"Violet Ruth Flippin Hext, age 86, of Coleman, died Friday, October 8, 2004 in Brownwood Regional Medical Center. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. today (Tuesday, October 12th) at First Baptist Church in Coleman with Rev. Gary Boyd officiating and assisted by Rev. John Stanislaw. Burial will follow in the Coleman City Cemetery under the direction of Stevens Funeral Home.
"She was born Violet Ruth Flippin on December 3, 1917 on the Pitchfork Ranch at Dumont, King County, Texas, the ninth of 10 children of Asher Theodore and Lona Lee Ray Flippin. She attended school at Gardner Flatt Elementary on the Pitchfork Ranch, Dumont High School and graduated from Patton Springs High School in Afton, Texas. Ruth attended West Texas School of Nursing in Lubbock 1936-1937 and later graduated from Throckmorton Memorial Hospital School of Nursing as an L. V. N. She accepted the Lord in 1939 at the age of 21. On December 24, 1937 she married Henry Newton Hext in her parent¹s home in Afton, Texas. Henry and Ruth owned and operated a grocery store in Afton and moved to Throckmorton in 1945 where they owned and operated a grocery store for 25 years. Ruth also worked at Throckmorton Hospital for many years and later worked as a clinic nurse, in nursing homes and in private homes. She and her husband moved to Coleman, Texas in 1979. Henry went to be with the Lord on August 28, 1989. Ruth was an active member of First Baptist Church and belonged to the Esther Sunday School Class, Letha Saunders WMU group and the WMU Round Table. She was a member of the choir for several years, worked in 4th and 5th grade Sunday School and played the piano in the Sunday School Department.
"Survivors include one daughter and son-in-law, Lona Beth and Billy Bauer of Coleman; three grandchildren, Julie and husband Joe Williford of Brownwood, Jana Bergen and Lacey Bauer both of Coleman; six great-grandchildren, Cole Terry, Andrew Putman, LeeAnn Thomas, Jordan Eager, Brandon Eager, Austin Sowell; one brother, T. O. and wife Polly Flippin of Las Vegas, Nevada; many nieces and nephews.
"She was preceded in death by five brothers, Roy, Carl, Earl, Claud and Troy Flippin; three sisters, Irene Hart, Vera Hollar, Anna Belle Smith. Memorials may be made to Gideons International."
(Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas, October 12, 2004, page 18. Used with permission.)
"She was born Violet Ruth Flippin on December 3, 1917 on the Pitchfork Ranch at Dumont, King County, Texas, the ninth of 10 children of Asher Theodore and Lona Lee Ray Flippin. She attended school at Gardner Flatt Elementary on the Pitchfork Ranch, Dumont High School and graduated from Patton Springs High School in Afton, Texas. Ruth attended West Texas School of Nursing in Lubbock 1936-1937 and later graduated from Throckmorton Memorial Hospital School of Nursing as an L. V. N. She accepted the Lord in 1939 at the age of 21. On December 24, 1937 she married Henry Newton Hext in her parent¹s home in Afton, Texas. Henry and Ruth owned and operated a grocery store in Afton and moved to Throckmorton in 1945 where they owned and operated a grocery store for 25 years. Ruth also worked at Throckmorton Hospital for many years and later worked as a clinic nurse, in nursing homes and in private homes. She and her husband moved to Coleman, Texas in 1979. Henry went to be with the Lord on August 28, 1989. Ruth was an active member of First Baptist Church and belonged to the Esther Sunday School Class, Letha Saunders WMU group and the WMU Round Table. She was a member of the choir for several years, worked in 4th and 5th grade Sunday School and played the piano in the Sunday School Department.
"Survivors include one daughter and son-in-law, Lona Beth and Billy Bauer of Coleman; three grandchildren, Julie and husband Joe Williford of Brownwood, Jana Bergen and Lacey Bauer both of Coleman; six great-grandchildren, Cole Terry, Andrew Putman, LeeAnn Thomas, Jordan Eager, Brandon Eager, Austin Sowell; one brother, T. O. and wife Polly Flippin of Las Vegas, Nevada; many nieces and nephews.
"She was preceded in death by five brothers, Roy, Carl, Earl, Claud and Troy Flippin; three sisters, Irene Hart, Vera Hollar, Anna Belle Smith. Memorials may be made to Gideons International."
(Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas, October 12, 2004, page 18. Used with permission.)
"Violet Ruth Flippin Hext, age 86, of Coleman, died Friday, October 8, 2004 in Brownwood Regional Medical Center. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. today (Tuesday, October 12th) at First Baptist Church in Coleman with Rev. Gary Boyd officiating and assisted by Rev. John Stanislaw. Burial will follow in the Coleman City Cemetery under the direction of Stevens Funeral Home.
"She was born Violet Ruth Flippin on December 3, 1917 on the Pitchfork Ranch at Dumont, King County, Texas, the ninth of 10 children of Asher Theodore and Lona Lee Ray Flippin. She attended school at Gardner Flatt Elementary on the Pitchfork Ranch, Dumont High School and graduated from Patton Springs High School in Afton, Texas. Ruth attended West Texas School of Nursing in Lubbock 1936-1937 and later graduated from Throckmorton Memorial Hospital School of Nursing as an L. V. N. She accepted the Lord in 1939 at the age of 21. On December 24, 1937 she married Henry Newton Hext in her parent¹s home in Afton, Texas. Henry and Ruth owned and operated a grocery store in Afton and moved to Throckmorton in 1945 where they owned and operated a grocery store for 25 years. Ruth also worked at Throckmorton Hospital for many years and later worked as a clinic nurse, in nursing homes and in private homes. She and her husband moved to Coleman, Texas in 1979. Henry went to be with the Lord on August 28, 1989. Ruth was an active member of First Baptist Church and belonged to the Esther Sunday School Class, Letha Saunders WMU group and the WMU Round Table. She was a member of the choir for several years, worked in 4th and 5th grade Sunday School and played the piano in the Sunday School Department.
"Survivors include one daughter and son-in-law, Lona Beth and Billy Bauer of Coleman; three grandchildren, Julie and husband Joe Williford of Brownwood, Jana Bergen and Lacey Bauer both of Coleman; six great-grandchildren, Cole Terry, Andrew Putman, LeeAnn Thomas, Jordan Eager, Brandon Eager, Austin Sowell; one brother, T. O. and wife Polly Flippin of Las Vegas, Nevada; many nieces and nephews.
"She was preceded in death by five brothers, Roy, Carl, Earl, Claud and Troy Flippin; three sisters, Irene Hart, Vera Hollar, Anna Belle Smith. Memorials may be made to Gideons International."
(Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas, October 12, 2004, page 18. Used with permission.)
"She was born Violet Ruth Flippin on December 3, 1917 on the Pitchfork Ranch at Dumont, King County, Texas, the ninth of 10 children of Asher Theodore and Lona Lee Ray Flippin. She attended school at Gardner Flatt Elementary on the Pitchfork Ranch, Dumont High School and graduated from Patton Springs High School in Afton, Texas. Ruth attended West Texas School of Nursing in Lubbock 1936-1937 and later graduated from Throckmorton Memorial Hospital School of Nursing as an L. V. N. She accepted the Lord in 1939 at the age of 21. On December 24, 1937 she married Henry Newton Hext in her parent¹s home in Afton, Texas. Henry and Ruth owned and operated a grocery store in Afton and moved to Throckmorton in 1945 where they owned and operated a grocery store for 25 years. Ruth also worked at Throckmorton Hospital for many years and later worked as a clinic nurse, in nursing homes and in private homes. She and her husband moved to Coleman, Texas in 1979. Henry went to be with the Lord on August 28, 1989. Ruth was an active member of First Baptist Church and belonged to the Esther Sunday School Class, Letha Saunders WMU group and the WMU Round Table. She was a member of the choir for several years, worked in 4th and 5th grade Sunday School and played the piano in the Sunday School Department.
"Survivors include one daughter and son-in-law, Lona Beth and Billy Bauer of Coleman; three grandchildren, Julie and husband Joe Williford of Brownwood, Jana Bergen and Lacey Bauer both of Coleman; six great-grandchildren, Cole Terry, Andrew Putman, LeeAnn Thomas, Jordan Eager, Brandon Eager, Austin Sowell; one brother, T. O. and wife Polly Flippin of Las Vegas, Nevada; many nieces and nephews.
"She was preceded in death by five brothers, Roy, Carl, Earl, Claud and Troy Flippin; three sisters, Irene Hart, Vera Hollar, Anna Belle Smith. Memorials may be made to Gideons International."
(Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas, October 12, 2004, page 18. Used with permission.)
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