Pat Galyen (Tulia)

Tulia, Texas— Pat Galyen, 78, died at 10:00a.m. Monday, January 23, 2006 in Tulia. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, January 25, 2006 at the First Baptist Church with Rev. Charles Davenport, retired baptist minister officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery under the direction of Kornerstone Funeral Directors in Tulia. Pat was born March 12, 1927 in Snyder, Texas. She grew up in Ira and graduated from Ira High School. She graduated from West Texas State College. She married Calvin Galyen on December 27, 1948 in Snyder. She taught school at Ira and she also tutored students in Maracaibo, Venezuela and Iquequi, Chile. She was secretary for Galyen Drilling Co. as long as it was in business. Moving to Tulia in 1965 she helped with Meals on Wheels, played softball and tennis for many years and was a member of First Baptist Church where she was on the Bereavement committee, a member of the senior adult choir called The Silvertones. She helped organize the Sunshine Girls. She was a member of the Hospital Auxilliary. Survivors include her husband, Calvin of Tulia; one daughter and son-in-law, Gay and Jack Lavender of Seminole, Texas; one son and daughter-in-law, Mike and Joyce Galyen of Houston, Texas; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Doc and Jean Hardee of Weatherford, Texas and Dr. D.D. and Freida Hardee of Greenville, Mississippi; two sisters and one brother-in-law, Mona and Buford Sterling of Snyder, Texas and Jo Johnston of Edmond, Oklahoma; one granddaughter, Becky Galyen of Houston and three grandsons, Chris Galyen of Houston, James Lavender of Durant, Oklahoma and Brian Lavender of Seminole, Texas; several nieces and nephews and many great and dear friends. Memorials may be made to the Bereavement Fund or the Scholarship Fund @ First Baptist Church, 101 N. Crosby, Tulia, Texas 79088. Online condolences may be made to www.kornerstonefunerals.com.