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Clara Belle Gaines Deese, 95, passed into a new life on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, in Austin. She was born in Abilene, Texas, July 1, 1919. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, F.M. Deese; and two sisters, Loucille Middleton and Annie Fay King. She is survived by her children, James Deese and wife Carol, Dorothy Deese MacCormack and husband Scott, Barbara Deese Daniels and Bill Deese; grandsons Jay Daniels and Matthew MacCormack; sister Alene Key and husband David; brothers Jessie Gaines and wife Dorothy and Garland Gaines and wife Rena; and many loving nieces and nephews. She was a loving mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend and will be missed by those who knew her. Open visitation will be from noon to 9 p.m. Sunday at Johnson's Funeral Home. Family will receive friends for visitation from 11 a.m. to noon Monday in Johnson's Funeral Home chapel. Celebration of life will be at noon Monday, Sept. 15, 2014, in Johnson's Funeral Home chapel, 435 W. Beauregard Ave., San Angelo, Texas. Interment will follow in Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens.