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THE GILMER MIRROR, Gilmer, Texas July 16, 2020 — Page 3A

Mary Jane Keeling

Traywick Byman1925 - 2020

Graveside services for Jane Traywick Byman, 95, of Diana were held at 10 a.m. on Monday, July 13, 2020 at Sunset Memorial Park in Gilmer, with Rev. Brady Traywick and Jason Holt officiating.

She was born April 7, 1925 in Goodrich, Tennes-see to William and Ivy Mae (Thomas) Keeling. She passed away on Thursday, July 10, 2020 in Gilmer.

She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Di-ana and worked as a loan officer for East Texas Pro-fessional Credit Union. She loved spending time with her family especially all of her many grandchildren.

She is survived by her sons, Bobby Traywick and wife Bonita, Don Traywick and wife Mary, Bill Tray-wick and wife B.J., Bo Tray-wick, Nelson Byman and wife Sarah and Troy Whit-worth and wife Beverly; niece, Wanda Wankan and husband Jimmy; 18 grand-children and numerous great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by husband, Brady Traywick, husband, Ralph Byman; daughter-in-law, Ann Traywick; grandson Keelan Traywick and sis-ter, Ivy M. Keeling.

The family would like to send their heartfelt thanks for the loving care that Gilmer Nursing and Rehab and Traditions Hospice pro-vided.

Please leave online con-dolences at www.grubb-sloydfh.com.

Allen Dale McKendrick

1938 - 2020Funeral services for

Allen Dale McKendrick, 82, of Kelsey, Texas are scheduled for 11 a.m., Friday, July 17, 2020 in the chapel of McWhorter Funeral Home with Dennis Means, conducting. The family will receive friends at 10 a.m. prior to the service. Interment will be held at Kelsey Cemetery.

There will be open viewing Thursday, July 16, from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. Arrangements are under the direction of McWhorter Funeral Home.

He was born June 25, 1938 in Dewar, Oklahoma, to James Edward McKen-drick and Viola Mozell Re-ese McKendrick and passed from this life July 10, 2020 with his family by his side.

He proudly served his country in the United States Navy from 1956-1962. While in the service he met and married Elaine Rita on Aug. 20, 1959 in Azusa, California. They had two children and later adopted a third child. After the passing of Elaine, Dale met and married Carol Sue Wade on Dec. 15, 1992, in Gilmer, Texas. He was a building official for over 30 years.

He was the great grand-child of John Edgar, found-er of Kelsey, Texas, 1898. He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Those to cherish his memory are his wife, Sue McKendrick; children, Dale R. McKendrick, Lor-rain McKendrick, Cecelia Camacho, Jeffrey Enge-mann, Stephanie Murphy, Meridith Bunn, Jennifer

Barton, Jason Engemann; 21 grandchildren and five great grandchildren.

He is preceded in death by his parents; his brothers and a sister.

Pallbearers will be Dale R. McKendrick, Jason Engemann, Devin McKen-drick, Brett McKendrick, Brandon Murphy, Daniel Murphy, Spencer Murphy, Tanner Engemann, Ricky Almaraz, Nick McCracken, Jacob Wright.

Honorary pallbearers will be Jeffrey Engemann, Brian Barton, Doug Mur-phy, Paul Murphy, Jimmy Bunn and Dan May.

Memorial donations may be made to Hearts Way Hos-pice of Northeast Texas, P.O. Box 5608, Longview, Texas 75608 or www.heartsway-hospice.org.

Please visit Dale’s on-line registration book at www.mcwhorterfh.com to leave a memory for the family.

Georgia Lee Gibbs

1936 - 2020Georgia Lee Gibbs, 84,

of Gilmer, Texas was born March 27, 1936, to Earth-man and Catherine Patter-son and passed from this life July 12, 2020 surround-ed by her family. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, July 25, 2020 at Latch Missionary Baptist Church. A private grave-side service will be held at the National Cemetery in Houston, Texas.

Georgia married Wallace ‘Gene’ Gibbs, Sr., May 31, 1957, and he preceded her in death.

Those left to cherish her memory are her children, Georgena Philley (George) of Gilmer, Gayle Luman, (Bobby) of Cleveland, Charlotte Gage (Scotty) of Gilmer, Wallace Gibbs, Jr., (Laura) of Hurst, Virgil Gibbs (Melody) of Cold-springs; 15 grandchildren, Eugene, Kevin, Heather, Jacob, Amos, Naomi, Hei-di, Georgia, Paul, Samara, Maria, Christopher, Dan-iel, Isaiah and Noah; 24 great grandchildren, Jerry, Caden, Moses, Jeremiah, Jackson, Isabelle, Charlotte Kate, Caroline, Alexandra, Charlotte Abigayle, Ryleigh, Axel, Maverick, Colin, Pa-tricia, William, Catherine, Briar, Samuel, Oaklyn, Pay-ton, Perrin, Poppy Rae and Malachi (due 11-2020).

Please visit her on-line registration book at www.mcwhorterfh.com to leave a memory for the family.

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By Phillip Williams

The Upshur County Texas Extension Education As-sociation’s annual bean dinner, normally held the last week of July, has been canceled this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Local association Chair-person Linda Steger said Monday the cancellation of one of the group’s two an-nual fundraisers will limit what TEEA can donate, and

that state-imposed restric-tions resulting from the pandemic will also limit the association’s volunteer work.

The Upshur TEEA, an arm of Texas A&M AgriL-ife Extension, supports the 4-H Club program for youngsters, gives an annual scholarship to a Upshur County high school senior who is a 4-H Club member, and donates money to most of the county’s volunteer fire departments, Steger noted.

Upshur County’s two TEEA clubs, the Southern Belles and Glenwood, have a combined total of about 30 members, said Steger.

Besides the bean dinner, the organization’s other annual fundraiser is a chili dinner normally held in January.

The popular events are both held at the Yamboree Exhibit Building.

TEEA bean dinner canceled

Children may be more deeply affected by social distancing than any other group of people.

In a matter of weeks, millions of young children and adolescents went from attending school in the class-room to being told they had to work exclusively from home.

At the same time, children also were asked to give up their sports teams, clubs, meetings, and play dates.

Older children may un-derstand the how and why of social distancing, but no matter their ages, kids may be left emotionally adrift as social distancing guidelines stay in place.

No one is certain about what the long-term effects of social distancing will be on both children and adults.

Amy Learmonth, Ph.D., a developmental psychologist at the Cognition, Memory and Development Lab at William Paterson University in New Jersey, notes that early social development takes place mostly within the family.

As children age, their peer group becomes the more important hub of so-cial development.

The longer social distanc-ing restrictions are in place, the more these develop-ments may adversely affect youngsters.

Parents can take steps to help kids cope during these uncertain times.

• Set up digital play dates. The connectivity of the in-ternet enables people to keep in touch even if they cannot be together physically.

Encourage children to engage their friends via on-line chats, ideally ones that feature video so they can see and hear their friends.

Parents of young chil-

dren can reach out to one another and establish digi-tal play dates via FaceTime or another virtual meeting app.

• Lighten up on screen time restrictions. Each per-son has a different way to cope with social distancing and pass the time.

Children may spend more time on tablets, watching television or playing video games. For now, parents can be a bit more lenient and understanding about how technology can fill the void created by social distancing.

• Participate in a scaven-ger hunt. Join or organize a neighborhood scavenger hunt.

Walk around the neigh-borhood looking for school mascot pictures in windows or rainbows on doors, ad-vise the childcare experts at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

This activity can main-tain a sense of connection with your community.

• Create time for physi-cal activity. Exercise can tame stress, improve mood and be great for the body in myriad ways.

Chi ldren and teens should exercise each day. Families can exercise to-gether to make physical activity more fun.

• Set new goals. Ask everyone to do their part to complete “to-do” lists or make a set of goals to achieve while social dis-tancing.

Checking off items on the list as they’re completed can give everyone a sense of accomplishment.

Children may need a morale boost while practic-ing social distancing, and parents can help in various ways.

AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Licensing and Regu-lation has released a driver education course in American Sign Language for deaf or hard of hearing students.

The course, which was required by Senate Bill 1051 (85th Texas Legislature), is the first of its kind developed by a state agency in the United States.

It is intended to provide minors and adults who are deaf or hard of hearing a way to fully participate in the classroom portion of the course, but they are not required to use it.

“TDLR is proud to make this driving course available for deaf or hard of hearing students. Being able to receive this information in ASL will allow for these students to have the same opportunity as their fellow Texans when taking a driver education course,” said Brian E. Francis, TDLR executive director. “And, once again, Texas leads the way in innovation.”

TDLR staff worked with ASL experts in Texas to develop a driver education course that serves the deaf or hard of hearing community and meets all driver education and traffic safety standards.

In addition to ASL, the course also contains a transcript and includes voiceovers in English to ensure accessibility of the highest standards.

The Driver Education Course in American Sign Lan-guage (ASL) must be taken through a TDLR-licensed driver education school for students to receive the certificate of completion that’s needed to complete the driver license application process.

Driver education courseavailable in sign language

Children may be more deeplyaffected by social distancing