Obituaries
• Thomas Edgar Asbill died March 20 in Mason and was buried in Grape Creek. He was born in 1905 in Sulphur Springs to Joseph Washington and Louisa Elizabeth Wilburn Asbill. In Grape Creek in 1937, he married Olivia See Scarborough, who preceded him in death Feb. 5, 2002. Two of their five children, James Aubrey and Baby Ray, also preceded him in death. He was an active member of the Methodist Church and served in many civic capacities including Justice of the Peace in Sterling City, where his various awards included Citizen of the Year in 1983. He is survived by three sons, Sandy Asbill and Shirley of Tiger, GA, Jack Asbill and Dorothy of Mason and Vernon Asbill and Kate of Carlsbad, N.M.; one daughter, Mary Ruth Roger and Tommy of Kremlin, OK, and two sisters, Mary Rose Baker of Grape Creek and Martha Robinson of San Saba, several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
• Glenyce C. Riley died June 5 at Trinity Haven Rest Home in Midland and was buried at Resthaven Memorial Park in Midland. She was born in 1912 in Cisco to George and Bertha Cunningham. She graduated from Cisco High School and attended Hardin Simmons University. She moved to Midland in 1942 and retired from Atlantic Richfield in 1973. She was preceded in death by her parents; granddaughter Nancy Conine Hester and sisters Louise Black and Ruth Richardson. She is survived by her husband of 29 years, Glen Riley of Midland; son Jim Conine of Midland; granddaughters Jordyn and Jody Hester of Boulder, CO and niece Carla Propes of Austin.
• Harold Max Fitzhugh, 86, a retired manager of the Federal Landbank Assoc., died June 7 in Fort Worth and was buried at Trinity Memorial Park in Big Spring. He was born in 1915 in Tolar, Texas. He was a graduate of Tolar High School and Texas A & M with a degree in agriculture. He taught agriculture and was a county agent in Garden City and Eldorado. He was an active member of the University Methodist Church and a lifelong Rotarian. Survivors include his wife of 63 years, Myrl Bryans Fitzhugh; children, Bryans Fitzhugh and Brenda of Fort Worth, Annelle Gault and Jimmy of Sterling City; grandchildren, and a brother, Henry Fitzhugh and Della of San Antonio.