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Submitted: 8/26/14 • Approved: 5/2/15 • Last Updated: 4/19/18 • R755422-G755421-S3
Sylven
May 30, 1916
Dec 25, 1988
Lorene
Jan 7, 1923
Mar 11, 2006
Services for Sylven Moses were Dec. 28 at Bradford's Summersville Funeral Chapel in Summersville with the Rev. Emmett Bradford and the Rev. Albert Steelman officiating. Mr. Moses, 72, died Dec. 25, 1988, at Texas County Memorial Hospital in Houston.He was a retired employee of McVickers Pallet Mill. In 1978 he and his wife moved to Houston. He was a pastor of several area churches before he became ill in 1983. He married Lorene Plowman May 17, 1951. He was preceded in death by his parents, two infant sons, two sisters and four brothers. Surviving are his wife, Lorene of Houston; one son, Sherman Plowman of Greeley, Colo., three daughters, Marilyn Porter of Summersville, Barbara Yago of Greeley, Colo., and Sylvia Snelling of Houston; and nine grandchildren. Burial was in the Midvale Cemetery.
Lorene Nellie Moses, 83, daughter of Arthur E. Plowman and Delphia Rightnowar Plowman, was born Jan. 7, 1923, at Summersville. She died March 11, 2006, at Houston House Nursing Center at Houston.
She married Sylvan Moses May 17, 1951, at Salem, Ark. They had four children and lived at Summersville.
Mrs. Moses worked on the family farm and kept children. In 1978, they moved to Houston to be near their daughter. While living at Houston, she was a child care provider.
She attended the Assembly of God in Houston as long as she was able.
She was preceded in death by her husband Dec. 25, 1988; parents; an infant son, Verlin; three brothers, Kenneth, Dexter and Clinton Plowman; four sisters, Pauline Plowman, Maxine Clark, Alta Tuttle and Dorothy Steelman; three stillborn sisters and two step-great-grandchildren.
Surviving are her children, Sherman Dale Plowman and Barbara Jean Yago of Greeley, Colo., Sylvia Lorene Snelling of Houston; stepdaughter, Marilyn Kay Douglas of Houston; seven grandchildren, seven great-grandchild, two step-grandchildren and two step-great-grandsons.
Graveside services were March 13 at the Midvale Cemetery with the Rev. Terry Snelling officiating under the direction of Bradford Funeral Home of Summersville. [Houston Herald online]
Contributed on 8/26/14 by mjrwag
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