Services for Jack Ussery, 84, of Ralls were held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, January 24 at Adams Funeral Home in Ralls with the Rev. Randy Bartley, pastor of Ralls First Baptist church, officiating. Burial was in the Spur Memorial Cemetery under the direction of Adams Funeral Home of Ralls.

Mr. Ussery died January 21, 2000 at Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock. He was born May 2, 1915 in Afton.

He married Leva George on July 18, 1937 in Frankston, Texas. He owned Ussery Applicance Company and had worked for Cox Furniture. He had also worked for the Ralls School System in maintenance. He moved to Ralls in 1959 from Idalou. He had also lived in Hereford, Haskell, Canyon, and Spur.

He was preceded in death by two granddaughters and one grandson and one great great grandson.

Survivors include his wife, Leva Ussery of Ralls; one son, Charles Ussery of Oklahoma City, OK; five daughters, Jowanna Martin of Littlefield, Lois Hurni of Abilene, Helen Yarbrough of Canyon, Charlene Edwards of Paris, Texas, and Betty McCutchen of Ralls; 19 grandchildren, 42 great grandchildren, and five great great grandchildren.

Source: The Texas Spur, Thursday, January 24, 2000, page nine

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