THE PARIS NEWS, Bennie Ray Landers of 817 N. W. 1st died at 3 p.m. Wednesday, December 29, 1976 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Paris, Texas. Funeral services will be at 4 p.m. Friday, at the Leverett and Steele Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends 7 - 8:30 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Mr. Landers was born September 25, 1909, in Lamar County, a son of the late Joseph Sim Landers and Maude Evaline Sims. He married Martha Jo Spangler on February 16, 1955, in Hugo, Oklahoma. He had lived all his life in Lamar County and was a plumber. He was a veteran of World War II, having served in the United States Army. He was a Baptist. Survivors include his wife of Paris; four sons, Fred Wayne Landers of Fort Worth, and Danny Landers, Gary Landers and Bennie Landers, all of Paris; two step sons, Larry and Jerry Spangler, both of Paris; three daughters, Mrs. Don (Inell) Hull of Irving, Mrs Kenneth (Dorothy) Hughes of Paris and Miss Brenda Landers, also of Paris; three step-daughters, Mrs. Jim (Glenda) Cunny of Paris, Mrs Merl Johnson and Mrs. Billie Jean Elliott both of Corpus Christi; one sister, Mrs. Johnny Hope of Los Angeles, California; 13 grandchildren; one great-grandson; and one niece.'
THE PARIS NEWS, Bennie Ray Landers of 817 N. W. 1st died at 3 p.m. Wednesday, December 29, 1976 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Paris, Texas. Funeral services will be at 4 p.m. Friday, at the Leverett and Steele Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends 7 - 8:30 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Mr. Landers was born September 25, 1909, in Lamar County, a son of the late Joseph Sim Landers and Maude Evaline Sims. He married Martha Jo Spangler on February 16, 1955, in Hugo, Oklahoma. He had lived all his life in Lamar County and was a plumber. He was a veteran of World War II, having served in the United States Army. He was a Baptist. Survivors include his wife of Paris; four sons, Fred Wayne Landers of Fort Worth, and Danny Landers, Gary Landers and Bennie Landers, all of Paris; two step sons, Larry and Jerry Spangler, both of Paris; three daughters, Mrs. Don (Inell) Hull of Irving, Mrs Kenneth (Dorothy) Hughes of Paris and Miss Brenda Landers, also of Paris; three step-daughters, Mrs. Jim (Glenda) Cunny of Paris, Mrs Merl Johnson and Mrs. Billie Jean Elliott both of Corpus Christi; one sister, Mrs. Johnny Hope of Los Angeles, California; 13 grandchildren; one great-grandson; and one niece.'
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