Gwendolyn Fay Rice

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The Sabine County Reporter
July 8, 2009, Page 14

Gwendolyn Faye Rice Shook

Gwendolyn Faye Rice Shook of Bryan died peacefully at the age of 74 on June 20, 2009 after a brief battle with lung cancer. A funeral service was held Monday, June 22, at Memorial Funeral Chapel in Bryan. Interment followed at College Station City Cemetery.

Mrs. Shook was born Jan. 9, 1935 in the Deep East Texas community of Bayou, as the third of five children to Charlie Cecil and Corrie Pearl Rice. She grew up in Hemphill and attended the University of North Texas where she received a Bachelor's Degree in Education. Mrs. Shook taught General Business from 1967 until 1997 in Robstown, Dickinson, and Hearne school districts.

While attending the University of North Texas, she met her future husband, Wiliam Loraine Shook. They married Nov. 16, 1957, produced two daughters, and had a wonderful 51 year marriage.

Mrs. Shook was a member of the First Baptist Church in Bryan and a member of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas. She was a great cook and loved gardening.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one brother, Virgil; two sisters and their husbands, Ahlene and Abbott Killingsworth, and Charlsie and Bert Lisle.

Survivors include her husband, Bill Shook; daughters and sons-in-law, Paticia Shook and Charlie Felts of League City and Laura and Mike Elam of Katy; a beautiful granddaughter, Nicole Elam; brother, Wiley and his wife Judy of Hemphill; two sisters-in-law, Wanda Peeples of Orlando, FL. and Judith Sheen of Southlake; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Shook requested that in lieu of flowers, memorials be made to the First Baptist Church of Bryan, 3100 Cambridge Dr., Bryan, TX 77802 or Hospice Brazos Valley, 502 W. 26th St., Bryan, TX 77803.

Expressions of symphathy can be made at www.MeM. com.

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