Obituaries
• Mary Elizabeth “Beth” Neal, 83, of San Angelo, died May 22 in Holiday Hill Nursing Center, and was buried in the Talpa Cemetery. She was born March 10, 1920, in Plantersville, Miss., to Benjamin Franklin McWhorter and Hattie Hilda Ruff McWhorter. At the age of six, she moved to Garden City, where she was raised and graduated from high school. She married James A. “Buddy” Neal on Aug. 16, 1939, in Rankin. He preceded her in death on June 3, 1996. Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Jim and Shirley Neal of Ada, OK., and Sandy and Barbara Neal of Coleman; one brother, Joe Benjamin McWhorter; and five grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents and one sister, Joyce Marie Hamblin.
• Missy Lewis Halfmann, 28, of St. Lawrence, died May 27 in an automobile accident and was buried at Resthaven Memorial Park in Midland. She was born July 24, 1974 in Odessa and married Chad Alan Halfmann on April 28, 2001 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She had worked for the U.S. Postal Service in Midland before becoming a homemaker, and attended West Kentucky Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, Chad Halfmann of St. Lawrence; two sons, Jessie James “JJ” Espinosa and Ryan Alan Halfmann, one daughter, Cassie Jo Espinosa, all of St. Lawrence; her father, Jerry Lynn and wife Lisa Lewis, of Midland; her mother, Linda Sue Huff and husband Greg of Celina, TX; three sisters, three brothers and others.