Adelle Todd

Adelle Todd, age 101 of Gatesville passed away on Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at her home. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, August 20, 2015 at Restland Cemetery. Memorial services will follow at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, August 20, 2015 at First United Methodist Church, with Rev. Harvey Ozmer, Rev. Gene Gurley and Rev. Robert Cavanaugh officiating. Visitation with the family will follow services at the church. Mrs. Todd was born on April 18, 1914 in Caps, Texas to the late Frank and Lina Hopkins. She graduated from Abilene High School and attended McMurry College. She married Plez Todd in 1934 in Abilene. She had prepared herself to be a school teacher, but chose to be a full-time mother and helper for her husband for almost fifty years in the ministry of the United Methodist Church. After retirement, they continued to make their home in Gatesville, where she was active in the life of the church, the United Methodist Women and the Foster Sunday School Class. She was preceded in death by her husband, Rev. Plez Todd in 2001; daughter, Glenda McDonald; grandchildren, Jeff Davis and Lisa Stracener. She is survived by her son Jerry Todd and wife Lou of Flower Mound; sister, Wanda Jolly of Arlington; three grandchildren, Lesli Briggs and husband, Donnie, Jason Todd and wife, Danielle, Janna Snodgrass and husband, Roger; ten great grandchildren. Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church, 2600 E. Main Street, Gatesville, TX 76528 or the Methodist Children’s Home in Waco, 1111 Herring Ave, Waco, Texas 76708.