Family and friends will gather to celebrate the life of Bland E. Harper at 3 p.m. Friday, December 9, 2011 at Lake Ridge Chapel and Memorial Designers, with reception following. Committal services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, December 10, 2011 at the Greenleaf Cemetery in Brownwood, Texas. Our beloved Bland went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011.
He was born on Oct. 3, 1924 to Bland E. and Anna Harper in Brownwood. He served in the South Pacific during WWII as a Marine from the Philippines to Iwo Jima. Bland retired from Air National Guard in 1984 as a Chief Warrant Officer IV after serving almost 30 years in the Marines, Army, Army Reserves and National Guard. He developed a housing area in Brownwood and later owned property and casualty claims adjusting companies in Odessa and Lubbock. Bland married Donna Sammons in Nov. 1945 and they had three children. Donna preceded him in death and in June, 2002, he married Jeanette Holtzclaw and gained three more daughters.
Survivors include his wife, Jeanette; daughter, Janell Lawrence; daughter, Debbie Rose-McDaniel; a son, Bland Harper and wife Sheryl; daughter, Lori Evans and husband Gary; daughter, Debbie McRorey and husband Joe; daughter, Marty Dalton and husband Bobby; daughter Mary Mitchell; 15 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; brother, Bob Harper and wife Polly; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Memorials are suggested to Southwest Cancer Center, 602 Indiana Ave., Lubbock, Texas 79415.
He was born on Oct. 3, 1924 to Bland E. and Anna Harper in Brownwood. He served in the South Pacific during WWII as a Marine from the Philippines to Iwo Jima. Bland retired from Air National Guard in 1984 as a Chief Warrant Officer IV after serving almost 30 years in the Marines, Army, Army Reserves and National Guard. He developed a housing area in Brownwood and later owned property and casualty claims adjusting companies in Odessa and Lubbock. Bland married Donna Sammons in Nov. 1945 and they had three children. Donna preceded him in death and in June, 2002, he married Jeanette Holtzclaw and gained three more daughters.
Survivors include his wife, Jeanette; daughter, Janell Lawrence; daughter, Debbie Rose-McDaniel; a son, Bland Harper and wife Sheryl; daughter, Lori Evans and husband Gary; daughter, Debbie McRorey and husband Joe; daughter, Marty Dalton and husband Bobby; daughter Mary Mitchell; 15 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; brother, Bob Harper and wife Polly; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Memorials are suggested to Southwest Cancer Center, 602 Indiana Ave., Lubbock, Texas 79415.
Family and friends will gather to celebrate the life of Bland E. Harper at 3 p.m. Friday, December 9, 2011 at Lake Ridge Chapel and Memorial Designers, with reception following. Committal services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, December 10, 2011 at the Greenleaf Cemetery in Brownwood, Texas. Our beloved Bland went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011.
He was born on Oct. 3, 1924 to Bland E. and Anna Harper in Brownwood. He served in the South Pacific during WWII as a Marine from the Philippines to Iwo Jima. Bland retired from Air National Guard in 1984 as a Chief Warrant Officer IV after serving almost 30 years in the Marines, Army, Army Reserves and National Guard. He developed a housing area in Brownwood and later owned property and casualty claims adjusting companies in Odessa and Lubbock. Bland married Donna Sammons in Nov. 1945 and they had three children. Donna preceded him in death and in June, 2002, he married Jeanette Holtzclaw and gained three more daughters.
Survivors include his wife, Jeanette; daughter, Janell Lawrence; daughter, Debbie Rose-McDaniel; a son, Bland Harper and wife Sheryl; daughter, Lori Evans and husband Gary; daughter, Debbie McRorey and husband Joe; daughter, Marty Dalton and husband Bobby; daughter Mary Mitchell; 15 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; brother, Bob Harper and wife Polly; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Memorials are suggested to Southwest Cancer Center, 602 Indiana Ave., Lubbock, Texas 79415.
He was born on Oct. 3, 1924 to Bland E. and Anna Harper in Brownwood. He served in the South Pacific during WWII as a Marine from the Philippines to Iwo Jima. Bland retired from Air National Guard in 1984 as a Chief Warrant Officer IV after serving almost 30 years in the Marines, Army, Army Reserves and National Guard. He developed a housing area in Brownwood and later owned property and casualty claims adjusting companies in Odessa and Lubbock. Bland married Donna Sammons in Nov. 1945 and they had three children. Donna preceded him in death and in June, 2002, he married Jeanette Holtzclaw and gained three more daughters.
Survivors include his wife, Jeanette; daughter, Janell Lawrence; daughter, Debbie Rose-McDaniel; a son, Bland Harper and wife Sheryl; daughter, Lori Evans and husband Gary; daughter, Debbie McRorey and husband Joe; daughter, Marty Dalton and husband Bobby; daughter Mary Mitchell; 15 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; brother, Bob Harper and wife Polly; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Memorials are suggested to Southwest Cancer Center, 602 Indiana Ave., Lubbock, Texas 79415.
