Stories from Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Letajo Adams Howard, born Jan. 30, 1923 in Sulphur Springs, TX, passed away peacefully in the early afternoon of May 21, 2013 at Austin, TX in the company of family. Letajo was the second daughter and third child of Alfred Wallace (A.W.) Adams and Dot Ewing Adams, both of whom preceded her passing, as did her husband of over 60 years, Ernest Murrell (Ernie) Howard; brother, Wallace Ewing Adams, and sisters Wilma Jean Adams Jones and Dorothy Marie Adams Crouch...

Zenetta Modene Burden Clifford, 88, loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother died Thursday, May 30, 2013. Funeral service will be Saturday, June 1, 1 p.m. at Resthaven Mortuary. Zenetta was born to the late Rev. William Henry and Minnie Burden on Feb. 24, 1925, in Oklahoma. She was a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ and served faithfully alongside her pastor-husband, Rev. Vernon Clifford, who preceded her in death...