This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Spoonemore, Nance, Sims, Strickland, Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/plB.2ACI/3622 Message Board Post: Georgiann Spoonemore Nov. 7, 1933 — Jan. 20, 2006 Georgiann Nance Spoonemore, 72, passed away Friday, January 20, 2006, at her residence in Canyon Lake, Texas, following a long illness. She was born in Galveston, Texas, on November 7, 1933, to parents David Beall and Albrae Sims Nance. She and her husband owned and operated the Spoonemore’s Office Supply in Bay City for many years. She was a very dedicated member of the First Christian Church of Bay City, where she served as a deaconess and an elder and also served as a Sunday School teacher, led Bible studies and sang in the church choir. She also was active in Women of Faith. After retiring and moving to Canyon Lake, she became a member of The Cradle of Texas — Emmaus Community, and The Red Hat Society of Canyon Lake. She was preceded in death by her parents and her oldest daughter, Patricia Kay Spoonemore. She is survived by: her husband of 53 years, James David Spoonemore; son and his wife, David and Juliet Spoonemore; daughter and her husband, Sandra and Michael Strickland; a grandson and his wife, Hugh and Jamie Strickland; and two great-granddaughters, Malyn and Alexa. A visitation will be held from 5 until 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Services are scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday, January 29, at the First Christian Church in Bay City, with the Rev. James Meurer officiating. Interment will follow at Roselawn Memorial Park in Van Vleck. Ladell Sump, Tom Quirk, Richard Ward, Johnny Ryman, Bennie Stevens, C.V. McKelvy, Mike Post and Tommy Lane will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Arden Aldridge, Don Wertz, Forrest Burkhart, Scott Dickerson, Carter Franklin, Ed Miller, Jerry Tallas, Albert Ainsworth and the BCHS Class of 1951. Arrangements are under the direction of Bay City Funeral Home. The Bay City Tribune January 25, 2006 Matagorda County, Texas