Family Histories of Coleman County, Texas

The Erwin Zea Casey Family
by Mrs. W. D. Baker

From A History of Coleman County and Its People, 1985 
edited by Judia and Ralph Terry, and Vena Bob Gates - used by permission
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      Erwin Zea Casey (see William Joseph Casey) was married to Julia Lovel in October, 1927.  There were four sons and two daughters born to this union:

     (1) Harvey Loyd went to Alvin, Texas, as a young man, and married Juanita Johanson, still lives in Alvin.  They had two sons, Russell and Rex.

     (2) Erwin Eugene served in the Korean War.  Shortly after returning from the service he took a job that took him to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, married Barbara Fitzgerald and settled in the small town of Baker.  They had one son, Tim, and one daughter, Brenda.  Eugene and Barbara were both killed in the crash of Pan Am Flight 759 at Kenner, Louisiana. on Julv 9, 1982, and 149 other passengers perished in the crash, including five other members of Barbara's family.

     (3) Frances Ann married W. D. Baker in 1951.  They have two sons, Ronald and Terry, and two daughters, Diane and Wendolyn.  They have settled near Blanket where they are engaged in trucking and dairy farming.  Frances has also worked in the Blanket School for a number of years;

     (4) Larry (Dickie) Casey married Faye Harrell, a Coleman County girl, and they had two daughters, Rita Faye and Debbie Yvonne.  Dickie has been employed in the oil fields several years and makes his home in Kermit.

     (5) Patsy Ellen married Ronald Hampton in 1957.  They had three children: Cindy Darlene, Dwayne and Lance.  Ronald was an Air Force person, so the family moved quite a lot, spending three years in England.  Upon retiring from the service, they settled in Abilene.

     (6) Jimmy Dale, the youngest of the Erwin Casey clan, married Joyce Collins and moved to Seattle, Washington.  He worked in the Alaskan oil fields.  A son, Joshua, was born while they were in Seattle.  After some time, the Caseys returned to Texas, settling in Abilene.


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Back row: Harvey Loyd, Eugene, Jimmy and Larry; Front: Patsy and Frances,
children of E. Z. and Julia Casey


 
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