James Wendell Shive

James Wendell Shive 76, of Coahoma, died on Saturday, September 20, 2008 in St. Luke's Baptist Hospital in San Antonio, Texas after a brief illness. Graveside services will be held at Trinity Memorial Park on Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 9:30 A.M. A memorial service celebrating his life will follow at the First Presbyterian Church of Big Spring, Texas at 10:30 A.M. with Commissioned Lay Pastor Tom Koger, of the First Presbyterian Church of Coahoma, the Reverend Alan Guthrie, retired, and Reverend Burt Bronaugh, interim pastor of First Presbyterian Church officiating. The family will receive friends from 6:00 P.M. to 7:30 P.M., Tuesday at Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home.Wendell was born February 3, 1932 in Big Spring, Texas to DeWitt and Almeda Shive. His family lived on a farm north of Coahoma, Texas. Wendell attended public school in Coahoma. He graduated from Texas Tech University with a Bachelors of Business Administration in 1954, where he was a Saddle Tramp, and a member of Tech Management Association and Kemas, Phi Gamma Delta. After graduation he entered the Army and was stationed in Germany for two years. After being discharged in 1956, he worked for West-Tex Equipment Company in Midland when he met Helen Hall. They were married on Saturday, May 24, 1958 at the First Presbyterian Church in Lufkin, Texas. They moved to Coahoma in 1960 and he first started farming and working in the gin business. He owned and operated Wendell Shive Gin Company of Coahoma for many years. He retired in 1991. Wendell and Helen celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary in May of this year.Wendell was a lifetime member of the First Presbyterian Church of Coahoma where he served as a Deacon and an Elder for a combination of forty years. He was a Trustee of Coahoma ISD school board for 12 years, ten of which he served as board president.Survivors include his wife, Helen of Coahoma, two daughters, Suzanne Shive, San Antonio, Texas and Louise Haigler and husband Scott Haigler and granddaughters, Sarah Beth Haigler and Laura Haigler all of San Antonio, sister, Wanda Willis and her husband, Fred Willis of Lampasas, Texas, sister-in-law, Frances Atkinson and husband Dr. B.E. Atkinson, Jr. of San Antonio, and numerous nieces and nephews. Wendell was preceded in death by his parents, DeWitt and Almeda Shive.Pallbearers are Scott Haigler, Ron Willis, Eric Atkinson, Rob Shive, Nolan Beall, Marty Lindsey, and Frankie Lindsey. Honorary pallbearers are Elmer Lindsey, Dale Rumley, Bill Bates, Bob Read, Bobby Cathy, Clovis Phinney, Tommy Parrish, Howard Smith, Ladd Smith, Marcellos Torres, and Carl Dale Reid.The family suggests memorials be made to First Presbyterian Church of Coahoma or your favorite chariity.Arrangements under the direction of Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home & Crematory of Big Spring. Online condolences can be made at: www.npwelch.com,