Palestine High School Alumni Association

11 / 04 / 1924  –  01 / 19 / 1990

Services for William K. Mead, 75, of De Soto, will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at Bailey & Foster Funeral Home with the Rev. Wayne Rhodes officiating. Burial will be in Roselawn Park.

Mr. Mead died Friday at Methodist Medical Center in Dallas.

He was born November 4, 1914, in Taylor, a son of Arthur Mead and Katherine Elizabeth Kestler Mead. He was reared in Palestine and graduated from Palestine High School. Prior to retiring, he was a machinist supervisor for Dresser Industries in Dallas. He was a member of First United Methodist Church in De Soto and Gibraltar Lodge AF&AM in Dallas.

He was preceded in death by his brothers, Arthur Mead, John Mead, Walter Mead and David Mead.

He is survived by his wife, Winniferd Noble Mead of De Soto; a daughter, Mrs. Kenneth (Winnie Mead) Taylor of Spring; a son, Ralph W. Mead of Spring; a sister, Katherine L. Mead of Palestine; six grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Source: Palestine Herald-Press 01-20-1990