Vera Cline

Funeral services for Vera Cline, age 96, are scheduled for 2:00 PM Sunday, Jan. 22 at the Caudle-Rutledge Funeral Home in Lindale with the Reverend Byron Brown officiating. Interment will follow at the Mt. Sylvan Cemetery. Visitation of family and friends will be at 1:00 PM at the funeral home immediately preceding the service. Mrs. Cline was born June 29, 1914 in Henderson County near Chandler, Texas. Her parents were James Benjamin and Sarah Elizabeth (Davis) Morman. She passed away January 18 in Austin, Texas where she had moved from Lindale to be nearer family in 1994. She and her husband, Walter Ernest Cline, who died in 1992, were married in Lindale in 1934. They moved to Ft. Worth in 1940 where he worked for Swifts Meat Packing Co. until his retirement in 1972. They were active members of Englewood Methodist Church during that time. She received a Life Member award from the Women's Society of Christian Service (now United Methodist Women) for her work while active in that group at Englewood. She is best remembered as the consummate homemaker--hot meals every day and immaculate housekeeping. After her children were mostly out of the house, she worked in sales at several department stores in Ft. Worth. Following their retirement, they returned to Lindale and were active members of Lindale United Methodist Church. In addition to her husband she was preceded in death by all of her siblings (four sisters and five brothers) as well as all of her husband's siblings (six sisters and four brothers). Mrs. Cline is survived by two sons and daughters-in-laws, Harold and Lynne Cline of Austin, and Jerry and Linda Cline of Roswell, GA; five grandchildren and spouses, David and Allison Cline of Austin, Robert and Tasha Cline of Austin, James Cline and Deana Holland(fiancÃƒÂ¯'1/2Ãƒ,Â©e) of Austin, Tracy and Michael Taylor of Canton, GA, and Jennifer and Jeremy Hawkins of Alpharetta, GA; fourteen great grandchildren, Elizabeth, Tyler, Reid, Carson, Tess, Joey, Monroe, Eva, and Saylor Cline of Austin, Krista, Brandon, and Matthew Taylor of Canton, GA, and Abigail and Nicholas Hawkins of Alpharetta, GA. Pallbearers were David Cline, Robert Cline, James Cline, Tyler Cline, Reid Cline and James Hoskinson. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to United Methodist Women, First United Methodist Church, PO Box 367, Lindale, TX 75771.

Vera Cline

June 29, 2014 - January 18, 2011