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Submitted: 6/9/20 • Approved: 6/11/20 • Last Updated: 6/14/20 • R323967-G323966-S3
February 4, 1911 - March 25, 2001
*Obituary
Bummie Prater McReynolds
Bummie Prater McReynolds, 90, of Corsicana, passed away Sunday, March 25, 2001 in Houston.
Services were 11 a.m. today at Griffin-Roughton Chapel with Pastor B.F. Risinger officiating. Interment followed at Dawson Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Bill Honea, Kenny Maxfield, Ross Maxfield, Harold Williamson, Wilson Griffin and Tom Lucas.
Mrs. McReynolds was born Feb. 4, 1911 in Dawson. She was a member of First Baptist Church since 1943 where she taught in the children's department for 40 years and was a member of the sanctuary choir for 48 years. She was a 1928 graduate of Dawson High School. She received her bachelor's degree from North Texas University and her master's degree in education from East Texas State University. She taught school for 37 years, 33 of those for the Corsicana Independent School District. She was a member of Alpha Rho Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society International. She was a member of the Texas Retired Teachers Association and Navarro County Retired Teachers Association.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Jim Harry McReynolds in 1938; parents, Jim and Nannie Prater; brothers, Irvin Prater, Lloyd Prater and Chester Prater; sisters, Winnie McCulloch and Thelma Walker; sister-in-law, Coymae Prater and Grandparents William Carroll Gan and Sallie Ann Farmer.
Mrs. McReynolds is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, Billy P. and Annie Marie McReynolds of Houston, J. Carroll and Nancy McReynolds of Littleton, Colo.; grandchildren, Cheryl Tipton of Garland, Julie Zimmerman of Missouri City, Ruth Foster of Houston, Karen Groeneveld of Colorado Springs, Colo., Kathy Errickson of Aurora, Colo., Jim McReynolds of Houston, and Dr. Chris McReynolds of Littleton, Colo.; and great-grandchildren, Kristin Tipton, Jennifer Errickson, John Mark Zimmerman, Sam Groeneveld, Ben Groeneveld, Connor Foster, Cameron Foster, Garrett Zimmerman, Arden McReynolds and Jack McReynolds.
Arrangements by Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home.
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