DUMAS - Floyd "Catfish'' Colson, 74, died Thursday, May 1, 1997.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in Sixth and Meredith Church of Christ with Allen Kramer, minister, officiating. Burial will be in Dumas Cemetery by Morrison Funeral Directors.
Mr. Colson was born in Wellington and had been a Dumas resident since 1954. He was a boiler operator for Diamond Shamrock before retiring in 1986. He was an Army veteran of World War II and a member of Sixth and Meredith Church of Christ.
He married Claudia Beard in 1947 at Wellington.
Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Sue Colson of Fort Worth and Judy Pendley of Dumas; a son, Phil Colson of Mangum, Okla.; a brother, Loyd Colson of Hollis, Okla.; two sisters, Velma Rainey of Wellington and Ella Boyce of Seagraves; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
*From Find a Grave Member, Angie Mitchell Martin (48252725):
"He graduated with the Wellington High School Class of 1942."
DUMAS - Floyd "Catfish'' Colson, 74, died Thursday, May 1, 1997.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in Sixth and Meredith Church of Christ with Allen Kramer, minister, officiating. Burial will be in Dumas Cemetery by Morrison Funeral Directors.
Mr. Colson was born in Wellington and had been a Dumas resident since 1954. He was a boiler operator for Diamond Shamrock before retiring in 1986. He was an Army veteran of World War II and a member of Sixth and Meredith Church of Christ.
He married Claudia Beard in 1947 at Wellington.
Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Sue Colson of Fort Worth and Judy Pendley of Dumas; a son, Phil Colson of Mangum, Okla.; a brother, Loyd Colson of Hollis, Okla.; two sisters, Velma Rainey of Wellington and Ella Boyce of Seagraves; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
*From Find a Grave Member, Angie Mitchell Martin (48252725):
"He graduated with the Wellington High School Class of 1942."
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