Wilma McComic
Funeral services for Wilma McComic, 96, of Climax were held Feb. 17 at the Climax Church of Christ. Burial followed at the Van Winkle Cemetery.
Mrs. McComic died Feb. 14, 2010.
She was born Sept. 4, 1913, the third of eight children to Jessie James and Ardena Lee McDonald. She grew up on a farm near Blue Ridge and graduated from Blue Ridge High School. She attended East Texas State Teachers College and became the teacher at the one-room Sister Grove schoolhouse in Climax.
After a few years, she left her job as a teacher and married Ira McComic. They were married 58 years.
Mrs. McComic participated in the Climax Home Demonstration Club, was a member of the Climax Church of Christ and a board member of the Van Winkle Cemetery Foundation. She was an Avon sales lady, for more than 40 years.
According to her family, Mrs. McComic “was an intelligent, kind person with a pleasant sense of humor. She loved visiting with friends and enjoyed meeting new ones. She was an avid reader, a captivating conversationalist, a poet, a custodian of family history, an accurate weather forecaster, a lucky winner of contests, a keen and tolerant observer of human nature.”
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; two brothers, Harlan McDonald and Horace McDonald; and two sisters, Estelle Sellers and Jalaska Jones.
She is survived by her son, Ira McComic, Jr. and his wife Gretchen of Plano; a brother, Clyde McDonald and his wife Eunice of Leonard; sisters, Jeannie Terry of Dallas and Ova Bauer and her husband Carl of Dallas; granddaughter, Jennifer Bray and her husband Jeff of Parker; grandsons, Matthew McComic of Dallas and Andrew McComic and his wife Sally of McKinney; two great grandsons, Cole and Brayden McComic; great granddaughter, Charlotte Belle Bray; and several nephews and nieces.
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