Gladys Burleson Countryman, 105, of Temple, died Monday, April 23, 2012, in a local nursing center. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m., Wednesday, April 25, at the funeral home. Services will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday, April 26, at Scanio-Harper Funeral Home with Chaplain Eric Hammer officiating. Burial will follow in Little Flock Cemetery.
Born to the late Chance and Lillie Bell McFarland Burleson, Gladys grew up in Bartlett, Temple, and in Wharton County, Texas. "Glad," as she was called by her sisters, was often a handful to her parents, saved at times only by her wide smile and mischievous eyes. Proud of being a tomboy but not always wise, she once skipped school to ride her horse. The escapade did not end well after she rode her horse at full speed around the schoolhouse. This probably did not slow her down for long.
Gladys met and married her "Alabama boy", William Davidson "Bill" Countryman in Temple not long after his return from World War II, and in 1952, they moved to Bay Minette, Alabama, where they lived until Bill's death in 1989. In 1991, she returned to Texas. Gladys worked in several jobs across Central Texas and, later, 36 years for the federal civil service, receiving many commendations and awards for her outstanding work. She worked at Ft. Hood, Texas during World War II, at McCloskey Veterans Hospital in Temple, and at several federal agencies in Alabama and Florida until her retirement at age 70.
She worked hard at whatever she undertook, and loved her family with all her heart and soul. She was a smart and funny woman and an enthusiastic gardener. She loved to fish as long as fishing consisted mainly of resting in her lawn chair on the boat enjoying the water. She was ready to travel at any time, to any place, and, as her co-workers knew too well, she played a mean game of bridge every day at lunch. An avid genealogy researcher and proud 4th generation Texan, Gladys was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and the Daughters of the Republic of Texas.
Survivors include daughters: Janice Skinner Gorden and husband, Billy B., of Temple, Judean Skinner Manion and husband, Adrian, of Austin, and Linda Countryman Swedberg and husband, Chad, of Austin; eight grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; and her dear friend, Mrs. Adelene Flowers, of Bay Minette, Alabama. G9/2
Born to the late Chance and Lillie Bell McFarland Burleson, Gladys grew up in Bartlett, Temple, and in Wharton County, Texas. "Glad," as she was called by her sisters, was often a handful to her parents, saved at times only by her wide smile and mischievous eyes. Proud of being a tomboy but not always wise, she once skipped school to ride her horse. The escapade did not end well after she rode her horse at full speed around the schoolhouse. This probably did not slow her down for long.
Gladys met and married her "Alabama boy", William Davidson "Bill" Countryman in Temple not long after his return from World War II, and in 1952, they moved to Bay Minette, Alabama, where they lived until Bill's death in 1989. In 1991, she returned to Texas. Gladys worked in several jobs across Central Texas and, later, 36 years for the federal civil service, receiving many commendations and awards for her outstanding work. She worked at Ft. Hood, Texas during World War II, at McCloskey Veterans Hospital in Temple, and at several federal agencies in Alabama and Florida until her retirement at age 70.
She worked hard at whatever she undertook, and loved her family with all her heart and soul. She was a smart and funny woman and an enthusiastic gardener. She loved to fish as long as fishing consisted mainly of resting in her lawn chair on the boat enjoying the water. She was ready to travel at any time, to any place, and, as her co-workers knew too well, she played a mean game of bridge every day at lunch. An avid genealogy researcher and proud 4th generation Texan, Gladys was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and the Daughters of the Republic of Texas.
Survivors include daughters: Janice Skinner Gorden and husband, Billy B., of Temple, Judean Skinner Manion and husband, Adrian, of Austin, and Linda Countryman Swedberg and husband, Chad, of Austin; eight grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; and her dear friend, Mrs. Adelene Flowers, of Bay Minette, Alabama. G9/2
Gladys Burleson Countryman, 105, of Temple, died Monday, April 23, 2012, in a local nursing center. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m., Wednesday, April 25, at the funeral home. Services will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday, April 26, at Scanio-Harper Funeral Home with Chaplain Eric Hammer officiating. Burial will follow in Little Flock Cemetery.
Born to the late Chance and Lillie Bell McFarland Burleson, Gladys grew up in Bartlett, Temple, and in Wharton County, Texas. "Glad," as she was called by her sisters, was often a handful to her parents, saved at times only by her wide smile and mischievous eyes. Proud of being a tomboy but not always wise, she once skipped school to ride her horse. The escapade did not end well after she rode her horse at full speed around the schoolhouse. This probably did not slow her down for long.
Gladys met and married her "Alabama boy", William Davidson "Bill" Countryman in Temple not long after his return from World War II, and in 1952, they moved to Bay Minette, Alabama, where they lived until Bill's death in 1989. In 1991, she returned to Texas. Gladys worked in several jobs across Central Texas and, later, 36 years for the federal civil service, receiving many commendations and awards for her outstanding work. She worked at Ft. Hood, Texas during World War II, at McCloskey Veterans Hospital in Temple, and at several federal agencies in Alabama and Florida until her retirement at age 70.
She worked hard at whatever she undertook, and loved her family with all her heart and soul. She was a smart and funny woman and an enthusiastic gardener. She loved to fish as long as fishing consisted mainly of resting in her lawn chair on the boat enjoying the water. She was ready to travel at any time, to any place, and, as her co-workers knew too well, she played a mean game of bridge every day at lunch. An avid genealogy researcher and proud 4th generation Texan, Gladys was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and the Daughters of the Republic of Texas.
Survivors include daughters: Janice Skinner Gorden and husband, Billy B., of Temple, Judean Skinner Manion and husband, Adrian, of Austin, and Linda Countryman Swedberg and husband, Chad, of Austin; eight grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; and her dear friend, Mrs. Adelene Flowers, of Bay Minette, Alabama. G9/2
Born to the late Chance and Lillie Bell McFarland Burleson, Gladys grew up in Bartlett, Temple, and in Wharton County, Texas. "Glad," as she was called by her sisters, was often a handful to her parents, saved at times only by her wide smile and mischievous eyes. Proud of being a tomboy but not always wise, she once skipped school to ride her horse. The escapade did not end well after she rode her horse at full speed around the schoolhouse. This probably did not slow her down for long.
Gladys met and married her "Alabama boy", William Davidson "Bill" Countryman in Temple not long after his return from World War II, and in 1952, they moved to Bay Minette, Alabama, where they lived until Bill's death in 1989. In 1991, she returned to Texas. Gladys worked in several jobs across Central Texas and, later, 36 years for the federal civil service, receiving many commendations and awards for her outstanding work. She worked at Ft. Hood, Texas during World War II, at McCloskey Veterans Hospital in Temple, and at several federal agencies in Alabama and Florida until her retirement at age 70.
She worked hard at whatever she undertook, and loved her family with all her heart and soul. She was a smart and funny woman and an enthusiastic gardener. She loved to fish as long as fishing consisted mainly of resting in her lawn chair on the boat enjoying the water. She was ready to travel at any time, to any place, and, as her co-workers knew too well, she played a mean game of bridge every day at lunch. An avid genealogy researcher and proud 4th generation Texan, Gladys was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and the Daughters of the Republic of Texas.
Survivors include daughters: Janice Skinner Gorden and husband, Billy B., of Temple, Judean Skinner Manion and husband, Adrian, of Austin, and Linda Countryman Swedberg and husband, Chad, of Austin; eight grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; and her dear friend, Mrs. Adelene Flowers, of Bay Minette, Alabama. G9/2
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