Cynthia McIntire

Cynthia McIntire Born to Ben and Montie Holmes Wann, the second of five children on April 9, 1927. Cynthia was born, raised and lived in Paluxy where she spent the next more than ninety years. Only leaving Paluxy for a few months in Florida early in her marriage and then for her last couple of years in a nursing home as the result of a fall followed by a stroke. She is survived by Clinton (Junior to many), husband of 73 years, children Terry, Sheila, Sharon, sister Glenda, sister in law Jean, 7 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. While the last 3 years of her life were difficult because of declining health, very few of us will experience 91 good, happy years with family, friends and home. And, this is what she had.
She and Clinton were rarely apart. They worked together side by side on the farm. They traveled and socialized extensively after retirement mostly with the local Good Sams group of which they were members for over 25 years.
She was a great mother, but could only be classified as a world class grandmother. Her generosity for children and grandchildren with her time and resources, always great, only seemed to increase over time. Probably there is nothing she wouldn’t have done within her power for grandchildren. And, she had an unending love for all children and babies. She never encountered a baby she didn’t want to hold, hug and kiss.
There are many stories to be told, retold and enjoyed by all who knew Cynthia over the next few weeks, months and years. She would enjoy and join in if she were still with us. Cynthia couldand did start a conversation with everyone she encountered. Below are a couple of examples of the stories being shared.
Master Baker
https://pulltight.blogspot.com/2015/12/pecan-pie.html
Cakes, pies and candies were always a special treat and it was sometimes a mystery why they were so delicious. “It’s just the recipe on the Karo Syrup bottle,” Mom told my wife when she asked for the recipe. Turns out the recipe has more than a few enhancements. Wasn’t the same at our house. Mom then admitted to making a few changes. The resulting pies were quite tasty.
Cynthia’s late brother in law, Lloyd tells of the fight he narrowly avoided with a restaurant owner in Georgia who claimed and advertised to have the world’s best pecan pie. Lloyd, after dining, assured the owner that while his pie was indeed quite good, it was still in second place because the best pecan pie in the world was baked by his sister in law, Cynthia McIntire in Paluxy, Texas.
Matriarch of the ICU Waiting Room. http://pulltight.blogspot.com/2006/04/nothing-runs-like-deere.html
At ages 78 and 79 Cynthia and Clinton were moving large round bales of hay from a field. Cynthia was going to drive the tractor, used for lifting the hay onto a trailer, back to their house This was about a two-mile trip. While Clinton was helping Cynthia with the tractor she would be driving, the clutch disengaged. The large rear wheel of the tractor ran over Clinton resulting in multiple serious injuries. Cynthia stopped the tractor within a few feet and came back to Clinton. Clinton sat up and then lay back on the grass. The nearby road was very lightly traveled so Cynthia got back on the tractor for the trip home to call 911, a distance of about two miles at around 15 mph. When she was almost home, she managed to stop some gas field workers to call 911. When the EMS arrived, they immediately called Careflight based on the possibility of internal or head injuries. Dad spent the next couple of weeks in the THR ICU in Fort Worth. During the next couple of weeks, Cynthia left the ICU waiting room only to see Clinton in his ICU room. During this time, she came to know not only the stories of all the other ICU patients, but their families as well. She would greet families visiting whatever patients with something as “Your cousin was just here to see ___, Had to leave to pick up his daughters” She literally knew everyone, their families and their stories. Dad recovered and went back to driving a tractor.
This was the last time mom was ever on a tractor.
There are dozens if not hundreds of entertaining and/or interesting stories involving Cynthia. If you knew her, you probably know some of them. Please share.
Cynthia was a wife, mom, mema, grandma, sister, aunt or friend who is being remembered and is being missed by all.
Services will be at the tabernacle in Paluxy at 10 AM on June 13, 2020.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the Paluxy Tabernacle fund or Brooks Cemetery fund.