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About Billy Jay Eiland:
Billy Jay Eiland SNYDER-Billy Jay Eiland, 85, of Snyder, Texas, died Thursday, May 10, 2012, at Covenant
Specialty Hospital in Lubbock, Texas, after a lengthy illness. Services for Mr. Eiland will be held
today, May 12, 2012, at 2 p.m. at Colonial Hill Baptist Church with Dr. Tommy Culwell officiating. Interment
will follow in Hillside Memorial Gardens under the direction of Bell-Cypert-Seale Funeral Home.
Mr.
Eiland was born on Thursday, Oct. 21, 1926, in Stanton, Texas, to H.H. and Alice (Taylor) Eiland. He
married Mary Darnell on Dec. 2, 1963, in Fort Worth, Texas.
He is survived by his wife, Mary
Eiland, Snyder, Texas; three daughters, Martha Martin and husband Terry of Snyder, Texas, Susan Smith
and husband Darty of Austin, Texas, and Carol Trulock and husband Jeff of Snyder, Texas; one son, Jay
Eiland and wife Randi of Dallas, Texas; four grandchildren, Hope Veiga and husband Anderson of Fayetteville,
N.C., Race and Arden Eiland of Dallas, Texas, Brandon Martin and wife Annie of Midland. Texas, and
Tammy Cannon and husband Greg of Lubbock, Texas; and five great-grandchildren, Joshua Veiga of Fayetteville,
N.C., Tyler and Drew Martin of Midland, Texas, and Catherine and Martin Cannon of Lubbock, Texas.
He
was preceded in death by his parents and one grandson, Jacob Leath Trulock.
While serving in
the Navy, Mr. Eiland served on the USS Prarie in WWII. He was also a bank director of West Texas State
Bank for 56 years. He was a 32nd Degree Master Mason of the Scurry Lodge 706 for 56 years and was also
a Shriner. Mr. Eiland served on the Snyder City Council and Snyder School Board. Online condolences
may be posted at www.bellcypertseale.com.
About Nancy Beth Morgan:
Nancy Beth Morgan Eiland, 82, of Vernon, died Sunday, July 28, in Wichita Falls. .A graveside service
will be held at Olney Cemetery Wednesday, July 31, 20131 at 2:00 PM. with Rev. David Carpenter officiating.
Arrangements are under the direction of Sullivan Funeral Home.
Nancy was born Tuesday, May 5,
1931 in Olney, Texas, to C.V. and Nadine Sherwood Morgan of Olney, TX. She graduated from Stephens
Collage and Texas Tech University. Mrs. Eiland retired after 25 years of employment with the State
of Texas in Vernon.
She was preceded in death by her parents, one brother, C.V. Morgan, Jr. (Sonny),
and one grandson, Jacob Leath Trulock.
A longtime member of the First Presbyterian Church in
Vernon, Nancy was also committed to Vernon College, Women's Auxiliary of Wilbarger General Hospital,
Red River Valley Museum, Carnegie City-County Library, and Wilbarger County Meals on Wheel.
She
is survived by three daughters Martha Beth Martin and husband Terry of Snyder, TX. Susan Smith and husband
T. Darty of Austin, TX. Carol Jane Trulock and husband Jeff of Snyder, TX. One sister Jo Anne Hunt of
Olney, TX., one granddaughter Hope Veiga and husband Anderson, one great-grandson Joshua Veiga, step
grandchildren Tamara Cannon and husband Greg and their children Catherine and Martin, Brandon Martin
and wife Annie and their children Tyler and Andrew; one niece KAnne Schriver, one nephew Ernest Hunt,
Jr., Cousins Carol Covington, Jim Wright, and three great nieces also survive.
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