Carole Bennett Westmoreland Martin was born to Percy and Elsie Westmoreland in Galveston, on Christmas Eve 1945. She grew up in Normangee and graduated high school in 1963. After high school, she went to Sam Houston State University and majored in education. She met the love of her life in 1965 and they married in 1967. She taught school in Houston while Ken finished pharmacy school and then they moved to Gainesville, Texas. Ken was drafted for service in the Vietnam War and Carole, pregnant at the time, moved back to Normangee. When Ken finished his Army service, they moved into the house where she lived for the rest of her life. She began teaching at Normangee in 1980, where she taught for thirty-five years.

Our Beloved Husband and dad, Maurice Lee Belizare (67), was peacefully called home to glory on December 15, 2021, with his wife, Hope by his side. Maurice was born March 10, 1954, in Houston, Tx. He was adopted and raised in a loving Christian home by Johnny and Lillian Wilson in Bedia, Tx. He attended Marian Anderson School in Madisonville, Tx.

Memorial services honoring the life of James C. Nash, II, 81 years of Leona, Texas, were held 2 P.M., Sunday, December 11, 2022 at Walters Funeral Home, Centerville, Texas. Joel Douget officiated the service, assisted by John Spencer and Troy Morris.