Aletha Mae Stafford Tune was the daughter of Benjamin James and Sarah Delores "Lora" Penn Stafford of Cedar Hill, Texas. Letha's mother died when she was two and Letha was raised by her grandparents, John Wesley and Beatrice Trees Penn who are buried in Silverton, Briscoe County, Texas. Her "Mammy" Beatrice died when she was twelve and Letha set up housekeeping for her father Bennie and brother Charlie "Red" at that time.
Letha married Robert William Tune of Ovilla on November 22, 1925. They had one son, Robert LeaMond Tune of Ovilla and a stillborn baby daughter. "Kelly", as Letha dubbed her husband, and she ran a barber and dry cleaning business in Ovilla for many years.
She was a lifelong member of the Ovilla Methodist Church. Letha was an excellent seamtress, could sew anything without a pattern. She saved the flour sacks for my sister and I to pick from and would make us the cutest sundresses from them. She could make anything from "scratch". Some of her homemade lye soap was purchased for use as a prop in the movie "Places of the Heart".
Her life lessons with her grandmother taught her to be self sufficient, strong of faith, hard working and a loving woman. May you rest in peace Granny Letha. I will love & miss you always & remember the last song you sang to me! Your first grandchild, Gloria Jeanne
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Obituary
Waxahachie Daily Light
Sunday, 28 February 1999
Page 8A, column 1
"Letha Tune"
"Nov. 24, 1901-Feb. 25, 1999"
"Mrs. Letha Tune, age 97 of Ovilla, passed away Thursday afternoon, Feb. 25 at Renfro Healthcare Center in Waxahachie. She was born Nov. 24, 1901 to Bennie J. and Sarah Delores Penn Stafford.
Survivors include four grandchildren and their spouses, Gloria and Jake Saunders of Santa Barbara, Calif., Lou Ann and Melvin Floyd of Ovilla, Clark and Susie Tune of Ennis, and Buster and Johney Tune of Red Oak; eight great grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and a son.
Service and interment is scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday March 1, at the Ovilla Cemetery with Rev. Marc Lowrance officiating.
The family will receive friends and relatives at Boze-Mitchell Funeral Home Sunday evening from 6 to 8 p.m.
Arrangements are under the direction of Boze-Mitchell Funeral Home."
Letha married Robert William Tune of Ovilla on November 22, 1925. They had one son, Robert LeaMond Tune of Ovilla and a stillborn baby daughter. "Kelly", as Letha dubbed her husband, and she ran a barber and dry cleaning business in Ovilla for many years.
She was a lifelong member of the Ovilla Methodist Church. Letha was an excellent seamtress, could sew anything without a pattern. She saved the flour sacks for my sister and I to pick from and would make us the cutest sundresses from them. She could make anything from "scratch". Some of her homemade lye soap was purchased for use as a prop in the movie "Places of the Heart".
Her life lessons with her grandmother taught her to be self sufficient, strong of faith, hard working and a loving woman. May you rest in peace Granny Letha. I will love & miss you always & remember the last song you sang to me! Your first grandchild, Gloria Jeanne
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Obituary
Waxahachie Daily Light
Sunday, 28 February 1999
Page 8A, column 1
"Letha Tune"
"Nov. 24, 1901-Feb. 25, 1999"
"Mrs. Letha Tune, age 97 of Ovilla, passed away Thursday afternoon, Feb. 25 at Renfro Healthcare Center in Waxahachie. She was born Nov. 24, 1901 to Bennie J. and Sarah Delores Penn Stafford.
Survivors include four grandchildren and their spouses, Gloria and Jake Saunders of Santa Barbara, Calif., Lou Ann and Melvin Floyd of Ovilla, Clark and Susie Tune of Ennis, and Buster and Johney Tune of Red Oak; eight great grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and a son.
Service and interment is scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday March 1, at the Ovilla Cemetery with Rev. Marc Lowrance officiating.
The family will receive friends and relatives at Boze-Mitchell Funeral Home Sunday evening from 6 to 8 p.m.
Arrangements are under the direction of Boze-Mitchell Funeral Home."
Aletha Mae Stafford Tune was the daughter of Benjamin James and Sarah Delores "Lora" Penn Stafford of Cedar Hill, Texas. Letha's mother died when she was two and Letha was raised by her grandparents, John Wesley and Beatrice Trees Penn who are buried in Silverton, Briscoe County, Texas. Her "Mammy" Beatrice died when she was twelve and Letha set up housekeeping for her father Bennie and brother Charlie "Red" at that time.
Letha married Robert William Tune of Ovilla on November 22, 1925. They had one son, Robert LeaMond Tune of Ovilla and a stillborn baby daughter. "Kelly", as Letha dubbed her husband, and she ran a barber and dry cleaning business in Ovilla for many years.
She was a lifelong member of the Ovilla Methodist Church. Letha was an excellent seamtress, could sew anything without a pattern. She saved the flour sacks for my sister and I to pick from and would make us the cutest sundresses from them. She could make anything from "scratch". Some of her homemade lye soap was purchased for use as a prop in the movie "Places of the Heart".
Her life lessons with her grandmother taught her to be self sufficient, strong of faith, hard working and a loving woman. May you rest in peace Granny Letha. I will love & miss you always & remember the last song you sang to me! Your first grandchild, Gloria Jeanne
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Obituary
Waxahachie Daily Light
Sunday, 28 February 1999
Page 8A, column 1
"Letha Tune"
"Nov. 24, 1901-Feb. 25, 1999"
"Mrs. Letha Tune, age 97 of Ovilla, passed away Thursday afternoon, Feb. 25 at Renfro Healthcare Center in Waxahachie. She was born Nov. 24, 1901 to Bennie J. and Sarah Delores Penn Stafford.
Survivors include four grandchildren and their spouses, Gloria and Jake Saunders of Santa Barbara, Calif., Lou Ann and Melvin Floyd of Ovilla, Clark and Susie Tune of Ennis, and Buster and Johney Tune of Red Oak; eight great grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and a son.
Service and interment is scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday March 1, at the Ovilla Cemetery with Rev. Marc Lowrance officiating.
The family will receive friends and relatives at Boze-Mitchell Funeral Home Sunday evening from 6 to 8 p.m.
Arrangements are under the direction of Boze-Mitchell Funeral Home."
Letha married Robert William Tune of Ovilla on November 22, 1925. They had one son, Robert LeaMond Tune of Ovilla and a stillborn baby daughter. "Kelly", as Letha dubbed her husband, and she ran a barber and dry cleaning business in Ovilla for many years.
She was a lifelong member of the Ovilla Methodist Church. Letha was an excellent seamtress, could sew anything without a pattern. She saved the flour sacks for my sister and I to pick from and would make us the cutest sundresses from them. She could make anything from "scratch". Some of her homemade lye soap was purchased for use as a prop in the movie "Places of the Heart".
Her life lessons with her grandmother taught her to be self sufficient, strong of faith, hard working and a loving woman. May you rest in peace Granny Letha. I will love & miss you always & remember the last song you sang to me! Your first grandchild, Gloria Jeanne
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Obituary
Waxahachie Daily Light
Sunday, 28 February 1999
Page 8A, column 1
"Letha Tune"
"Nov. 24, 1901-Feb. 25, 1999"
"Mrs. Letha Tune, age 97 of Ovilla, passed away Thursday afternoon, Feb. 25 at Renfro Healthcare Center in Waxahachie. She was born Nov. 24, 1901 to Bennie J. and Sarah Delores Penn Stafford.
Survivors include four grandchildren and their spouses, Gloria and Jake Saunders of Santa Barbara, Calif., Lou Ann and Melvin Floyd of Ovilla, Clark and Susie Tune of Ennis, and Buster and Johney Tune of Red Oak; eight great grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and a son.
Service and interment is scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday March 1, at the Ovilla Cemetery with Rev. Marc Lowrance officiating.
The family will receive friends and relatives at Boze-Mitchell Funeral Home Sunday evening from 6 to 8 p.m.
Arrangements are under the direction of Boze-Mitchell Funeral Home."
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