Myrl (sis) Mathis, 96, of Tahoka, passed from this life on Monday, Dec. 18, 2006 at Golden Plains Nursing Home in Post. She was born May 11, 1910 in Rising Star, Texas to the late John Elmo Sherrill and Myrtle Porter-field Sherrill. She married Walter Mathis in 1932, in Draw. He passed away in 1988 after 56 years of marriage. She graduated from Draw high school in 1928. Mrs. Mathis attended Texas Tech where she received a B.S and M.A. after which she became a teacher and taught for 32 years before retiring. Myrl was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Tahoka.
Mrs. Mathis was preceded in death by her husband Walter Mathis, her parents, John Elmo Sherrill and Myrtle Sherrill, and two brothers, X.L. Sherrill and Gus Sherrill.
Those surviving her are, three brothers, Ronald Sherrill, of Tahoka; J.E. Sherrill of Bovina, and Paul Sherrill of ODonnell; two sisters, Etha Mae Caswell of Carlsbad, N.M. and Bea Brown of San Angelo, Texas, and many nieces and nephews.
Graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2006 with her nephew, Leonard Caswell, officiating. Interment will be in the Tahoka Cemetery.
Arrangements are under the personal care of White Funeral Home.
Mrs. Mathis was preceded in death by her husband Walter Mathis, her parents, John Elmo Sherrill and Myrtle Sherrill, and two brothers, X.L. Sherrill and Gus Sherrill.
Those surviving her are, three brothers, Ronald Sherrill, of Tahoka; J.E. Sherrill of Bovina, and Paul Sherrill of ODonnell; two sisters, Etha Mae Caswell of Carlsbad, N.M. and Bea Brown of San Angelo, Texas, and many nieces and nephews.
Graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2006 with her nephew, Leonard Caswell, officiating. Interment will be in the Tahoka Cemetery.
Arrangements are under the personal care of White Funeral Home.
Myrl (sis) Mathis, 96, of Tahoka, passed from this life on Monday, Dec. 18, 2006 at Golden Plains Nursing Home in Post. She was born May 11, 1910 in Rising Star, Texas to the late John Elmo Sherrill and Myrtle Porter-field Sherrill. She married Walter Mathis in 1932, in Draw. He passed away in 1988 after 56 years of marriage. She graduated from Draw high school in 1928. Mrs. Mathis attended Texas Tech where she received a B.S and M.A. after which she became a teacher and taught for 32 years before retiring. Myrl was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Tahoka.
Mrs. Mathis was preceded in death by her husband Walter Mathis, her parents, John Elmo Sherrill and Myrtle Sherrill, and two brothers, X.L. Sherrill and Gus Sherrill.
Those surviving her are, three brothers, Ronald Sherrill, of Tahoka; J.E. Sherrill of Bovina, and Paul Sherrill of ODonnell; two sisters, Etha Mae Caswell of Carlsbad, N.M. and Bea Brown of San Angelo, Texas, and many nieces and nephews.
Graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2006 with her nephew, Leonard Caswell, officiating. Interment will be in the Tahoka Cemetery.
Arrangements are under the personal care of White Funeral Home.
Mrs. Mathis was preceded in death by her husband Walter Mathis, her parents, John Elmo Sherrill and Myrtle Sherrill, and two brothers, X.L. Sherrill and Gus Sherrill.
Those surviving her are, three brothers, Ronald Sherrill, of Tahoka; J.E. Sherrill of Bovina, and Paul Sherrill of ODonnell; two sisters, Etha Mae Caswell of Carlsbad, N.M. and Bea Brown of San Angelo, Texas, and many nieces and nephews.
Graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2006 with her nephew, Leonard Caswell, officiating. Interment will be in the Tahoka Cemetery.
Arrangements are under the personal care of White Funeral Home.
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