June 20, 1929 ~ November 9, 2024 (age 95)
On June 20, 1929 in Erath County near Bowman Ridge, Alma LaRue White Weems was welcomed by her parents Jesse Lee (Buster) White and Willie Thelma White. On Saturday, November 9th, 2024, God called her home with the words “well done, good and faithful servant.”
She began school in a two-room schoolhouse in Oak Dale. She continued her education in Stephenville graduating from SHS in 1947 and attending John Tarleton Agricultural College. She met the love of her life Arlon (Chink) Weems when he was one of the boarders at her parents’ boarding house. When they had a date, they would meet in the living room. They married on Labor Day, September 4, 1948, in the living room of her parents’ home at 1109 W. Vanderbilt Street in Stephenville.
LaRue was a Girl Scout leader for many years, taking a group of 18 scouts and three leaders to Washington D.C. on a chartered bus. She went to Weight Watchers and later worked for them. The couple learned to square dance and went all over the state of Texas, even dancing in front of the Alamo. After Chink’s lung surgery in 1976, she ran the family business Weems Exxon and later Weems Texaco and U-Haul. After its closing, she filled her days with quilt making for many people, mostly family and the children of Stepping Stones Day School. She had a dear passion for her church, First United Methodist Church of Stephenville. And as a young married couple, LaRue and Chink helped start a new Sunday School class, Kum Duble.
She was the proud mother of Leann Weems Pate (Husband Rodney Pate) and son Philip Weems (wife Cathy Weems) She was the proud Gammy to her four grandchildren, Mark (wife Melissa Pate), Jennifer Pate, Heather Weems Gallagher (husband Jace Gallagher), and Hannah Weems. Her seven great grandchildren are William Dunaway, Melanie Pate, Ellie Gallagher, Ashlyn Gallagher, Ryleigh Gallagher, Henry Bailey, and Charlotte Bailey.
Preceding her in death are her husband of 48 years, her parents, older brother C.E. White and niece Brenda Byran.
Parting with her now would be unbearable if it were not for the knowledge that she is with God and we will see her again.
Many thanks to Lone Star, Solaris Hospice, Dr, Marcum, Nurse Jenifer, and Nora from Solaris for taking such good care of her.
The family asks that in lieu of flowers, please make donations to the TreeHouse Afterschool Program at the First United Methodist Church or the charity of your choice.
Service Information
Visitation will be held from 6 until 8 p.m. on Friday, November 15, at the Stephenville Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, November 16, at the First United Methodist Church in Stephenville. Burial will follow in the Erath Gardens of Memory Cemetery, Stephenville.
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