W. A. Stansberry
Submitted by: Cathy Shelley
Whitney Messenger, Friday, August 19, 1983
Funeral services for W.A. (Bill) Stansberry, 63, of Meridan were
held Wednesday, Aug. 3 at the Brister-Lawson Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev.
Doug Shelley and Rev. Calvin Halbert officiating. Interment was in the Whitney
Cemetery. Born Aug. 21, 1919, the son of Jesse Stansberry and LaVada Shelley in
Hill County. He was raised and educated in Hill County near Hillsboro. Mr.
Stansberry and Ladean Thomas were married in Whitney in 1945. During World War
II, he served a tour of duty in the U.S. Army. For several years he was in the
service station business while living in Whitney and later went to work for the
Community Public Service Power
Company (now Texas-Ner Mexico). In 1965 the family moved to
Meridan, where he continued to work for the CPS. He had been employed there
for 27 years. Mr. Stansberry was a Baptist and a member of the VFW in Whitney.
He and his wife also operated the Walnut Springs Locker Plant at Walnut
Springs. Survivors include his wife, Ladean Stansberry of Meridan; one son,
Jesse
Stansberry, one daughter Linda Johnson, both of Meridan, 2
brothers, Clarence Odell Stansberry of Tinity and Gene Stansberry of Chandler,
Texas, 3 grandchildren, Shawn Turner, Brandy Stansberry and Brandon Stansberry,
all of Meridan; a number of neices and nephews. Pallbearers were: Johnny
Huffman, Jeff Satterwhite, Doyle Hulme, Milton Gann, Steve Bartles, Tom Offutt,
Eddie Farmer and T.F. Crawford. Honorary Pallbearers were Texas-New Mexico
employees.
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