Orval McGuire (Plainview)

Orval McGuire 95, formerly of Plainview, passed away on Thursday, May 31, 2012 in San Antonio, TX. Funeral services will be held 2:00 P.M. Saturday, June 2, 2012 at Plainview Family Church of the Nazarene with Rev. Doug Yates officiating. Burial will follow at Plainview Cemetery under the care of Kornerstone Funeral Directors of Plainview. A visitation will be held Friday, June 1, 2012 from 6:00 P.M till 8:00 P.M. at the funeral home. Orval Leslie McGuire was born February 12, 1917 in Holdenville, Oklahoma. He is the 6th of 13 children born to Willie Weaver and Belva Mae (Dickey) McGuire. Nine of the 13 children survived to adulthood. The family moved to Floydada, Texas when he was 12 years old. They moved to Halfway, Texas in 1930 and Liberty Community north of Plainview, Texas in 1932. He has been a member of the First Church of the Nazarene in Plainview since 1932. Orval farmed most of his life. He helped with the family farm growing up which included picking cotton by hand and plowing with the horses Bay and Black and later tractors. He retired from farming in 1974. He met and fell in love with Geneva Shugart whose family lived on the next farm. They married on October 30, 1937 in Plainview. A son, Glen Orval McGuire, was born on September 19, 1941. A daughter, Sheila Sue, joined the family in November of 1955. Orval and Geneva owned and operated the Plainview Hatchery in the 1940’s to 50’s. It was located on the south side of the courthouse square in downtown Plainview. They bought fertilized eggs from local farmers incubated, hatched and sold the chicks. In 1959, Orval and his father, W. W. McGuire, built the family a new home on the farm northeast of Plainview. In 1983, the house was moved into town at 2005 Dimmitt Road. Orval and Geneva lived in the house for 50 years before moving to assisted living in San Antonio in 2009. Orval was also talented in working with wood, machinery, welding and anything else that needed doing on the farm. Orval and Geneva spent their retirement years playing with grandchildren, traveling in their RV and gardening. He is preceded in death by his parents W.W. and Belva McGuire; two brothers and seven sisters. He is survived by his wife, Geneva McGuire formerly of Plainview, TX; one daughter, Sheila McGuire Nelson of San Antonio, TX; one son Glen Orval McGuire of Danville, AL; two brothers, Wilson McGuire of Loveland, CO, and Dell McGuire of Big Spring, TX; one sister, Wilma McClain of Bethany, OK; three grandchildren, De McGuire of Danville, AL, Tonja Murdock of Portland, TN, and Lesli Townsend of San Antonio, TX; four great grandchildren, and two great great grandchildren.