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2A RATES & INFO TUESDAY OBITUARIES 979-237-0113 June 10, 2014 email [email protected] Obituaries are a paid feature of The Facts • Deadline for submissions is 3:30 p.m. Sunday-Friday, 2 p.m. Saturday John G. Mavris on many of their travels Ascend Pantry store in Alvin. women’s shelter website,” John G. Mavris of Lake and literally showed them “I said, ‘Why don’t we Hudson said. Jackson, Texas, passed the world. Since his father CONTINUED FROM COVER just stop by and see if Women’s shelter repre- away Saturday, June 7, emigrated from Greece, his they can do anything?’” sentatives also mentioned 2014. He was born in Beggs, most meaningful trip was to put it in your calendar.” Hudson said. the need for a small Oklahoma, on August 3, to take grandchildren to Ascend, based in The manager of the refrigerator. 1920 to George Mavris and visit his relatives in Greece. Houston, has five plant H-E-B told the Chocolate “We were needing a small Ada Diles Mavris. He grew He was preceded in locations throughout the Bayou team he could give refrigerator. We keep some up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, death by his father, George Southeast. It manufactures them $150 in groceries on of our residents that stay and graduated from Tulsa Mavris; mother, Ada Mavris; polyamide raw white and the spot. at the shelter’s medicine in there,” shelter Executive Central High School. He brother, Nick Mavris; sister, dyed fi bers and fi laments The team did some quick for textile and carpet yarn calculation, found that was Director David Moore said. attended The University Helen Mavris Katapodis; son, Bernard Bates; and applications. a better deal than the other “Ours had recently gone of Tulsa until he joined the By the end of the work store’s discount, and began out.” Army in 1942. He served in daughter, Billie Bates Cole. He is survived by son-in-law, day Thursday, the team shopping. While shop- While on the way to the Philippines during the almost doubled the initial ping, the team called the deliver food, the Chocolate Asiatic Pacific Campaign Marvin Cole of Lake Jackson; to Lake Jackson in 1996 to Granddaughter, Diana Cole amount of money and was Brazoria County Sheriff’s Bayou team stopped at of WW II. He was honor- be near family. able to help the Brazoria Offi ce to see if the depart- Walmart in Alvin. ably discharged in 1946 Henderson; Grandson, John worked for the Steven Cole; Grandson, County Women’s Center, a ment has the names of any “We showed it to an as a First Lieutenant. John Southwestern Power Michael L. Cole; and Great local family and the animal families in need. associate and they made then joined the US Army Administration for over 30 Grandchildren Rebecca shelter in Alvin. The Sheriff’s Office the agreement to give us Reserves and ultimately years until he retired. In Henderson Seekatz, Rachael “It was highly impactful, recommended helping the the dorm-sized refrigera- attained the rank of Full addition, he and Mildred Henderson, it was amazing to me to Brazoria County Women’s tor,” Hudson said. “Bull” Colonel. He gradu- owned and operated Mecca watch,” said Hudson, one Center, and the team went The Women’s Shelter ated from “The Command Caroline Henderson, Coffee Company for several Michael R. Cole, Jennifer of the fi ve team members to work. depends quite a bit on and General Staff College of of those years. from the Chocolate Bayou While that was happen- donations from the The US Army” in June, 1965. Cole, Sydni Spradling, John was a long-time Ty Spradling, John Cole, plant. “No one on the ing, the H-E-B store community, but this was He spent many weekends member of the Baptist team knew they were being manager contacted the the fi rst of its kind, Moore and summer weeks teach- Makayla Cole, and Bethany Church. He served as a Cole. selected. We had worked corporate offi ce and asked said. ing military classes for the around each other, but if there was anything more “It was impressive, the Deacon at Memorial Baptist A celebration of life will Reserves. He received the didn’t really know each that could be done to help whole effort for it was Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma be held at First Baptist “Meritorious Service Medal” other, we had just a casual the team. impressive,” Moore said. where he cared for the Church Lake Jackson on when he retired from the working relationship.” “It makes a huge impact for needs of several widows Tuesday, June 10, 2014 “About 45 minutes to Reserves. The team started the day us, just the cost of feeding and participated in mission at 11:00 a.m. Visitation is an hour later, the manager brainstorming what to do came back and said, ‘Look, and housing. We depend John married Mildred trips. He is a member of scheduled at the church at with the money. you’re not going to believe on people like this in the Smith Bates in 1946 in First Baptist Church Lake 10:00 a.m. Burial will be at “The initial idea was this, but they have offered county.” Independence, Kansas. Jackson. Rose Hill Cemetery in Tulsa, we may be able to feed 10 $650 to your group,’” Through Alvin ISD, Mildred was a widow with John and Mildred enjoyed Oklahoma. a young son and daughter. travelling all over the different families at some Hudson said. “We were the team learned about John loved the children as United States and abroad. level,” Hudson said. just blown away, I was a family in need and his own and they loved him They visited all 50 states The team began calling fl abbergasted.” was able to donate some as the only Father they ever and all continents except Funeral Home & Memorial Park grocery stores to see what Not only was the team food and money for bills, really knew. They made their Australia. They generously 979-297-2121 kind of help they could able to donate quite a bit of Hudson said. home in Tulsa, Oklahoma, took their daughter, son- 1038 W. Plantation Dr. receive to stretch their food to the women’s shel- With its remaining until he and Mildred moved in-law, and grandchildren Condolences may be offered at www.restwoodfuneralhome.com money, Hudson said. One ter, the donation included money, the team bought store said they would have more expensive household $200 worth of pet food for to go through a corporate items such as laundry the Alvin animal shelter Wilma Marion Mia, Joshua Cain and Abby process, while another detergent and fabric soft- and donated $200 to spon- Holtz Jennings Huffman, Mayghann offered a discount. ener, Hudson said. sor future adoptions. Jennings, and Forrest Wade On the way to the latter “Because of their gifts, “In a nutshell, it was one Wilma Marion Holtz Jennings. Wilma loved the Jennings store, Hudson realized they it allowed us to get other of the highlight days of my Lord, her family, church, would drive by the H-E-B items that were on the life,” Hudson said. Wilma Marion Holtz and her country. She was a Jennings, 87, passed away retired LPN and avid health on Friday morning, June 6, advocate. In 1981, she was Dow Scientists used a of pollution control, Weick 2014 in Sweeny, TX after ordained as a lay minister complex model from the said. a long illness. Formerly at Faith Temple Church in CONTINUED FROM COVER U.S. Forest Service that Organizers hope to work from Pasadena, TX, Wilma Pasadena. She was a faith- considers everything from with a landowner inter- would have been 88 on research,” said Mark Weick, wind patterns to the size of ful member of Full Gospel ested in reforesting, proba- June 14th. She was born director of sustainability tree leaves and the overall bly with help from conser- Lighthouse in Sweeny, TX. on Flag Day--June 14, 1926 programs for Dow. “But for canopy to estimate the air- vation tax credits. Or the in Pueblo, Colorado. Wilma She was “a giver” and is with this to become something quality improvements that Nature Conservancy or the is preceded in death by our Lord…“Do not weep for that is an emission control, might come from 1,000 federal government would her spouse, Rev. Richard eight grandchildren, Anjie me—I am not here!”In lieu everyone needs to know it acres of forest. buy the land and give it to Jennings; parents—Thelma Jennings, Rev. Nathan of usual remembrances, works.” “The big discovery was Dow free of charge. memorial donations in Payne Holtz and William F. Buchanan and wife, Kayla, Many plants, and espe- that you could combine A recent progress report honor of Wilma may be Holtz; and brothers, Robert Rev. Jason Jennings and cially trees, capture pollu- the traditional infrastruc- determined the cost of and Harold Holtz. She is mailed to the Full Gospel tion naturally when it hits ture with reforestation cleaning a ton of nitrogen wife, Keely, Aaron Buchanan, Lighthouse, 701 Brockman, survived by her caregiver Melissa Buchanan Huffman, their leaves. Trees with and still meet regulation,” oxide through reforesta- and loving daughter, Sweeny, TX 77480.Funeral the biggest leaves and the said Laura Huffman, the tion was $2,400 to $4,000, Amanda Jennings, Greg service will be at 3:00 p.m., Thelma Jennings Buchanan Jennings and wife, and widest canopies capture the conservancy’s director in compared with $2,500 to and husband, Don; two Tuesday, June 10, 2014, most pollutants, especially Texas.