Elwood Loving
Elwood Loving, age 98, of Archer City, Texas passed away Friday, Dec. 31, 2021, in Hospice of Wichita Falls.
Services were held at 1 p.m. Monday, Jan. 3, 2022, at the First Baptist Church with Pastor Mikey Pesqueda and David Rater officiating. Interment followed in the Archer City Cemetery under the direction of Aulds Funeral Home of Archer City.
The family received friends from 3 p.m. until 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 2, at Aulds Funeral Home.
Elwood, one of twelve children, was born March 10, 1923 in Carroll, Texas to the late Charlie Manuel Loving and Mamie Mabelle Phelps Loving.
He and Margie Mae Smith were married on July 4, 1944 in Oklahoma City. She preceded him in death on Aug. 17, 1999.
During World War II, Elwood honorably served his country in the United States Army from Aug. 18, 1944 until June 30, 1946.
Elwood was a member of the Eunice First Baptist Church in New Mexico and the First Baptist Church of Archer City throughout his life. He was employed for Archer County for ten years. However, most of his life was spent in the oilfield where he was an independent pumper.
Elwood loved old cars and was a fantastic mechanic. He was known as “Grandpa Fix It”. He could fix anything from plumbing to a broken heart. Elwood enjoyed fishing and playing farkle with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He had an immaculate yard and was voted Yard of the Month in Eunice, NM. He also enjoyed gardening. Elwood always had pecan trees and would pick up the pecans and share them with his family and friends.
Survivors include his daughter, Laura Hamill Peden of Archer City; three granddaughters, Carla Scrogum and husband, Kevin of Olney, Anne Post and husband, Steve of Abilene, and Kellie Westbrook and husband, Wesley of Vass, NC; eight great-grandchildren; seven great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews who love him greatly.
Elwood was also preceded in death by son-in-law, Carl Edward Hamill; great-grandson, Carlton Alexander Westbrook and eleven siblings.
The family suggests memorials to the Archer Service Center, P.O. Box 578, Archer City, Texas 76351, Rathgeber Hospitality House, 1615 12th Street, Wichita Falls, Texas 76301 or Hospice of Wichita Falls, 4909 Johnson Road, Wichita Falls, Texas 76310.
