JACK WELDON COLE, 78, of Duncanville, TX,
died Sept. 29, 2008, with interment at Little
Bethel Memorial Park.
His sister was Joyce Cole Muse (RHS-1948) of
Centennial, CO. Jack was president of his
Ranger High School graduating Class of 1947
at Ranger, TX. He was the son of Luetta Pearl
Hannah (RHS-1926) & Odell Cole, born in Ranger
on Dec. 14, 1929 to Weldon O. & Lucetta Hannah
(RHS-1926) Cole. Jack retired as Manager of
the Gas Control Dept. of Lone Star Gas Co. in
1990 after 40 years of service. He was a life-
time member of the Methodist Church.
Jack Weldon was preceded in death by his wife,
Rachel; and a son, Tim.
At the time of his death, he was survived by his
children, Weldon Cole, Kathy Thomas & her husband
David, Debbie Hunt & her husband John, Lydia Center
& her husband Wesley, Brian Ethridge & his wife
Yvette, Sarita Cole; 13 grandchildren; 7 great-
grandchildren; sister, Joyce Muse; and numerous
other family & friends.
FIRST WIFE: NELDA MYRLENE GRIFFIN COLE
was a 1948 graduate of Eastland HS. She was the
mother of Richard Weldon Cole, Timothy Gene Cole
(deceased), Mary Kathleen Cole Thomas, Debra Ann
Cole Hunt, and Sarita Lea Cole. Jack and Myrlene
were married in Nov. of 1950, in Eastland. Myrlene
died on May 8, 2001 in Duncanville, TX.
WIFE: RACHEL I. HILL ETHRIDGE COLE was born
on Aug. 19, 1936, in Port Arthur, TX & died March 11,
200 at Duncanville, TX. She was married to Jack Weldon
Cole (RHS-1947). Lydia Ethridge Center and Brian Lee
Ethridge were her children from her first marriage.