Mr. Dal Bounds

Funeral services for Mr. Miriam McDowell “Dal” Bounds, 84, of Carthage, Texas will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, October 17, 2015 at the Hawthorn Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Chester Farmer and Mr. Rob Jolley officiating. Burial will follow in Deadwood Cemetery under the direction of Hawthorn Funeral Home. Family visitation will be Friday evening from 6-8:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Mr. Bounds passed away October 13, 2015 in Tyler, Texas. Miriam McDowell Bounds, known to friends as Dal, Dowell, and M.M., son of John Grady and Willie B. Bounds, was born July 8, 1931 at Deadwood, Texas. Upon graduation from Carthage High School with the Class of 1949 he entered the United States Air Force and served until retirement in 1969. He had assignments as a Military Policeman, Air Policeman, Polygraph Examiner, and as a Special Agent, Office of Special Investigations (OSI). He was part of the security detail at the Republican National Convention when Richard Nixon was nominated to run for President. Dal received two Air Force Commendation Medals. His many duty stations included service in Texas, Mississippi, New Mexico, Japan, Korea (1950-1952), Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Utah, and Canada. Upon retirement from the Air Force, August, 1969, he accepted a position with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as a Criminal Investigator in Atlanta, Georgia. Subsequently promoted to Supervisory Investigator, and then appointed HUD Regional Inspector General for the Federal Region based in Denver, Colorado. Retiring from HUD in 1977, he returned to the old home place, having purchased the interest of his brothers and sisters. Shortly after returning to Panola County, he accepted a part-time position with the Post Office. That position became fulltime until retirement in 1989. Within the community he served as a Voluntary Fireman, as Chief of the Flatwoods Volunteer Fire Department, served three terms as a member of the Panola County ASCS Committee for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, served as a member of the Panola County Appraisal Review Board (1983-1988), was a member and served as Treasurer, President, Member of Board of Directors, and Chairman of the Veterans Committee of the Panola County Historical and Genealogical Association. He was a Mason, a Shriner, a Scottish Rite Mason, a member of the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW). He served as a Trustee, Senior Vice Commander, and Commander (1996-97) of VFW District 19. He served as a member of the Design Committee for Main Street, Carthage. Dal also helped create the Deadwood Water Supply system, and then served as Secretary during information/construction and as Manager when the system became operational. Mr. Bounds is survived by his wife Jeanette; children, Ira Steven Bounds of Carthage, Belva Ann Bounds Kohler and husband Patrick of Big Canoe, Georgia, Scarlett LaVenda Jolley and husband Rob, of Carthage, and Clifford McDowell Bounds and wife Aline of Deadwood Community; brother Yancy Bounds and wife Brenda of Carthage, 12 grandchildren, and 19 great grandchildren. Mr. Bounds is preceded in death by six brothers, two sisters, and two great grandchildren.

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Mr. Dal Bounds

July 8, 1931 - October 13, 2015