Charles Wayman McAnelly, age 76, passed away Sept. 9, 2003, after a long struggle with Parkinson's disease. He was born on Jan. 11, 1927, in Yancey, Texas, to Gladden and Hallie Nixon McAnelly. After serving in the Navy, he married his childhood sweetheart Auldine Wiemers on Dec. 28, 1947 at the Yancey Methodist Church. They had attended church there so long they don't remember first meeting each other. He earned his degree in Animal Husbandry from Texas A& M University. During his 32 years with Hormel Meatpacking Co., they lived in Austin, San Antonio, and Houston. They retired in Hondo in 1993 to be closer to the land and family that he loved. He always enjoyed music, hunting, playing pitch and swapping stories. He was preceded in death by his parents, son Don McAnelly, sisters Hallie Lorine McAnelly and Dora Mae Faseler and her husband Robert, brother John McAnelly, brothers-in-law Chet Fronczek and Fred Allen, sisters-in-law Nancy McAnelly and Sue McAnelly , and daughter-in-law Jo Ellen McAnelly. He is survived by his wife, brothers G.C. "Rusty" McAnelly and James "Dick" McAnelly, sister Anna Lee McAnelly Fronczek Strait and husband John Strait, and sisters-in-law Elizabeth McAnelly and Lanell Allen, children Jack McAnelly and wife Gail, Ray McAnelly, Linda Goodman and husband Larry, and grandchildren Amil McAnelly, Amber Martinez and husband Bert, Tyler McAnelly, and Aisha, Graham, Eli and Kaija Goodman. Visitation is scheduled from 5:00 pm until 7:00 pm at the Guinn-Horger Funeral Home Friday, September 12, and the Funeral Service will be Saturday, September 13, at 2:00 p.m., at the Yancey Methodist Church with burial at the Yancey Cemetery.