Benny Karnes remembered as gifted musician in Dallas and Well ington
Dear Editor note from Peggy Riggs Wildman honors Benny Karnes Mr Music a lifelong talent sharer. He played in churches weddings funerals and school events across Collingsworth County and Dallas at Old Warsaw nightly for more than a decade. Loyalty friendship spanned over sixty years with stories of shared meals jokes and music from Well ington to Denton.
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Benny Karnes
Mr. Music
Collingsworth County
Dallas
Warsaw
Town
House Log
Tech
North Texas
Denton
Peggy Riggs Wildman
Wellington native Ben Karnes dies at 73 in Wellington
Ben Karnes a Wellington native died Friday January 2 2004 in Wellington at age 73. A 3 PM funeral was held January 4 at First United Methodist Church with Rev Ned Creswell and Rev Charles Addington officiating. He taught piano in Dallas 1970 1983 and earlier in Breckenridge Ranger Eastland area. He entertained widely and performed for celebrites including Bob Hope and Elizabeth Taylor. Survivors include daughter Alexa Karnes Brown and sister Nell Wilbur. Memorials suggested to Wellington High School Band Activity Fund.
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Benny G
Ben” Karnes
Wellington
First United Methodist Church
Ned Creswell
Episcopal
Charles Addington
Shirley Howard
Mary Johnson
Jamie Johnson
Karnes
Fairview Cemetery
Adams Funeral Home
Chuck Wilbur
Paul Wilbur
Bryan Wilbur
Steven Kime
Jeremy Sain
Fred Steagall
Robert Leonard
Mary Smith Karnes
Wellington High School
North Texas State University
Paris
France
U.S
Breckenridge-Ranger- Eastland
Dallas
Alexa Karnes- Brown
Woodland Hills
Nell Wilbur
15Th Street
Deaths of Hazelle King Thomas and Maude L Clay in 2004 in Texas
Hazelle Thomas King Thomas died January 4 2004 at age 95 in Ralls Texas Funeral services were held January 7 at Ralls First United Methodist Church Burial followed at Ralls Cemetery Adams Funeral Home in charge Pallbearers were grandsons Honorary pallbearers were granddaughters Born November 27 1908 in Farmersville to John Cleveland and Dora Mae Benson King Married John William Thomas June 8 1929 in Wellington Texas Lived in Claude and later Ralls moved from Kansas in 1944 She was active in multiple clubs and organizations Survivors include sons John Thomas Jr and Jean Charles Thomas daughter Anne Christian eight grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren Memorials suggested to High Plains Epilepsy Association and National Multiple Sclerosis Society Clay Maude L died January 1 2004 in Wellington Texas at age 86 Funeral services were January 3 at First Baptist Church Wellington Burial in North Fairview Cemetery Adams Funeral Home directing She was born February 7 1917 in Jourdanton to Alvin and Edna Sixton Married Horace Clay October 18 1935 in Hedley Preceded in death by two daughters Roberta Clay and Cleta Long She worked as a medications nurse and cared for the sick and shut-in She enjoyed fishing and quilting She was a member of Friendship Baptist Church Buck Creek and later First Baptist Church Survivors include daughters Jamesie Colson Inois Colson Rita Maxwell and a son Herbert Clay 12 grandchildren 21 great grandchildren and nine great great-grandchildren Memorials to BSA Hospice or a favorite charity.
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Hazelle King Thomas
Ralls
Ralls First United Methodist Church
Ken Horn
Larry Reed-Farris
Adams Funeral Home
Balls
Richard Christian
Tom Hayden
Joe Christian
Jeremy Thomas
Derek Thomas
Jason Thomas
Randy Nuttall
Frances Anne Nuttall
Mary King Hayden
Marci Thomas
Farmersville
John Cleveland
Dora Mae Benson King
John William Thomas
Wellington
Thomas
Claude High School
College of Industrial Arts
Denton
Texas Women’s University
Tom
Claude
High Plains Epilepsy Association
69Th Street
Ste
Lubbock
National
Canyon Dr
Amarillo
Joe Harris
Tommy Coleman
Farris Nation
Dennis Cudd
Larry Howard
Donald White
Palo Cummings
A.J. Fires
Johnny Barnett
D.R. Langley
Ross Oatman
Glenn Harris
Billy Joe Patterson
Mrs. Clay
Alvin
Edna Minyard Sixton
Jourdanton
H.W
Horace” Clay
Hedley
Roberta Clay
Cleta Long
Inois Colson
Murfreesboro, TN
Rita Maxwell
Tulsa
Herbert Clay
BSA
Michael Lee George
First Baptist Church
Wheeler
Gene Gee
Lefors
Jay McGaughy
Dumas
Shawn Johnson
Zybach Cemetery
Briscoe
Wright Funeral Home
Wheeler Michael
Perryton
Lee
Cary George
Cub
Church of Christ of
Cary Thomas
Jimmy
Lee George
Tammy
Pampa
Mitchell George
Dustin Thomas
Cade Thomas
Eddie
Helen George
Jack
Kathy Hatcher
Sonny
Alene Thomas
Dimmitt
Charles
Arvazene Crouch
Childress
Ernie
Ronald McDonald House
Velma Emmert
Church of the Nazarene
James Ikner
North Fairview Cemetery
John Kimbro
Mike Emmert
Rick Emmert
Jeff Emmert
Aaron Ratliff
Tim Harris
Kendall Harris
Randy Aaron
Mark Emmert
T.C
Maggie Haralson Cass
Dora Aaron
J.C. Emmert
Sayre
Nazarene Missionary International
Thurman, Otis
J.V “Shorty” Emmert
Herman Clyde Childress
Ione Scott
Kenyth
Troy Cass
Corene Childress
Virginia Kimbro
Wichita Falls
Joy Aaron Emmert
Patsy Sue Meyer
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Nell
Alexia
Darby
Duke
Oklahoma
Hazelle Thomas
Maude L. Clay
Kevin Everett
Pauline Estes
Pioneer Singers
North Fairview
Michael George
Goethe
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church
Shamrock Area Community Center
Vision Source
David Epp
West Avenue
Shamrock
Texas
Uuance
Lesabre
Miles
Grand Pix
Anne Goo AN
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