Mrs. Devenport Dies at Home
Mrs. W. N. Devenport, 76, a resident of the Weiland Community her entire
life, died suddenly at her home at 7 o'clock Wednesday morning [21-Jan-1959].
Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p.m. Thursday at the Weiland Church of
Christ. Officiating will be T. S. Teddlie and Allen Harper. Burial will be
in the Weiland Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be C. W. McKinney, Troy Nalls, Raymond Graves, Hermann
McCord, F. O. Jackson, Roy Angell. Named as honorary pallbearers are
C. W. Bartlett and Claude Atwell.
The body will rest at the family residence in Weiland. Funeral arrangements
are being made by Gray-Sorrells Funeral Home.
Born August 4, 1882 Mrs. Mary Louise Devenport had spent her entire life in
the same community. She was the daughter of Henry Hassellfield, a native of
Germany and Amanda Stark Hasselfield a native of Missouri, and was a member
of the Church of Christ.
Surviving are her husband, W. N. Devenport, whom she married on January 4,
1903; sons, Lloyd Devenport, Newton Devenport, both of Greenville, Virgil
Devenport and Bernard Devenport of Weiland; brothers, Freddie Hasselfield,
Quinlan, Barnie Hasselfield, Tivoli, Texas; a sister, Mrs. J. D. Gray,
Greenville; eight grandchildren; six great-grandchildren, and a number of
nieces and nephews.
Greenville [Texas] Herald Banner - February 4, 2000
Montie Devenport
Montie Lee Devenport, 78, of Quinlan died Thursday [03-Feb-2000]
at Presbyterian Hospital of Greenville. There is a graveside service
at 2 p.m. Saturday at Wieland Cemetery with Rev. Bill Reisor officiating.
The son of George W. Devenport and Mary P. Davidson Devenport, he
was born April 28, 1921 in Wolfe City. On May 10, 1943, he married
Essie Ratliff in Greenville.
Mr. Devenport was a veteran, serving in the U.S. Army during World
War II. He built planes at E-Systems. He was a Baptist.
He is survived by sons Vennis Devenport and wife Jan of Garland and
Vernon R. Devenport and wife Candi of California; a daughter, Wanda
L. Nowlin of Oklahoma, 10 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife in 1996 and by his parents.
Visitation is from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Peters Funeral Home.