Beverly McCollum Ratliff was born to R.J. and Gladys McCollum on December 13, 1940. She died on November 18, 2019 at Shannon Hospital.

She attended public school in Ozona and San Angelo, graduating from Central High School where she was a twirler with the Bobcat Band. She received a B.S. degree from Angelo State University. She was married to Gerald Ratliff in 1960. They had two children Merritt Andrea and Jeff Ratliff. Beverly was a loving “NaNa” to her grandchildren; Morgan Mann, Jefferson Ratliff, Fletcher Ratliff, Lyndon Polhemus, and Evelyn Ratliff.

She is also survived by her husband, Gerald; her children Merritt Andrea Ratliff, Jeff Ratliff and his wife Angie; many nieces and nephews to whom she offered love and support; brother Steve McCollum and his sweet wife, Priscilla, who loved and helped her so much.
We will miss her wit and compassion.

The family thanks her doctors and staff at Shannon and St. Gabriel Hospice.

Beverly was a member of Grace Presbyterian Chapel. She was a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church which she loved with her whole heart.

In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the House of Faith and the Salvation Army.

Memorial will be held at First Christian Church at 10am, Friday, November 22, 2019 with Pastor Kary Fry officiating.

Mary Sue Gill Gaines died on Sunday, November 17, 2019, in San Angelo, Texas. She was born to J.E and Lucile Bohannon on August 24, 1931, in Brownwood.

Think what history this woman saw: The Great Depression, WW II, The Korean Conflict, The Vietnam Conflict, the age of flight and problems in the middle east.

Even as a small child she sang. She lived and was schooled all over Texas as her father was employed by Humble Oil Company. She graduated from Edison High School in San Antonio. She was awarded the Outstanding Student Award in Band and choir. Howard Payne College offered her a music scholarship.

She rode a milk truck to school and was proud of it and met her future husband Howard Gill whom she married in 1949. He stayed in college, and they lived off of love, the GI bill, beans and cornbread. She did sing!

Whether hanging clothes, washing dishes or rocking a baby, she did sing! She sang in First Christian Church Choir, Civic projects and solos.

She was employed as the school secretary at Alta Loma School and later as an aide. When San Angelo Community College went to four years she went back to school full time to earn a teaching degree. At this time, she had a junior in high school and a junior in college. The college student avoided her classes. She was one of the “lil ole Grandmas” in tennis shoes sitting on the front rows in classes and spoiling the curve grading systems for everybody else. She did sing (and sit there)

She taught 23 years in the sixth grade at Alta Loma Elementary School. She loved history and made it come alive for her students.

After the children were off to college, she and Howard pursued a hobby of showing chihuahuas. They traveled all over the Southwest in their big motorhome. They finished thirty-five conformation AKC Champions, all but one home bred. And even three in AKC obedience trials, not easy with a Chihuahua! She Sang!

Howard Gill died in 2002 from lung cancer, The singing stopped!

At a hospice meeting in 2003 she met George Gaines who had also lost his spouse to lung cancer. They thought alike, realizing that life was short, they married. She sang again!

Mary Sue Gaines was preceded in death by her parents and Howard Gill.

She is survived by husband George; two children, Lucy Hill and husband Ken (in the process of moving to San Angelo) and Ernest Gill of Hamburg, Germany. George’s family includes his mother, Mimi, Tish and Toby Taylor, Kayla and Danny Jones, Chad Parker and Mark Gaines. Great Grandchildren, Brendan and Cayden Jones and the Taylor bunch Paige, Cole, Brandt and Izzy.

Viewing will be 10:00am to 8:00pm on Wednesday November 20, 2019 with the family be present from 5:00pm to 7:00pm to receive friends.

Funeral services will be 1:00pm Thursday November 21, 2019 at Robert Massie Riverside Chapel with Bryan Elliott of Johnson Street Church of Christ, officiating. Burial will follow at Fairmount Cemetery. Arrangements are made by Robert Massie Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers it was Mary's wish that donations be made to local animal shelters and animal rescue centers.

Opal Edna Chapman Hudson, 97, went to be with Our Lord and Saviour on Thursday, November 14, 2019, at Trisun Regency House Nursing Home in San Angelo.

Public viewing will be from 10:00 AM until 8:00 PM Saturday, November 16, 2019, at Robert Massie Riverside Chapel. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM Sunday, November 17, 2019, at Robert Massie Riverside Chapel with Brother Neil Conner, associate pastor of Belmore Baptist Church and close family friend, officiating. Graveside services will be 11:30 AM Monday, November 18, 2019, at Morton Memorial Cemetery in Morton with Rev. Jerry Newton, retired Baptist minister and nephew, officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Robert Massie Funeral Home in San Angelo.

Opal was born January 1, 1922, in Lamesa, Dawson County, to Howard and Edna Mae (Turnbow) Chapman. She was the oldest of her eleven siblings working alongside her father on the family’s farm and relying on her trusted friend and favorite horse, “Ole Nell” to assist her in performing her farming duties. Opal also took the “big sister” role seriously assisting her Mother in raising her younger siblings.

Opal married Clay Hudson on December 13, 1941 in Seminole. Places they lived include Morton, Borger, Seagraves and San Antonio; Lawton, Oklahoma, and Yakima, Washington, during WWII and finally moving to San Angelo in 1958 to settle with their two baby daughters. He preceded her in death on March 10, 2002.

Opal was a member of Harris Avenue Baptist Church where she taught Sunday School and was involved with the WMU over the years. Opal was an avid homemaker, loved working in the yard, knitting, crocheting and especially cooking. Something was always available to feed her family or anyone else that stopped by her home. Her family was her life and there was nothing she wouldn’t do for them to see a smile on their face. Her grandchildren knew her as “Mammaw Opal” and her great grandchildren called her “Mammaw Bopal”. Opal was the housekeeping supervisor for Holiday Inn many years then moved to Ethicon as a hand winder where she retired after 10 years.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her three brothers, Howard “Junior” Chapman, Jr., Leroy “Sonny” Chapman and Johnny Chapman; her three sisters, Joanne Chapman, Laverne Houpt and Wanda Derby.

Survivors include her two daughters, Rhonda Shrum and husband Gary of San Angelo, Cheryl Wilde of Plano; four grandchildren, Chris Shrum and wife Lauren of Canyon Lake; Ashley Cardoza and husband James of Stuttgart, Germany, Lisa Thomas and husband Ben of San Angelo and Jana McGuire and husband Josh of Euless; 10 great-grandchildren, Henry Shrum of Redmond, Washington, Emerson Shrum, Bailey Shrum and Leighton Shrum all of Canyon Lake; Aspen Cardoza, Liam Cardoza and Brentley Cardoza all of Stuttgart, Germany; Haley Palmore and Logan Thomas both of San Angelo; and Adelaide McGuire of Euless; two brothers, Billy Chapman, Jerry Chapman and wife June all of Lamesa; three sisters, Helen Nance of Lamesa, Sharon Eubanks and husband Lloyd of Cleburne; Beverly Cortese and husband Frank of San Angelo; three sisters-in-law, Wanda Chapman of Lubbock; Arlene Smith and husband Bob of Smyer; Betty Hudson of Lubbock; and numerous nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews; also Shirley Culp, a great friend who visited often and kept her supplied with Dr. Pepper.

In lieu of flowers, the family request donations be made to their favorite charity.

Gertrude Kathryn (Babe) Rutledge, 86, died peacefully in her sleep and passed from the hands of her daughters into the hands of God on November 16, 2019 at Shannon Medical Hospital in San Angelo, Texas. Born August 8, 1933, in Ottawa, Ohio, to Thomas Omar Cavanaugh and Helen Regina Baumier Cavanaugh, she is predeceased by her parents, 2 sisters, a brother, her beloved son, James Thomas (Jimmy) Rutledge and her late husband and loving Dad of her 4 Children, Robert Ray (Bob) Rutledge.

On September 22, 1952, at the young age of 19, Babe married Bob Rutledge, her soul mate and love of her life. Together for 25+ years, they raised their 4 children with steadfast love and devotion. Throughout travels abroad to Holland, back to the USA, to Norway and back to the USA, wherever Bob's career took him, Babe was always up to the task as she would gather up her children and manage to herd them through airports and finally on to the planes. Traveling alone with 4 children was anything but easy since what one child didn't think of to pull, another one did, yet she always managed it like only a Mother could. Living abroad, Babe managed the language barriers and mastered driving on ice, stuffing a family of 6 with ski gear and a family lunch into a compact car, cross country snow-skiing, ice skating, getting everyone off very early to school (which entailed a bus-train-bus ride), and even learned how to herd ducks out of the house and get duck droppings off the rugs, furniture and floors after her beloved Jimmy shut the door to the house and scared the "droppings" out of them. (To be fair, all 4 children led the ducks inside; Jimmy just wanted to keep them.) Stateside, Babe, while employed as a telephone operator for GTE, was the "homeroom" mom that baked goods for sales, sat in the stands come rain or shine for sports, livestock shows, motorcycle racing, cowboy polo, cheerleading, Tex-Ann's, parades, riding club play days; if her children were involved, she was there. The memories and experiences Babe (with and without Bob) afforded her children are infinite. She was a mother with a heart of gold that did the best she could do to take care of her children which she proved to the very last of her days. Babe's last stay in the hospital literally saved her oldest daughter's life. Had her daughters not been at the hospital with her, Kathy would not have survived as she suffered a ruptured abdominal aneurysm while standing next to Babe's hospital bed. God and Babe were working together. She was a “Mother” to the end and held on till Kathy was out of danger.

Survivors include her three children, Kathy White and husband, Dana; JoAnn Wilkinson and husband, Mark; Raymond Rutledge and wife, Donna. 7 Grandchildren; Robert Kuhns, Kimberly Lopez and husband, Jeremy, Blaine Wilkinson, Chad Rutledge and wife, Kristen, Valerie Whitney and husband, Travis, J.T. Rutledge, Coy White and wife, Jennifer. 9 Great-Grandchildren; Bryleigh Lopez, Addison and Reagan Wilkinson, Mason and Morgan Rutledge, Lane and Lance Whitney, Chase and Corbyn White.

Graveside burial directed by Johnson’s Funeral Home will be Saturday, November 23, 2019, at 11:00a.m. in the Garden of Apostles at Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens, 4989 FM Highway 1223, San Angelo, Texas 76905. Expressed by Babe, days before her passing; "Thank You Dana and Mark for all you have done for me through the years. Thank You for being the sons that I lost. Please look after my girls for me. I Love You!" The family wishes to thank the Shannon medical staff for going the extra mile with such compassionate care as well as those who have extended emotional support during mom’s final days. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the American Diabetes Association, West Texas Boys Ranch, SPCA or your charity of choice.

“In life we loved you dearly, in death we love you still, In our hearts you hold a place, No one else will ever fill.”

Christian Omar Bernal Martinez, age 28, of San Angelo, Texas passed away on Saturday November 16, 2019. Christian was born October 2, 1991 in Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico to Oscar and Guadalupe Bernal. He later moved to San Angelo and attended Lakeview Highschool. He worked as an electrician and met many friends along the way. He married the love of his life, Ana Karen, on December 2, 2017. Christian had a passion for music and football. His never missed a game from his favorite team, the Eagles. Christian was an extraordinary person who touched many lives. He will be deeply missed by all those who loved him.

Christian is survived by; wife Ana Karen Bernal; son Exseya Bernal; brother Oscar Bernal, brother Oscar Ivan Bernal, sister Brenda Bernal, brother Anthony Bernal, brother Ariel Bernal, sister Iris Parry, sister Tania Bernal, brother Javier Parry, sister Ana Luisa Bernal and brother Alfredo Bernal; parents Oscar and Guadalupe Bernal.

An open visitation for Christian will be held starting Tuesday, November 19, 2019 until Thursday, November 21, 2019 at Johnson's Funeral Home. A prayer service will occur Wednesday, November 20, 2019 at 7:00 PM.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in Christian's memory may be made to City of San Angelo Animal Shelter, 3142 US-67, San Angelo, Texas, https://www.cosatx.us/departments-s….

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.johnsons-funeralhome.com for the Bernal Martinez family.

FAMILY

• Oscar and Guadalupe Bernal, Parents
• Ana Karen Bernal, Wife
• Exseya Bernal, Son
• Oscar Bernal, Brother
• Oscar Ivan Bernal, Brother
• Brenda Bernal, Sister
• Anthony Bernal, Brother
• Ariel Bernal, Brother
• Iris Parry, Sister
• Tania Bernal, Sister
• Javier Parry, Brother
• Ana Luisa Bernal, Sister
• Alfredo Bernal, Brother

David Ralph Hodges 87 of San Angelo passed away November 16, 2019. David was born November 19, 1931 to Jewel and Pauline Hodges. He served in the United States Army as a Paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne and 505th Infantry Division. He married Barbara Jo Alexander after his enlistment in 1954. The couple had two children David Phillip and Diane Elizabeth. He graduated from Oklahoma University and was a die hard fan. He never missed a game and attended as many as he could, especially in his younger years. David started his YMCA career around 50 years ago. He came to San Angelo in 1988 as the Chief Executive Officer. Since then he has been serving the community through the YMCA, United Way and Bentwood Country Club. He retired in 2000 after the grand opening of the new YMCA which sits on Hodges Circle in his honor. David loved his work and loved his work family. On his days off and in his retirement you would always find him on the golf course at Bentwood with his friends. He is survived by his granddaughters who he raised since they were very young, Kristen Bratton and Kelly Marcano, and his great grandchildren who he adored, Haylee Zetzman and Amelie Clemens. A visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Friday, November 22, 2019 at Johnson’s Funeral Home. Funeral service with military honors will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, November 23, 2019 in the chapel of Johnson’s Funeral Home. Family and friends may sign an online guestbook at www.johnsons-funeralhome.com

Bette Jane Ashworth, age 85, of San Angelo, Texas entered into rest on Thursday November 14, 2019. Bette was born October 15, 1934 in Schenectady, New York to Gerald and Mary Haver. She married the love of her life, Ronald Ashworth, at Trinity Methodist Church on April 17, 1953 in Albany, NY. They shared 53 plus years together before he passed away on December 8, 2005.

Bette retired after 30 years in Federal Service, 22 years at Goodfellow Air Force Base where she served as The Support Group Commander's Secretary/Administrative Assistant. Throughout her career she received many awards from the Air Force and San Angelo for her volunteer service. She was awarded The Distinguished Civilian Service Award upon retirement. In 2009 she was inducted into the Concho Valley Service Hall Of Fame.

Bette is survived by several nieces and nephews in the Albany, New York Metro and San Angelo areas. Bette was preceded in death by her loving husband Ronald G. Ashworth; son Wayne Ashworth; parents Gerald and Mary Haver; brother Gerald Haver and sister Kathleen Quigley.

A visitation for Bette will be held Friday, November 22, 2019 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Johnson's Funeral Home, 435 W Beauregard Ave, San Angelo, Texas. A graveside service will occur Saturday, November 23, 2019 at 1:00 PM at Johnson's Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens.

The family sends their heartfelt appreciation to Hospice of San Angelo, Meals For The Elderly, and Visiting Angels. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Hospice of San Angelo in Ms. Ashworth's name. Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.johnsons-funeralhome.com for the Ashworth family.

FAMILY

• Gerald Haver, Father (deceased)
• Mary Haver, Mother (deceased)
• Ronald G. Ashworth, Husband (deceased)
• Wayne Ashworth, Son (deceased)
• Gerald Haver, Brother (deceased)
• Kathleen Quigley, Sister (deceased)
• Ms. Ashworth also leaves behind several nieces and nephews in the Albany, NY Metro and San Angelo areas.

Albert Walter Andrae was born on October 24, 1933 and passed away on November 12, 2019.

Marty Kernan Dawson, 66, went home to be with the Lord following a brief illness at 1:07 pm on November 11, 2019 at Shannon Medical Center. He was born on July 15, 1953, in Hobbs, New Mexico, the son of Olan “Larry” Layton Dawson and Bobbie Lawanda Jones Dawson (Graves).
He attended Lovington Schools through his junior year of high school and completed his high school education in Houston, TX. He returned to Lovington to marry his junior high sweetheart, Renee Hancock, on July 31, 1972, with the couple making their home in Houston, TX. Marty graduated from an area police academy in 1973 with active service in the Rosenberg and Hobbs Police Departments and later the Lea County Sherriff’s Department. He was highly skilled in firearms qualifying as a Distinguished Expert Marksman. Upon leaving law enforcement, Marty enjoyed a career in the Hobbs-Lovington oil and gas industry working as a mud-engineer, landman, and various supervisory positions. As a master wood-working craftsman, he and his wife ran their own business for a season creating beautiful, high-quality cabinets. He retired in 2014 and moved to San Angelo, TX to focus full-time on his role as “Poppy”.

He loved fishing, hunting, and golfing and was a member of PaulAnn Church. Many know that he created the sweetest melodies on the guitar but may be unaware that his skill was self-taught and that he played by ear. However, by far, his favorite pastime was simply being with his family whom he loved dearly.

He was preceded in death by his beloved grandmother, Willie Pearl Jones, whom he affectionately called “Mama Jones”; his father, Larry Dawson; and his mother, Bobbie Graves.
Marty is survived by his loving wife of 47 years, Renee Hancock Dawson; daughter, Lisa Price and husband, Sterling of Sonora, TX; daughter, Mandy Osborne and husband, Michael of San Angelo, TX; grandchildren Makinna Price, Sarah Osborne, and Dawson Osborne of their respective homes; brother, Jay Douglas Graves of San Angelo, TX; and sister, Nancy Barfoot of Brandon, Mississippi. He is lovingly remembered by many friends and family.

A celebration of life service will be held at 1:00 P.M., Saturday, November 23rd at PaulAnn Church 2531 Smith Blvd, San Angelo, TX 76905. In lieu of flowers, those who wish to remember Marty in a special way may make a monetary donation to the PaulAnn Church building fund “Believing For More Initiative”. Donations may be mailed to the address above or made online at http://paulann.org/uncategorized/be…. Please include “In Honor of Marty Dawson” on the memo line.

On November 13, after more than 97 years of blessing all who knew her, Elene Wilson passed peacefully from this life to her heavenly home.

Elene Dora Wilson, the second of two children of Arch and Pansy Mae Rickabaugh, was born April 3, 1922 in Silver City, Iowa.

In 1938 Elene and her parents moved to San Angelo. Elene excelled in her classes at San Angelo High School and soon became friends with many of her classmates. Under Elene's picture in the yearbook, is the quote, "to know her is to love her, and love her forever."
After High School, Elene attended San Angelo College where her physical beauty was recognized when she was named most beautiful both years. According to entries in her annual, her outward beauty was minuscule compared to her beautiful spirit.
After college, Elene worked at the Presbyterian Church for Dr. Wood. Some speculate that Dr. Wood was playing matchmaker when he asked Ralph Wilson, who was traveling by train to join his Air Force regiment in Omaha, to "look after" Elene on the train as she traveled to visit her sister in Iowa. That trip was the beginning of a beautiful lifelong romance.

Elene and Ralph married March 15, 1946. By their fifth anniversary they had been blessed with three daughters. They celebrated 62 years of loving companionship before Ralph's death April 17, 2008.
After they married, Ralph attended SMU law school while Elene served as his unofficial legal secretary and research assistant. They continued their working relationship throughout their marriage. Elene served as his partner and kept the financial records for many of Ralph's business ventures.

Elene was a consummate seamstress. She enjoyed designing and sewing beautiful wardrobes for her daughters. The girls seldom attended an important event in "store bought" clothing. It wasn't until she gave up sewing to spend more time with Ralph that the girls truly recognized the blessing they had been given through Elene's skills as a seamstress. At eighty-eight, her final major sewing project was creating all the bedding, including curtains, lamp shade, blankets and sheets for her great granddaughter's nursery.
Elene's family grew with sons-in-law, grandchildren, and great­ grandchildren. She loved each role and became affectionately known as Nannie. She blessed the second and third generation with her love, wisdom, humor, optimism, and strong Christian faith. Her family will cherish her memory and tell and retell Nannie stories enabling future generations to recognize a "nincapoot," how to "strip the poka," and the the need to "buckle up winsocky."

Left to treasure the many blessing bestowed upon them by Nannie are her daughters Barbie Dunagan and husband, Michael, Marilyn Wilson and fiancée, Truett Smith, Carolyn Nelson and husband Harold, nine grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
Nannie loved her nine grandchildren unconditionally. She said many times holding them and watching them grow was a joy beyond words. In Nannie her grandchildren, Jeremy White and wife Sarah, Alice Hildebrand and husband, John, Ashley Gordon and husband Chris, Andrew Logan and wife, Robin, and Parker Dunagan saw a reflection of God's goodness and grace.

Her six great grandchildren, Mara and Emory White, Hannah and Hayden Hildebrand, Betsy Dan Gordon, and Walter Logan believed she was an angel on earth.
Also giving thanks for her legacy and gentle spirit are her many nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews, great-great nieces and nephews, and many friends of all ages.
The family is forever grateful to Janice White, Elsa Cantu, and Lori Reyna who provided loving care to Elene the last 16 months of her life.

A celebration of Elene's life will be held at the First Baptist Church in San Angelo, on Friday, November 22, at 11:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the First Baptist Church, San Angelo Area Foundation, Hospice of San Angelo, or a charity of your choice.