Effie Carver

Effie Carver, 86, of Keene died Monday, December 26, 2005, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Effie was born November 22, 1919 in Duncan, OK the daughter of Lemuel Oran and Ruby Viola Patton Henry. As an infant she moved to Vernon, Texas and grew up there. She and her older brother helped raise and provide for their other six siblings. She married Doug Carver on her birthday, November 22, 1947 in Electra, Texas. The couple lived in Vernon until 1952. After a year in west Texas farming, the couple settled in Fort Worth. They have lived in Keene since 1961. She worked for Brandoms Cabinet Manufacturing for eight years. She served as a Deaconess in the Keene Seventh Day Adventist Church, where she was a longtime member. Preceding her in death were her parents; two brothers, L. O. Henry and Oran Henry; and an infant sister, Dolly Henry. Survivors include her husband, Doug Carver of Keene; four children, Diane Johnson and husband, Dr. Skip Johnson, of Hillsboro, Dennis Carver of Lawton, OK, Doyle Carver and wife, Elisa, of Keene, and Dan Carver of Keene; a brother, Howard Henry and wife, Peggy, of Vernon; three sisters, Helen Latham of Houston, Lois Moore and husband, Bill, of Faxon, OK, and Joan Gilley and husband, Troy, of Lawton, OK; a sister-in-law, Evelyn Carver of Hillsboro; three grandchildren, Shannon Hinkle and husband, Kevin, of Cleburne, Brent Taylor of Lafayette, LA, Angela Carver of Chattanooga, TN; and a great-granddaughter, Arden Genore of Cleburne; and several nieces and nephews. Memorials may be made to American Heart Association, P. O. Box 15186, Austin, TX 78761.