Elgate Daniel Hitch

Elgate D. Hitch FORT WORTH - Elgate Daniel Hitch, 86, a former field operation supervisor with General Dynamics and most recently a Realtor with Wm. Rigg Co., died Sunday at a Fort Worth hospital. Funeral: 1 p.m. Thursday at Thompson's Harveson & Cole Funeral Home. Burial: Laurel Land Memorial Park. Visitation: The family will be at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Shawn Flynn of Fort Worth. Memorials: The Organ Fund at Genesis United Methodist Church, 7635 S. Hulen, Fort Worth. Mr. Hitch was a member of Genesis United Methodist Church, Cooke-Peavy No. 1162 A.F. & A.M., Knights Templar, O.E.S. Chapter 681, and was a retired member of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers No. 776. He had been a Fort Worth resident since 1935. Mr. Hitch was especially proud of his years of service as a young man in the Civilian Conservation Corps. He was preceded in death by his wife, Danella Ross Hitch. Survivors: Son, Dan Reese Hitch and his wife, Rosannne, and their children, David and Christopher; daughter, Merlynn Barnard and her husband, Gene, and their children, Stehlin, Shawn, Shari, Shareese, Melody and William Jr.; sister, Mable Stevens; 10 great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews. Thompson's Harveson & Cole 702 Eighth Ave., 336-0345

Elgate married Effie Danella Ross on 08 May 1935 in Henrietta, Clay Co., TX. (Effie Danella Ross was born on 18 Feb 1915 in Bowie, Montague Co., TX, died on 06 Aug 1969 in Ft. Worth, Tarrant Co., TX and was buried about 09 Aug 1969 in Ft. Worth, Tarrant Co., TX.)