Mack Bevill, Jr Obituary (1929

Mack Bevill, Jr.Gruver, Texas - Mack Bevill, Jr., 81, passed away Saturday night, December 4, 2010 at Baptist St. Anthony's Hospice, Amarillo, Texas. Memorial services will be Wednesday morning, December 8, 2010, 11:00 A.M. at the First Baptist Church, Gruver with Rev. Scott Curry officiating. Interment will be in Gruver Cemetery by Henson-Novak Funeral Directors, Guymon, Oklahoma. The son of Rosa (Hyde) and Henry Mack Bevill, Mack Bevill, Jr. was born March 20, 1929 on the family farm near Sweetwater, Texas. He graduated from Miller Grove High School in Miller Grove, TX in 1957 and then attended East Texas University. He was united in marriage to Patsy Gean Monk on December 23, 1950 in Clovis, New Mexico. The Bevill family moved to Gruver, Texas in 1968 and Mack farmed. Mack was a longtime member of First Baptist Church, Gruver where he led singing, taught Sunday School, and served as a deacon. He was a 32nd Degree Mason, active in the Gruver Lodge, AF&AM. Mack was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend. Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Patsy Bevill; children, Debby and husband, Roy Mayhew and Steve and wife, Tracy Bevill all of Gruver TX; four grandchildren, Josh and Shauna Mayhew of Colorado Springs, CO; Annie and Brandon Gilbert of Lubbock, TX; Brooke and Andrew McMurry of Dumas, TX; and Hunter and Jessie Bevill of Gruver, TX; five sisters, Pearlie Garrett of Emory, TX; Helen Ayres of Plainview, TX; Edith Breland of Dumas, TX; Sally Hendrick of Houston, TX; and Jo Seymour of Lubbock, TX and two brothers, Q.D. Bevill of Plainview, TX; and Carl Bevill of Kress, TX. He is also survived by a brother-in-law, Leon Monk of Fort Worth, TX; and two great grandchildren, Cort Mayhew and Calvin Gilbert. He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers J.L. Bevill, Clovis Bevill, and Wayne Bevill, and two sisters Martha Caston and Julia Anne Bevill. Visitation and viewing will be at the First Baptist Church, Gruver on Tuesday evening, 4:00 - 8:00 PM. Memorials may be given to the Hansford Manor, 707 Roland St, Spearman, TX 79081.