CISCO -- Charlie Livingston, of Cisco, passed away Friday, September 9, 2005, after a brief struggle with age- related complications. A life - Long farmer and rancher, he was 90 years old and proud of it.
Charlie was born in the Mitchell Community southwest of Cisco on No- vember 22, 1914. He grew up on the family farmstead with eight brothers and sisters and attended Dan-Horn and Scranton schools. He loved Scranton High School where he was an outstanding athlete in track and basketball. He graduated in 1933.
Charlie began courting a beautiful, fiery, red-haired neighbor girl, Christena Ruth Brown, and they married in January of 1939.
Two children, Coy and Stanley, were born in the 1940's. After a short stay near Carbon, the family moved to their perma- nent home on the farm south of Cisco in 1951.
The drought years of the 50's tested Charlie's skills as a farmer and manager, but by the end of the decade, the farm was beginning to prosper. Peanuts and feed grain were the major crops while he always ran a few cattle, which came to be like friends.
In the 1970's Charlie retired from farming but never from the farm. His cows, chickens, dog, cat, garden, and fruit trees gave him the desire to get out every morning and tend to his chores. He was active until the end.
Charlie is survived by his loving wife, Ruth, of 66 years, two children, five grandchildren, six great- grandchildren, one great- great- grandchild, many loving relatives, and a community of wonderful neighbors and friends.
Charlie's life could be described by the title of the old Jimmy Stewart movie, "It's a Wonderful Life." His was!
Funeral services will be Monday, September 12, at 10:00 a.m., in the Kimbrough Funeral Home Chapel in Cisco, officiated by Reverend Benny Hagan and assisted by Reverend Baylis Pope. Burial will follow in the Oakwood Cemetery under the di- rection of Kimbrough Funeral Home.
The family will receive friends during a visitation and viewing Sunday from 4 - 6 p.m., at the Kimbrough Funeral Home.
Memorials may be sent to the Red Cross or Texas Baptist Children's Home, P. O. Box 7, Round Rock, TX., 78680-9988. KIMBROUGH FUNERAL HOME CISCO, TEXAS
Charlie was born in the Mitchell Community southwest of Cisco on No- vember 22, 1914. He grew up on the family farmstead with eight brothers and sisters and attended Dan-Horn and Scranton schools. He loved Scranton High School where he was an outstanding athlete in track and basketball. He graduated in 1933.
Charlie began courting a beautiful, fiery, red-haired neighbor girl, Christena Ruth Brown, and they married in January of 1939.
Two children, Coy and Stanley, were born in the 1940's. After a short stay near Carbon, the family moved to their perma- nent home on the farm south of Cisco in 1951.
The drought years of the 50's tested Charlie's skills as a farmer and manager, but by the end of the decade, the farm was beginning to prosper. Peanuts and feed grain were the major crops while he always ran a few cattle, which came to be like friends.
In the 1970's Charlie retired from farming but never from the farm. His cows, chickens, dog, cat, garden, and fruit trees gave him the desire to get out every morning and tend to his chores. He was active until the end.
Charlie is survived by his loving wife, Ruth, of 66 years, two children, five grandchildren, six great- grandchildren, one great- great- grandchild, many loving relatives, and a community of wonderful neighbors and friends.
Charlie's life could be described by the title of the old Jimmy Stewart movie, "It's a Wonderful Life." His was!
Funeral services will be Monday, September 12, at 10:00 a.m., in the Kimbrough Funeral Home Chapel in Cisco, officiated by Reverend Benny Hagan and assisted by Reverend Baylis Pope. Burial will follow in the Oakwood Cemetery under the di- rection of Kimbrough Funeral Home.
The family will receive friends during a visitation and viewing Sunday from 4 - 6 p.m., at the Kimbrough Funeral Home.
Memorials may be sent to the Red Cross or Texas Baptist Children's Home, P. O. Box 7, Round Rock, TX., 78680-9988. KIMBROUGH FUNERAL HOME CISCO, TEXAS
CISCO -- Charlie Livingston, of Cisco, passed away Friday, September 9, 2005, after a brief struggle with age- related complications. A life - Long farmer and rancher, he was 90 years old and proud of it.
Charlie was born in the Mitchell Community southwest of Cisco on No- vember 22, 1914. He grew up on the family farmstead with eight brothers and sisters and attended Dan-Horn and Scranton schools. He loved Scranton High School where he was an outstanding athlete in track and basketball. He graduated in 1933.
Charlie began courting a beautiful, fiery, red-haired neighbor girl, Christena Ruth Brown, and they married in January of 1939.
Two children, Coy and Stanley, were born in the 1940's. After a short stay near Carbon, the family moved to their perma- nent home on the farm south of Cisco in 1951.
The drought years of the 50's tested Charlie's skills as a farmer and manager, but by the end of the decade, the farm was beginning to prosper. Peanuts and feed grain were the major crops while he always ran a few cattle, which came to be like friends.
In the 1970's Charlie retired from farming but never from the farm. His cows, chickens, dog, cat, garden, and fruit trees gave him the desire to get out every morning and tend to his chores. He was active until the end.
Charlie is survived by his loving wife, Ruth, of 66 years, two children, five grandchildren, six great- grandchildren, one great- great- grandchild, many loving relatives, and a community of wonderful neighbors and friends.
Charlie's life could be described by the title of the old Jimmy Stewart movie, "It's a Wonderful Life." His was!
Funeral services will be Monday, September 12, at 10:00 a.m., in the Kimbrough Funeral Home Chapel in Cisco, officiated by Reverend Benny Hagan and assisted by Reverend Baylis Pope. Burial will follow in the Oakwood Cemetery under the di- rection of Kimbrough Funeral Home.
The family will receive friends during a visitation and viewing Sunday from 4 - 6 p.m., at the Kimbrough Funeral Home.
Memorials may be sent to the Red Cross or Texas Baptist Children's Home, P. O. Box 7, Round Rock, TX., 78680-9988. KIMBROUGH FUNERAL HOME CISCO, TEXAS
Charlie was born in the Mitchell Community southwest of Cisco on No- vember 22, 1914. He grew up on the family farmstead with eight brothers and sisters and attended Dan-Horn and Scranton schools. He loved Scranton High School where he was an outstanding athlete in track and basketball. He graduated in 1933.
Charlie began courting a beautiful, fiery, red-haired neighbor girl, Christena Ruth Brown, and they married in January of 1939.
Two children, Coy and Stanley, were born in the 1940's. After a short stay near Carbon, the family moved to their perma- nent home on the farm south of Cisco in 1951.
The drought years of the 50's tested Charlie's skills as a farmer and manager, but by the end of the decade, the farm was beginning to prosper. Peanuts and feed grain were the major crops while he always ran a few cattle, which came to be like friends.
In the 1970's Charlie retired from farming but never from the farm. His cows, chickens, dog, cat, garden, and fruit trees gave him the desire to get out every morning and tend to his chores. He was active until the end.
Charlie is survived by his loving wife, Ruth, of 66 years, two children, five grandchildren, six great- grandchildren, one great- great- grandchild, many loving relatives, and a community of wonderful neighbors and friends.
Charlie's life could be described by the title of the old Jimmy Stewart movie, "It's a Wonderful Life." His was!
Funeral services will be Monday, September 12, at 10:00 a.m., in the Kimbrough Funeral Home Chapel in Cisco, officiated by Reverend Benny Hagan and assisted by Reverend Baylis Pope. Burial will follow in the Oakwood Cemetery under the di- rection of Kimbrough Funeral Home.
The family will receive friends during a visitation and viewing Sunday from 4 - 6 p.m., at the Kimbrough Funeral Home.
Memorials may be sent to the Red Cross or Texas Baptist Children's Home, P. O. Box 7, Round Rock, TX., 78680-9988. KIMBROUGH FUNERAL HOME CISCO, TEXAS
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