Obituaries
Onita Fields of Big Spring died April 25 at Mountain View Lodge following a long illness and was buried at the Bronte Cemetery. She was born in 1910 in Mills County to Herbert Charles and Emma Boyd White. The family came to Tankersley on Spring Creek in Tom Green County in a covered wagon. She married W.A. Fields in 1948; he preceded her in death in 1973. The Fields lived in Garden City from 1961 to 1966. She lived most of her life in the Bronte and San Angelo area, moving to Big Spring 16 years ago.
She was a devoted member of the Church of Christ all her life, and was a retired nurse’s aide. She is survived by one daughter, Trilby Giles of Big Spring; one granddaughter, Jo Linda Cypert and husband Wayne, of Garden City; four great-grandchildren, Ed Wayne Cypert, Leasa Lowery and husband Kenny all of Garden City, Richard Cypert of Big Spring and Kristen Jones of Alice; five great-great grandchildren, four sisters, and a number of nieces and nephews.
Zora Lou Houston Winslow, 77, of Duncan, Oklahoma, died recently and was buried in Midland. She graduated from Garden City High School in 1944. She was predeceased by two sisters, Eleanor Poe and Sue Carson, and a brother, Bernard (Dan) Houston. She is survived by Janis and Fred Houston and a son, Don Winslow and his wife, Karla, and two grandchildren.
Davelyn June McGill Neidhardt of Lindsay, TX, died July 27 following a courageous battle with breast cancer, and was buried at Elm Grove Cemetery in Alpine. She was born in San Angelo on June 1, 1947, to David and Dora Mae McGill. She grew up in Hovey, TX, attending Alpine High School and Sul Ross State University. She married Jimmy Neidhardt in 1967. She taught mathematics and took great pride in developing her students’ skills in that area.
She is survived by her husband, Jimmy; a son, Tanner; sisters Mary Alice Burnett and Sixie Jo Davis; other family members and friends.