeing the bluebonnets make their appearance in the Spring, feeding her hummingbirds, listening to the melody of wind chimes and working in her yard. She was also an exceptional artist, loving to paint using oils and pastels. Adaline was a good seamstress, and treasured time spent with her grandchildren, teaching them to cook, sew, making arts and crafts, playing chicken-foot and watching the movie "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken." Adaline was a member of the Stamford Garden Club, the Tuesday Bridge Club, the Brazos Art Club in Haskell, Texas, and the Orient St. Church of Christ.
Preceding her in death were her parents; her husbands; four brothers, Ted, Tom, Billy, and Burton Hill; and one sister, Louella Whitefield.
Family left to cherish Adaline's memory are sons, Walter "Waddy" Hills and wife Margie of Anson, Matt Laird of Brownwood; grandchildren, Amy Lynn Mathis and husband Josh of Washington, D.C., Tana Lee Rainey of Lewisville, Jacinda Matthews and husband Jon of Albuquerque, N.M., Kelsey Laird and Katie Laird of Brownwood; one great granddaughter, Dakota Ann Rainey of Lewisville.
Adaline was born January 8, 1925 in Swenson, Texas, the fifth of six children born to the late Dan and Alice (Stubblefield) Hill. Adaline lived most of her life in Stonewall County. As a young child, her family moved to a farm North of Aspermont . She started school in Aspermont Grade School and graduated Aspermont High School in 1942. Adaline furthered her education at Draughon's Business College in Abilene, taking classes in bookkeeping and typing. She worked for Standard Oil and Wm. Cameron Wholesale in Lubbock, Texas.
She married Walter B. Hills in January 1946 in El Paso, Texas, and he preceded her in death November 11, 1957. Adaline later married Wayne Laird on August 22, 1958, in Weatherford, Texas. In 1977, Wayne and Adaline purchased Foster Lumber Company in Aspermont, while still engaged in farming and ranching North of Swenson. Wayne preceded her in death on December 16, 1997. In 2002, Adaline moved from Aspermont to make her home in Stamford to be closer to her son Waddy and wife Margie. She enjoyed the sweeter things in life, including bird watching, seeing the bluebonnets make their appearance in the Spring, feeding her hummingbirds, listening to the melody of wind chimes and working in her yard. She was also an exceptional artist, loving to paint using oils and pastels. Adaline was a good seamstress, and treasured time spent with her grandchildren, teaching them to cook, sew, making arts and crafts, playing chicken-foot and watching the movie "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken." Adaline was a member of the Stamford Garden Club, the Tuesday Bridge Club, the Brazos Art Club in Haskell, Texas, and the Orient St. Church of Christ.
Preceding her in death were her parents; her husbands; four brothers, Ted, Tom, Billy, and Burton Hill; and one sister, Louella Whitefield.
Family left to cherish Adaline's memory are sons, Walter "Waddy" Hills and wife Margie of Anson, Matt Laird of Brownwood; grandchildren, Amy Lynn Mathis and husband Josh of Washington, D.C., Tana Lee Rainey of Lewisville, Jacinda Matthews and husband Jon of Albuquerque, N.M., Kelsey Laird and Katie Laird of Brownwood; one great granddaughter, Dakota Ann Rainey of Lewisville.
Alma Adaline Laird, 87, a kind, gentle, loving Mother, Grandmother and friend, passed from this earthly life on Friday, December 7, 2012 in Abilene. Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m. Monday, December 10, 2012 at Orient St. Church of Christ with Wes Horn officiating. Interment will follow in Willow Cemetery, Haskell, Texas under the direction of Kinney-Underwood Funeral Home in Stamford. The family will receive visitors from 2-3 p.m. Sunday, December 9, 2012 at the funeral home.
Adaline was born January 8, 1925 in Swenson, Texas, the fifth of six children born to the late Dan and Alice (Stubblefield) Hill. Adaline lived most of her life in Stonewall County. As a young child, her family moved to a farm North of Aspermont . She started school in Aspermont Grade School and graduated Aspermont High School in 1942. Adaline furthered her education at Draughon's Business College in Abilene, taking classes in bookkeeping and typing. She worked for Standard Oil and Wm. Cameron Wholesale in Lubbock, Texas.
She married Walter B. Hills in January 1946 in El Paso, Texas, and he preceded her in death November 11, 1957. Adaline later married Wayne Laird on August 22, 1958, in Weatherford, Texas. In 1977, Wayne and Adaline purchased Foster Lumber Company in Aspermont, while still engaged in farming and ranching North of Swenson. Wayne preceded her in death on December 16, 1997. In 2002, Adaline moved from Aspermont to make her home in Stamford to be closer to her son Waddy and wife Margie. She enjoyed the sweeter things in life, including bird watching, seeing the bluebonnets make their appearance in the Spring, feeding her hummingbirds, listening to the melody of wind chimes and working in her yard. She was also an exceptional artist, loving to paint using oils and pastels. Adaline was a good seamstress, and treasured time spent with her grandchildren, teaching them to cook, sew, making arts and crafts, playing chicken-foot and watching the movie "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken." Adaline was a member of the Stamford Garden Club, the Tuesday Bridge Club, the Brazos Art Club in Haskell, Texas, and the Orient St. Church of Christ.
Preceding her in death were her parents; her husbands; four brothers, Ted, Tom, Billy, and Burton Hill; and one sister, Louella Whitefield.
Family left to cherish Adaline's memory are sons, Walter "Waddy" Hills and wife Margie of Anson, Matt Laird of Brownwood; grandchildren, Amy Lynn Mathis and husband Josh of Washington, D.C., Tana Lee Rainey of Lewisville, Jacinda Matthews and husband Jon of Albuquerque, N.M., Kelsey Laird and Katie Laird of Brownwood; one great granddaughter, Dakota Ann Rainey of Lewisville.
Adaline was born January 8, 1925 in Swenson, Texas, the fifth of six children born to the late Dan and Alice (Stubblefield) Hill. Adaline lived most of her life in Stonewall County. As a young child, her family moved to a farm North of Aspermont . She started school in Aspermont Grade School and graduated Aspermont High School in 1942. Adaline furthered her education at Draughon's Business College in Abilene, taking classes in bookkeeping and typing. She worked for Standard Oil and Wm. Cameron Wholesale in Lubbock, Texas.
She married Walter B. Hills in January 1946 in El Paso, Texas, and he preceded her in death November 11, 1957. Adaline later married Wayne Laird on August 22, 1958, in Weatherford, Texas. In 1977, Wayne and Adaline purchased Foster Lumber Company in Aspermont, while still engaged in farming and ranching North of Swenson. Wayne preceded her in death on December 16, 1997. In 2002, Adaline moved from Aspermont to make her home in Stamford to be closer to her son Waddy and wife Margie. She enjoyed the sweeter things in life, including bird watching, seeing the bluebonnets make their appearance in the Spring, feeding her hummingbirds, listening to the melody of wind chimes and working in her yard. She was also an exceptional artist, loving to paint using oils and pastels. Adaline was a good seamstress, and treasured time spent with her grandchildren, teaching them to cook, sew, making arts and crafts, playing chicken-foot and watching the movie "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken." Adaline was a member of the Stamford Garden Club, the Tuesday Bridge Club, the Brazos Art Club in Haskell, Texas, and the Orient St. Church of Christ.
Preceding her in death were her parents; her husbands; four brothers, Ted, Tom, Billy, and Burton Hill; and one sister, Louella Whitefield.
Family left to cherish Adaline's memory are sons, Walter "Waddy" Hills and wife Margie of Anson, Matt Laird of Brownwood; grandchildren, Amy Lynn Mathis and husband Josh of Washington, D.C., Tana Lee Rainey of Lewisville, Jacinda Matthews and husband Jon of Albuquerque, N.M., Kelsey Laird and Katie Laird of Brownwood; one great granddaughter, Dakota Ann Rainey of Lewisville.
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