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J.C. Freeman

    Graveside service for J.C. Freeman, 92, of Lamesa, will be held Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. at Dawson County Cemetery with Dwayne Brown officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Branon Funeral Home. 
    Visitation will be held Wednesday, December 15, 2021 from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Branon Funeral Home.
    J.C. passed away Monday, December 13, 2021, in Lubbock.   
    He was born September 22, 1929 in Lamesa, Texas to Herman and Anna Mae (Smith) Freeman. He was a beloved dad and grandfather known to his grandchildren as “Pappy.”  J.C. was a longtime member of the North 14th Street Church of Christ and a longtime farmer in Dawson County. 
    J.C. loved watching his son, Steve Freeman play football for the Buffalo Bills and then watching Steve while he officiated in the NFL. He also loved coming to the ranch in Marathon, Texas to help with the ranch’s yearly round-ups. This is where his daughter and son-in-law, who was the ranch foreman lived. His wife Wynell once said that he would rather be on a horse than with her.
    J.C. is survived by his sister, Carol Ann Polsky; daughter, Sherry Smith and husband Gaylon Smith of Lamesa; and son, Steve Freeman and wife Bo of Oxford, MS.  He had six grandchildren, Jennifer Creamer, Rikki Smith, Brad Freeman, Eddie Smith, Carlee Denton, and Ty Freeman; and eleven great-grandchildren, Courtney, Luke, Gracie, Anna Lois, Cale, Beau, Stormi, Rylee, Rydder, Lucy and Jaxon.. 
    He is preceded in death by his parents, Herman and Anna Mae Freeman; his wife Wynell Freeman; sister, Shirley Arthur and a grandson, Luke Freeman. 
    The family suggests memorials to Bridge Hospice of Lubbock, 3409 19th St., Lubbock, Texas 79410, Childrens Home of Lubbock, 4404 Idalou Rd., Lubbock, Texas 79403 or Manuelito Navajo Childrens Home, 12 Theta St., Gallup, N.M. 87305.
    To send condolences online, please visit www.branonfuneralhome.com.
– Press-Reporter obituary services

Lamesa Press-Reporter

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