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Thomas Dwayne Rush

August 30, 1944 –  July 30, 2009 Dwayne Rush was born August 30, 1944 in the Ely Community to L.H. & Adelene Booher Rush. He married Janis Cates on June 12, 1964. He had one daughter, Cassie Anne; sister, Wanda Godwin; and 5 grandchildren: Alexis,...

Mary Louise Tye

December 22, 1932 –  July 16, 2009 Louise graduated from Bells High School and received her BS degree from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor. She received a MBA and Post Master in Vocational Education from East Texas State University now Texas A & M...

Nina Lucille Ooten

April 29, 1916 –  July 16, 2009 Nina lived through the Great Depression and moved to Texas when she was 14 years old. She helped raise her siblings after the death of her mother. She worked at Hardwick-Etter during the Korean War making mortar shells, after...

H. G. Dulaney

May 11, 1918 –  July 4, 2009 H.G. was longtime Director of The Sam Rayburn Library and Museum. He graduated from Ector High School and attended Draughon’s Business College in Dallas. He served his country in WWII from 1942-1945 in the Army Air Force,...