Charlotte Mckinzie

FUNERAL SERVICES: 10:30 A.M. on Wednesay, August 18, at Comanche Funeral Home Chapel. VISITATION: Family will receive friends at Comanche Funeral Home on Tuesday evening from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. LUNCH: Lunch for the family will be at the First Baptist Church following the funeral services. MEMORIALS: If desired, family requests memorials be to the Depot Project, Friends of Historic Comanche, Inc., P.O. Box 453, Comanche, Texas 76442, or a charity of choice. Charlotte Durham McKinzie, age 87, passed away on Sunday, August 15, 2010, at her home in Comanche, Texas. She was born on January 28, 1923, in Comanche to Nugent and Marguerite (Hill) Durham. Charlotte graduated from Comanche High School and attended Tarleton College, but returned to Comanche during the war to work for Green and Waring Insurance Company, and ran the Western Union office at her family’s drugstore. On January 29, 1943, she was united in marriage to Chester McKinzie in Comanche. Both Charlotte and Chester were lifelong residents of Comanche. She joined her husband at Durham Drug Products and they operated the business for over 60 years. She was an active member of the First Baptist Church for over 60 years and was one of the oldest continual members there. She taught Sunday School, had a children’s choir, and was a member of the church choir for many years. She had a Girl Scout Troop and was a charter member of the Heritage Club. Charlotte and Chester lived happily together for 67 years. They enjoyed traveling by going on many cruises throughout the Caribbean and Alaska, going to Europe, and visiting their family in Austin often. Charlotte took great pleasure in her beautiful yard, took much pride in her giant Magnolia tree, and enjoyed feeding and watching the many birds that flocked to her backyard. She is survived by her husband, Chester McKinzie of Comanche; daughter and son-in-law, Patti and Ed Schultz of Austin; granddaughter and husband, Sara and Enrique Espinoza III of Austin; grandson, Jonathan Schultz of Austin; sister and brother-in-law, Peggy and Lannes Hope of Bryan, and their children, Kerry Hope and husband Richard Gunn, and Kriss and husband Dean Boyd, all of College Station, and Brian Hope of Houston; and nephew Rusty Durham and wife Jane of Aledo. She was preceded in death by her parents, her brother, Ted Durham and his wife Gladyce.