This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Vos, Rollison, Havard, Amtower Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/plB.2ACI/3425 Message Board Post: Homer Andrew Vos Oct. 14, 1916 - Aug. 21, 2005 Homer Andrew Vos, 88, of Van Vleck, died August 21, 2005, at the Specialty Hospital in Houston, Texas. He was born October 14, 1916, in Almyra, Arkansas, to the late Charlie Andrew and Ina Belle Rollison Vos. Mr. Vos was a member of the First Baptist Church in Van Vleck for the past 50 years. He was a resident of Van Vleck since 1955. He came to Texas in 1939 and worked first for Abercrombie in Sweeny for 15 years, during which time he also served in the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1941 until 1945. He retired from Brown & Root Construction Co. in 1981, after 26 years as a welder and pipe fitter. Survivors include: two daughters and a son-in-law, Robin Vos Havard of Wharton, Texas, and Janet Vos and Michael Amtower of Lake Jackson, Texas; son and daughter-in-law, Gary A. and Angela Vos of Katy, Texas; brother, Glenn Vos of Almyra, Arkansas; and seven grandchildren, Kelly and Marc Amtower of Denton, Texas, Randie, Jeff and Carly Havard, all of Wharton, Texas, and Brandon and Lindsay Vos, both of Katy, Texas. He was preceded in death by his wife of 45 years, Alma Faye Vos. Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, August 25, 2005, at the First Baptist Church in Van Vleck, with the Rev. Russell Davis officiating. Interment will be at 3:30 p.m. Thursday at the McAdams Cemetery in Bedias, Texas. Pallbearers will be Mike Amtower, Tommy Havard, Bret, Jack and John Hutson, Donnie O’Connell and Dan O’Connell. Honorary pallbearers will be the Men’s Sunday School Class of the First Baptist Church. The family will receive friends at Taylor Bros. Funeral Home Wednesday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church of Van Vleck building fund. Arrangements are with Taylor Bros. Funeral Home, Bay City (979)245-4613. Bay City Tribune August 24, 2005 Matagorda County, Texas