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Clyde
Dwight, Jr., of Coleman and formerly of Shamrock, died Tuesday,
February 5, 2008 at Coleman County Medical Center. Family
visitation will be Thursday from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Stevens
Funeral Home in Coleman and will be Friday from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
at Bailey-Ware Funeral Home in McLean. Funeral services will be
2:00 p.m. Saturday at the First Methodist Church in McLean.
Burial will be in the McLean Cemetery in McLean. Arrangements in
Coleman are under the direction of Stevens Funeral Home and in McLean
are under the direction of Bailey-Ware Funeral Home in McLean.
Clyde Dwight, Jr. was born May 31, 1918 in Ardmore, Oklahoma, the son of late Clyde, Sr. and Lena Ruth Gray Dwight. He grew up in McLean and graduated from McLean High School. He was in the United States Army Air Corps, serving with the 15th Regiment in Italy. He was an Engineer on the B-17 Flying Fortress and flew over 350 combat missions. He received the Bronze Star, Distinguished Flying Cross, Four Oak Clusters and a Purple Heart. He married Louise Nix on April 9, 1941 in Sayre, Oklahoma, and they celebrated 66 years of marriage. He was an oil pumper for a number of years and was a welder and blacksmith in Shamrock for 37 years and moved to Coleman in 2005. He was a Mason, member of the Disabled American Veterans and the First Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife, Louise Dwight of Coleman; one daughter and son-in-law, Barbara and Dr. Paul Moran of Coleman; five grandchildren, Jennifer Henry and husband, John, of San Saba, Joel Moran of Levelland, Jason Moran and wife, Lori, of Coleman, Jarrod Moran of Tecumseh, Oklahoma, Jamie Ruth Moran of Levelland and 11 great-grandchildren, Tara, Alicia, John, Joseph, Samantha and Victoria Henry all of San Saba, Tiffany Chapman of Levelland, Megan and Emily Moran, both of Coleman, Heather and Jonathan Moran, both of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, David Dwight and Robert Dwight and one granddaughter Michelle Moran. Memorials may be made to Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch or the Shriner’s Children’s Hospital. (Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas, February 7, 2008, page 15.) |  Clyde Dwight, Jr. |