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About Walter Paige Eiland:

Paige Eiland, 68, of Stanton, died on Thursday, September 30, 2004, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, October 3, 2004 at the Stanton High School Auditorium, with Rev. David Harp, pastor First Baptist Church, officiating. Interment will follow at Evergreen Cemetery. He was born on June 11, 1936, in Big Spring and married Elaine Hazlewood on August 25, 1956 in Stanton.

Paige owned and operated Eiland and Associates Incorporated, an independent insurance agency in Stanton. He was on the Board of Directors of the First National Bank of Stanton. He was past president of the Stanton Lions Club and Martin County Chamber of Commerce. Paige was one of the original founders of the Stanton High School Fellowship of Christian Athletes and was the Adult Sponsor for many years. He was a long time member and supporter of the Stanton High School Booster Club. He was a member of First Baptist Church where he was a deacon and trustee.

He was a director of the Baylor Bear Foundation, a Certified Insurance Counselor, a director of the Buffalo Trails Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He was a Regional Vice-President of Texas Association of Independent Insurance Agents. Past President of the Independent Insurance Agents of Midland and Permian Basin Independent Insurance Agents. He served on the Small Town and Rural Agents Committee of Independent Insurance Agents of America and the Special Multi-Peril Task Force of Independent Insurance Agents of America. He was a receipient of the "W. R. White" Award in 1999 for Meritorious Service to Baylor University.

Survivors include his wife, Elaine Eiland of Stanton; one daughter, Paiga Lou Marsh of Stanton; two sons and daughters-in-law, Gordon and Karen Eiland of Tyler and Craig and Melissa Eiland of Galveston;nine grandchildren, Austin and Koby Marsh of Stanton, Jessica, Cliff and Clay Eiland of Tyler and Blake, Tucker, Delaney and Gray Eiland of Galveston; one brother, Merwyn Eiland of Port Angeles, Washington.

About Amelia Elaine Hazlewood:

MOTHER OF Amelia Elaine
Hope Hazlewood STANTON Hope Hazlewood, 94, of Stanton died Friday, March 23, 2001, at a Midland nursing home. Graveside services will be at 2:30 p.m. today, March 25, 2001, at Evergreen Cemetery in Stanton. Memorial services will follow at 3 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in Stanton with the Rev. David Harp, pastor of First Baptist Church, officiating. She was born July 16, 1906, in Kent County and married L.C. Hazlewood Sr. June 8, 1929, in Portales, N.M. He preceded her in death April 9, 1986. She was a member of a pioneer Lea County, N.M., family and had lived in the Courtney Community in Martin County until moving to Stanton. She was honored as a Texas Older Citizen in Stanton. Mrs. Hazlewood was a member of First United Methodist Church and was an active member of the Friendship Sunday School Class for over 50 years. She was also a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, the Stanton Study Club and was the founding secretary director of WesTex Telephone. Survivors include a son, Cliff Hazlewood Jr. and wife Nelda; a daughter, Elaine Eiland and husband Paige, all of Stanton; seven grandchildren, Cathy Herzog of Odessa, Debbie Louder of San Angelo, Tere Garlington of Stanton, Gordon Eiland of Whitehouse, Amy Barley of Celina, Paiga Lou Marsh of Sterling City and Craig Eiland of Galveston; 14 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Mildred Lasley of Hobbs, N.M. She was also preceded in death by two sons, Malcolm Wayne Hazlewood and Danny Hazlewood.