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SAN ANGELO - Coy Joe McCann, 50, of Big Spring, died Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2001, at his residence.

Service will be at 4 p.m. Saturday in Myers & Smith Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Trinity Memorial Park.

Survivors include his wife, Melinda McCann of Big Spring; daughters, Terri Denise Wiley and Emily Joe McCann, both of Big Spring; and son, Cody Dwight McCann of Big Spring.

Coy married M.L. Cox [Group Sheet]

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Dwight B. McCann, 67, 510 Goliad, died at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 6, 1987 at his home after a lengthy illness.

Sevices will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, at Myers & Smith Funeral Chapel, with Rev. Gary Clements, pastor of East Fourth Street Baptist Church, officiating. Masonic Graveside Rites by Staked Plains Lodge 598 AF & AM will be conducted at Trinity Memorial Park, under the direction of Myers & Smith Funeral Home.

He was born July 14, 1920 in Cisco. He married Gertrude McNew on May 4, 1946 in Big Spring.

He came to Howard County in 1929 and resided in Coahoma and later moving to Big Spring. He was a member of East Fourth Street Baptist Church.

He was a member of Staked Plains Lodge 598 AF & AM, a life-member of Disabled American Veterans, past commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars, a member of Knights of Pythians, and Mighty Oaks.

He also was a life-member of Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers Association, and past president of Elementary Parents and Teachers Association.

He was a veteran of World War II, where he served in the United States Army Air Corp in the South Pacific.

He was employed by Cosden Oil & Chemical Co. for 33 years retiring in February 1982. He was served as president of the Howard-Glasscock Old Settler's Reunion for 12 years.

This year's Old Settler's Reunion was dedicated to his memory.

He is survived by his wife, Gertrude of Big Spring; one son, Coy Joe of Big Spring; one sister, Gladys Rhea of Graham; three grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death one brother, T.H. McCann; and one sister, Pearl McCann.

(Published in The Big Spring Herald on August 7, 1987)

Dwight married Gertrude Marcella McNew 4 May 1946, Big Spring, Howard County, Texas, USA. Gertrude (daughter of Roy Wayne McNew and Delia Luvenia Hamlin) was born 24 Oct 1923, Big Spring, Howard County, Texas, USA; died 22 May 1998, Midland, Midland County, Texas, USA; was buried , Trinity Memorial Park - Big Spring, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Roy W. McNew, Longtime County Farmer, Rancher

Roy Wayne McNew, rancher and farme rin this county since 1903, died at 8:15 a.m. Sunday, following an illness of two years and hospitalization since August.

He was born March 22, 1894 in Denton and moved to Howard County in 1903. He married the former Delia Hamlin Aug. 22, 1914 in this county, and they marked their 50th wedding anniversary in 1964. He was a member of the Trinity Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife; one son, R.X. McNew, Luther; four daughters, Mrs. Ethel Mae McCracken, Stanton; Mrs. Bonnie Ruth Bennett, Mrs. Callie Bennett and Mrs. Gertrude McCann, all of Big Spring; two brothers, Frank McNew, Knott; I.N. McNew, Big Spring; four sisters, Mrs. Jasper Cline, Mrs. Roy Williams, Mrs. Jack Nall, Mrs. Wylie Cline, all of Big Spring; 15 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.

Funeral will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday in the Trinity Baptist Church, with Rev. Claude N. Craven, pastor, officiating, with interment in the Trinity Memorial Park under the direction of Nalley-Pickle Funeral Home.

Pallbearers include Rodney Cline, Wayne McNew, Charles Williams, B.J. Williams, Clinton Hamlin, Robert Cline, William McNew, Rube McNew, Arthur McNew.

(Published in The Big Spring Herald on September 25, 1967)

Roy married Delia Luvenia Hamlin 22 Aug 1914, Big Spring, Howard County, Texas, USA. Delia (daughter of Lehman Singleton Hamlin and Sarah Matilda Burleson) was born 21 Jan 1893, Gorman, Eastland County, Texas, USA; died 4 Apr 1985, Big Spring, Howard County, Texas, USA; was buried 6 Apr 1985, Trinity Memorial Park - Big Spring, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Mrs R.W. (Della) McNew, 92, died Thursday morning at her home following a lengthy illness. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Trinity Baptist Church with Dr. Claude Craven, pastor, and Rev. Guy White, pastor at East Fourth Street Baptist Church, officiating.

Burial will be at Trinity Memorial Park.

She was born Jan. 21, 1893, in Gorman. She married Roy W. McNew Aug. 22, 1914, in Huto. He died Sept. 24, 1967.

She was a member of the Trinity Baptist Church and the Big Spring Rebekah Lodge No. 284. She attended college at Stepp. She also attended the Catholic convent in Stanton for one year because it was the only school in the county at that time.

She moved to Howard County in 1903 in a covered wago with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee S. Hamlin. they farmed and ranched north of Big Spring until 1936 when they moved to Big Spring.

Her daughter, Callie Bennett, was living with her at the time of her death.

Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, R.X. "Jack" McNew and Ruth McNew of Big Spring; three daughters, Callie Bennett; Mrs. Jeff (Bonnie) Skeen and Mrs. Dwight (Gerturde) McCann, all of Big Spring; one son-in-law, Byron McCracken of Big Spring; one brother, O.E. Hamlin of Big Spring; 14 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren; and 12 great-great grandchildren.

Other relatives include one daughter, Ethel Mae McCracken, who died Oct. 31, 1977; a granddaughter, Polly Clem, who died in July 1975; a grandson, Timothy Davidson, who died on Dec. 25, 1980, and one brother, M.L. Hamlin, deceased.

Pallbearers will be Jimmy Rodgers, Robert Cline, William McNew, Rodney Cline, Danny Clark and Rube McNew.

(Published in The Big Spring Herald on April 5, 1985)