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     Funeral services for Emmie Maurine Hutson Weatherly (known to her friends as Maurine), 87, of Nacogdoches will be held at 10:30 A.M., Monday, January 24, 2011 at Cason Monk-Metcalf Sunset Chapel with Shannon Arrington officiating. Interment will follow in Bethel Baptist Cemetery in Appelby.

     Mrs. Weatherly died January 20, 2011, in Nacogdoches. Mrs. Weatherly was born August 14, 1923 in Nacogdoches County to Arthur Albert and Emmie Simmons Hutson.

     Mrs. Weatherly is survived by her sons, Eugene Mitchell (Mitch) Weatherly, Jr. and wife, Terri, of Kerrville; John Milton Weatherly of Athens; W. Albert Weatherly and wife, Peggy, of Nacogdoches; and James Edward Weatherly of Lewisville. She is also survived by grandchildren Mitch Weatherly and wife, Rachael of Alexandria, Virginia; Cara Weatherly and Amanda Weatherly of Kerrville; Francie Wintermute and husband, Dohrman, of North Richland Hills, Texas; Wes Jensen and wife, Julie, of Bullard, Texas; Katy Thomas and husband, Joe of Grapevine, Texas; Rusty Weatherly of Nacogdoches; and great-grandchildren Ryan Wintermute, Jordan Jensen, Nola Weatherly, and Cody Thomas. Mrs. Weatherly is also survived by two sisters, Annie Mae Watson of Nacogdoches and Ola Mae Stone of Pittsburg, Texas, and a brother, Bernice A. Hutson of Paris, Texas. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Weatherly was preceded in death by her husbands, Eugene M. Weatherly, Sr. and Hubert L. Weatherly and a brother, Franklin Hutson. A host of beloved nieces and nephews also survive Mrs. Weatherly.

     Mrs. Weatherly spent her formative years with her parents who were sharecroppers in Nacogdoches County. Her family moved into the town of Nacogdoches when she was in her late teens. At 22, Maurine married Eugene M. Weatherly, Sr. The first of their four sons was born two years later. She lived much of the rest of her life on the Weatherly place near Appleby and later in the Appleby vicinity. Maurine was primarily a mother and homemaker, but also found time to be a teacher’s assistant at the Appleby School, 4-H adult leader, First Baptist Church Sunday School teacher, and Memorial Hospital volunteer. In her later years, Maurine attended the Appleby Church of Christ with her second husband, Hubert L. Weatherly. She was primary caretaker of her parents in their last years. She was a loving and beloved “Aunt Sis” or “Aunt Reen” to her Hutson nephews and nieces. Through her son Mitchell’s military service, she became a very ardent VFW Auxiliary member. She loved to go dancing at the VFW Hall. But her primary love and devotion in life was to her family.

     The family expresses their deep appreciation to the staff at Willowbrook Nursing Home, to Dr. Aaron Polk and his staff, and to Susan Abbot, Speech Therapist, for their compassionate care.

     In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to the Alzheimer’s Association, 2242 West Holcombe Blvd., Houston, Texas 77030-2008; (713) 314-1313.

     Pallbearers will be Mitch Weatherly, Wes Jensen, Rusty Weatherly, Bill Bennett, Glenn Kues, Jim West and Joe Thomas.

     Services are under the direction of Cason Monk-Metcalf Funeral Directors, Nacogdoches. An online guestbook is posted at www.casonmonk-metcalf.com.

Bill W. Hamrick

Bill W. Hamrick (1926-2011)

     Bill W. Hamrick, long-time faculty member and Professor Emeritus of Human Services at Stephen F. Austin University, passed away on January 16, 2011 in Nacogdoches.

     Bill was 84 and the only child of David Elmer Hamrick and Allie Carson Hamrick and was born on March 21, 1926 near Bonanza Texas, in south Hopkins County. He joined the U.S. Navy at age seventeen and began training while still in school. After graduating from Sulphur Springs High School in 1944, he began sea duty on L.S.T. 495, which operated in the Pacific theater and made three combat landings on Okinawa and two occupation landings on mainland Japan. He was honorably discharged in April, 1946 as a Quartermaster, Second Class.

     Bill Hamrick married Carolyn Lemon of Sulphur Springs, Texas on January 16, 1949 and the couple had two sons, David and Joe.

     Thanks in part to the G.I. Bill, he received a Bachelor of Science degree in agriculture in 1949 and a Masters of Education in secondary education in 1954, both from East Texas State Teachers College at Commerce. In 1962, he received a Doctorate of Education in counseling psychology from the University of Missouri at Columbia. In September 1962 he joined the faculty of Stephen F. Austin where he taught and was a Department Chairman for 26 years. He was instrumental in helping establish and develop many human services programs at SFA including: guidance and counseling, social rehabilitation, speech and hearing, and mobility for the blind. He served as Chairman of the Department of Counseling and Special Education until he retired in 1989. He was devoted to the University and believed that Stephen F. Austin had some of the finest faculty and students in the state.

     Always active professionally, he served four years as president elect and president of the Texas State Teachers Association and president of the Texas Personnel and Guidance Association. Dr. Hamrick was a licensed, Texas board certified psychologist and a member of Psi Chi, The National Honor Society in Psychology.

     Bill was also active in the Nacogdoches community and served as president of the Kiwanis Club, president of the Nacogdoches Treatment Center board, was a board member for Project Head Start, and was a lifelong member of Westminster Presbyterian Church. He was also a Master Mason of more than sixty years.

     As a trained psychologist he was a splendid listener, caring, compassionate, never judgmental. He once wrote in a note to his sons that he had been lucky all of his life; that he was not rich in the monetary sense but that he was rich in the things that he believed counted most: good parents, good wife, good children, good in-laws, good friends. Life can’t get better than that he believed.

     He is survived by his beloved wife of 62 years, Carolyn Hamrick; his youngest son, Joe Hamrick, of Lufkin, Texas; and his eldest son David Hamrick and his wife Kathy Dunn Hamrick and grandchildren Jacob and Hannah Hamrick of Austin, Texas.

     Services will be held on Thursday, January 20, beginning at 2:00 P.M. at Cason Monk-Metcalf Sunset Chapel at 5400 North Street in Nacogdoches, followed by entombment at the Sunset Memorial Park Mausoleum. In lieu of flowers, friends may make a contribution to any of several Special Giving Funds at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Nacogdoches, Texas.

     Condolences may be offered at www.casonmonk-metcalf.com