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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. $5,000 using traditional William Jennings. There sons, Richard William in the chapel of Grand nitrogen oxide, a common The trees, Huffman said, equipment. Jennings and wife, Barbara, are 15 great grand- View Funeral Home, 8501 byproduct of combustion might not completely The research is still and Robert Allen Jennings. children, Christopher Spencer Hwy., Pasadena, TX that can irritate lungs and replace traditional tech- being reviewed by other She is also survived by her Jennings, Elaina, Kate and with Receiving of Friends contributes to the forma- nology, but they could scientists. And before sister, Jane Courtney and Olivia Buchanan, Kirsten, at 2:00 p.m. Interment tion of ground-level ozone. complement it, allowing any formal plan could be spouse, Rev. Don Courtney; Jacey Kate, and Kensley will follow in Grand View The reforestation proposal factories to use smaller, adopted, it would have and brother, Richard Holtz Jennings, Ariana and Ciara Memorial Park—adjacent imagines emissions from cheaper equipment. to win approval from and wife, Jane. There are Buchanan, Gavin Buchanan, to the funeral home. Dow’s largest North The research found that state and federal regula- American factory drifting over 30 years, a 1,000-acre tors, who would require downwind into the trees forest would remove 4 to any pollution-cleansing graduated in 1980. He is survived by his James Lewis Jones II near Freeport. 7 tons of nitrogen oxide method to be quantifi able parents, James and Dorothy James (Jim) L. Jones II He married Mary Salinas annually, said Timm and enforceable. Jones, of Richwood; son, Dow and the Nature was born March 31, 1962 in 1986 and they had two Kroeger, a senior environ- James Lewis III and wife, Conservancy began a six- Even if it wins broad to James L. Jones and Ruby children, a boy and girl. mental economist with the of Lake Jackson; daughter, year, $10 million collabo- support, the plan won’t be Faye Farmer, in Sinton, TX. After ten years of marriage conservancy. A traditional Miranda, of Spring; one ration in 2011, when they approved anytime soon. In His parents divorced when they divorced and Jim mechanical “scrubber” granddaughter; and two came together to look at Texas, it can take up to four he was 2 years old. He lived never remarried. He lived removes about 50 to 70 grandsons. ways natural resources years to change clean-air in Ingleside, TX, until he was with his parents and did could be used to save the tons annually. rules. And that’s before any 13 years. His dad married odd jobs. His body will be cremated company money. So a 10,000-acre forest proposal moves up to the again and the family Jim was a very good and a memorial will be held After reading an equals one average EPA. moved to Lake Jackson in craftsman. He was a carpen- later. He went to be with obscure notation by the industrial scrubber, he As he looked out over July 1976. Jim attended ter and a lot of the homes the Lord on June 2, 2014 in federal Environmental explained. And in this part land ripe for reforestation, Brazosport Schools and in this area he helped build. Richwood. Protection Agency that of Texas, where open land Jeff Wiegel, the conser- suggested reforestation is ample, reforestation is vancy’s director of strate- could improve air quality, within reach. gic initiatives in Texas, was the two groups decided The cost of the project realistic about the pace of to research how the idea not including the land progress. Have you heard of Battleground Texas? might work and whether would be about the same “It’s a long road toward How close is Texas to really turning Blue? *** it could be cost-effective. as using traditional forms that,” he said. Come hear Eddie Gallegos, an Angleton native tell his story. He went undercover in this A 2012 report commis- expand it if warranted. Democratic machine and is now sharing his story. What you will hear will shock you and Brazoria sioned by the city set the The proposed site for the CONTINUED FROM COVER price tag to install a water water park wouldn’t cost hopefully wake you to what is really happening in our beloved Texas. park with all the ameni- the city anything. Brazoria *** from the fi rm about how ties it envisioned at about First Assembly church has This event will be hosted by the Lake Jackson TEA Party at much it would cost and $9.4 million, and such a agreed to donate a 35-acre how long it would take to park would not generate site on Highway 36 across The Lake Jackson Library pay off a bond to build a enough revenue to cover from McCoy’s if the proj- Tuesday, June 10, 2014 water park. He said that its debt service. Officials ect goes through. From 6:00pm to 8:30 pm information will be help- agreed then it would be The meeting will be at ful in making a decision on best to start small with the 6 p.m. at City Hall, 201 S. Contact: Vic Wade 979-415-4859 whether to move forward basics, wanting to spend Main St. For information, with the issue. only about $6 million, then call 979-798-2489.

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