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Funeral services will at 2 p.m. Friday in Sullivan Funeral Home Chapel for Raymond McCuistion, 84, died Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2004 in a local hospital.

L. G. Wilden will officiate. Interment will be in Eastview Cemetery.

McCuistion was born Feb. 16, 1920 in Olney, a son of the late Ray and Nora Sutherlen McCuistion. He married Marion Elnora Slater Jan 13, 1940 in Breckenridge.

A U. S. Army veteran of World War II, when he served as a medical - surgical tech on a hospital ship, he had been a resident of Vernon since 1946. He worked for Verntex Creamery and Dr. Pepper Bottling CO. and later owned and operated a service station. He was a member of the VFW and enjoyed fishing.

Surviving are his wife; a daughter, Karon Anderson of Vernon; two sons, Fred McCuistion and Richard McCuistion, both of San Angelo; nine grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and one great great grandchild.

A brother and a sister preceded him in death.

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.

Raymond married Marion Elnora Slater 13 Jan 1940, Breckenridge, Stephens County, Texas, USA. Marion (daughter of Fred Condie Slater and Lorene Harrison) was born 1 Sep 1923, Smackover, Union County, Arkansas, USA; died 24 Dec 2012, Vernon, Wilbarger County, Texas, USA; was buried 26 Dec 2012, Eastview Memorial Park - Vernon, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Funeral services for Marion Elnora McCuistion, age 89, who died on Monday December 24, 2012 were held at 4 p.m. Wednesday December 26, 2012 at Eastview Cemetery under direction of Sullivan Funeral Home

McCuistion was born Sept.1, 1923 in Smackover Arkansas. She was the daughter of the late Fred Slater and the late Lorene Harrison Slater. She married Raymond Ney McCuistion on Jan. 13, 1940 in Breckenridge. He preceded her in death on Dec 22, 2004. She had lived in Vernon since 1946. She was past treasurer of the local garment workers union. She was a member of the Latter Day Saints. She was a homemaker.

She is survived by two sons Fred "Butch" McCuistion and Richard McCuistion, both of San Angelo; one daughter Karon Anderson of Vernon; nine grandchildren; 19 great grandchildren and seven great great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, two grandsons and one great grandson

Online condolences may be made to the family at www.sullivanfuneralhomevernon.com.

(Published by Sullivan Funeral Home of Vernon, TX)

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FRED SLATER

Gilmer, Texas, Nov. 6 (Special) - Fred Slater, 27 years old, world war veteran, died at a government hospital at Hot Springs, Ark., and the body was brought here and buried at the Kelsey cemetery, near his home. Mr. Slater was wounded during services overseas and was never cured, but was at times apparently well. Rev. J. O. Lindsey conducted the funeral services. Mr. Slater is survived by his wife and two small children.

(Published in The Shreveport Times on November 7, 1926)

Fred married Lorene Harrison 5 May 1922, Union County, Arkansas, USA. Lorene (daughter of Andrew Jackson Harrison and Elnora Harlin Hamlin) was born 9 Nov 1903, Jayton, Kent County, Texas, USA; died 13 Mar 1990, Vernon, Wilbarger County, Texas, USA; was buried 15 Mar 1990, Restland Cemetery - Olney, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]

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VERNON, Texas - Lorene Hutto, 86, died Tuesday in a Vernon hospital.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Sullivan Funeral Home with David A. Dickinson officiating. Burial will be in Olney, Texas, Cemetery.

Hutto was born Nov. 9, 1903, in Jayton, Texas. She and Fred C. Slator were married in 1922 in Shreveport, La. He died in 1926. She and Joseph L. Hutto were married Feb. 14, 1936, in Frederick, Okla. He died in 1944. She was a longtime resident of Vernon and a member of Central Christian Church. Shew as a graduate of Draughon's Business School in Fort Worth. She was a shorthand and typing teacher in Jayton High School. She was also a secretary for doctors and lawyers. She was a member of American Legion Auxiliary and civic clubs and was a member of several religious organizations before moving to Vernon.

Survivors include a daughter, Marion McCuistion of Vernon; a stepdaughter, Pauline Payne of Azle, Texas; a stepson, Joe of Burleson, Texas; a brother, Pete Harrison of Big Spring, Texas; a sister, Coolene Burch of Rio Vista, Texas; three grandchildren; nine step-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren.

(Published in The Wichita Falls Times Record News on March 15, 1990)

Andrew married Elnora Harlin Hamlin 1 Jan 1891, Comanche, Comanche County, Texas, USA. Elnora (daughter of Harry Clinton Hamlin and Cynthia Luvenia Langston) was born 26 Sep 1871, Bentonville, Benton County, Arkansas, USA; died 23 Aug 1938, Jayton, Kent County, Texas, USA; was buried 24 Aug 1938, Jayton Cemetery - Jayton, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Mrs. A. J. Harrison Dead At Jayton

STAMFORD, Aug. 23-(Spl) - Mrs. A. J. Harrison, 58, resident of Jayton for 31 years, died at her home today. Funeral will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday at the family home with burial in the Jayton cemetery under direction of Kinney Funeral Home of Stamford.

She had been a member of the Church of Christ since childhood.

Survivors are her husband; four sons, Newton of Odessa, L. C. of Dallas, George of Jayton and J. D. of Goldsmith; and nine daughters, Hattie Mae Harrison of Jayton, and Mmes. Lola Hutto of Rotan, Leona Eledy of Spur, Thelma Gallagher of Spur, Beulah Wood of Bristow, Coline Burk of Malone, Ola Cox of Carlsbad, N.M., Lulu Hunter of Electra, and B. Patterson of Dickens.

(Published in The Abilene Reporter-News on August 24, 1938)