Alpine Funeral Home

Jean Marie Bates, 91, died Tuesday, December 25, 2018.  A graveside service will be 2 p.m. Saturday, December 29, 2018 at Garden of Memories in Sweetwater, TX directed by McCoy Funeral Home in Sweetwater. Immediately following the service a reception/visitation will be held at the First United Methodist Church Parlor in Sweetwater. Alton B. Bradshaw, 68, died Saturday, December 22, 2018.  Services will be at Heritage Funeral Home in Brady,  Wednesday, December 26, 2018 at 2:00 p.m.  He is survived by his mother Johnnie B. Bradshaw of San Angelo, and 2 sisters; Janice Timms and Beth Taylor. Phillip Anthony Buren, 59, of Alpine, died 12/23/2018. Rosary: 6:00pm Thursday, 12/27/2018, funeral home. Services: 2:00pm, 12/28/2018, Calvary Cemetery. Arrangements: Shaffer Funeral Home/ Sherwood Way. Survivors: wife, Rikki Buren; children, Megan Yadon, Jon Buren; father, Paul Buren, stepmother, Brenda Buren; sisters, Ellen Melvin, Katie Sanchez, Susan Counts. Frances Garner, 98, died 12/21/2018. Preceded in death by her husband, John W. Garner Jr.; Survivors: her children, Terry Garner, Sherry Perkins, and Jerry Garner; grandchildren, Heath Garner and Kimberly Rabb, as well as 2 great grandchildren. Services will be held at a later date. Carol Hinson, 74, died Sunday, December 23, 2018. A graveside service will be held on Thursday, December 27, 2018 at Fairmount Cemetery at 1:00pm. Services are being handled by Johnson’s Funeral Home. Lydia Lynn Nichols, 69, died Tuesday, Decemebr 25, 2018. A memorial service will be held on Sunday, December 30, 2018 at Elliot Hamill at 3:00pm.

Floydella graduated in 1938 from Molalla High School and earned an Associate’s Degree from LBCC. She married Nile Alexander on March 24, 1942, in Redmond, Oregon. Nile was a World War II Veteran. She was interested in 4-H Cooking, Sewing, and Knitting and a member of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary for 50 years and the Alpine Assembly of God Church She was preceded in death by husband, Nile Alexander; son, David Alexander; and grandson, Justin Alexander. Survivors are daughters, Donna Payne of Brookfield, Missouri, and Joanne Alexander of Crawfordsville, Oregon; sons, George Alexander and wife, Dottie of Corvallis, Richard Alexander and wife, Erma of Monroe, Oregon and Larry Alexander and wife, Maddy of Crawfordsville; 17 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren; and 16 great-great-grandchildren. Viewing will be from 8 to 9:30 a.m. on Friday, December 14, with services at 10 a.m. at McHenry Funeral Home in Corvallis. Interment will follow at Simson Chapel Cemetery in Alpine and a luncheon at Bellfountain School.