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1914
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2009
W.A. Nance Obituary
Burial will be in City of Levelland Cemetery under direction of George Price Funeral Home, Levelland. He died Monday, April 20, 2009, in Andrews, Texas.
He was born on December 11, 1914, to William Alfred and Ruth Nance, and was a longtime resident and businessman in Levelland.
He was married to Juanita Marie Harper October 17, 1939, in Odessa, Texas. He was a longtime Pharmacist of Levelland's Palace Drug Store and was a member of the Texas Board of Pharmacy and received a certificate for 50 years of pharmaceutical service. He held various positions in the First Baptist Church, Levelland, Texas, served as a deacon and sang in the Sonshine Choir. Former Chairman of the Mexican Mission committee and headed the building of the main mission building in 1950s. He was a member of the original Texas State Guard and seventeen years in Volunteer Fire Department. Scoutmaster of Pack 636 for several years and chaired the Hockley County Polio Foundations. He was a member of Rotary International and the Kiwanis Club and director of the Hockley County Food Box. Past Director of the Levelland Country Club and former Director of the Levelland State Bank. He played an exhibition match once with Master's Champion Byron Nelson. He was preceded in death by a son, William Kenneth (Hoppy) Nance in 1954.
Survivors include; his wife, Juanita Nance of Andrews; his children, Colley Jean Hanks and H.A. of Andrews, Mary Ellen Culpepper and husband David, and Dr. Brian Kenneth Nance and wife Eliza Glaze of Conway, South Carolina; a sister, Virginia Foster, of Clifton, Virginia, eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
The family will receive visitors at the funeral home from 7 p.m. until 8 p.m., Wednesday, April 22, 2009. Family suggests that in lieu of flowers memorials may be given to either Cal Farley's Boys Ranch, First Baptist Church, Levelland, or Buckner Benevolences, P.O. Box 271189, Dallas, TX 75227.
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