Harold Wayne Nave's Obituary
Services for Harold Wayne Nave will be 2 PM Saturday, November 11, 2006 in the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home with Rev. Steven Johnson and Dr. Gary Orr officiating. Mr. Nave passed away on Tuesday in a local hospital. Services are under the direction of Rader Funeral Home of Longview. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday from 7-8:30 PM.
Harold Wayne Nave of Longview, Texas died November 7, 2006 at the age of 80. He was predeceased by his wife of 56 years, Mary Lou Nave, and by his eldest son, Dr. Dennis Nave. He was survived by his children, Dale Nave and wife, Barbara, of Wimberley, Lou Vonne Johnson and husband Steven, of Caldwell, and Evan Nave of Austin, and grandchildren, Natalie and Nicholas Nave of Shreveport, and Isaac and Audrey Johnson of Caldwell, and sister Ann Huffstutler and brother Gene Nave of Illinois.
Mr. Nave was born in Eldorado, Illinois on November 5, 1926 and married Mary Lou Barton in 1946. In 1963 the family moved to Stillwater, Oklahoma and in 1967 to Longview. Harold came to Longview to be general manager of a new Archway Cookie Company bakery. In 1973 he bought and operated a gasoline service station and automotive shop at two locations on Mobberly Ave. under the name of Chuck?s Texaco and later A-Service Motors. In the 1990s, Harold bought a building on Estes Parkway by the LeTourneau domes and continued to operate an automotive shop and also a small trucking company under the name of Conner Package Service and a paper recycling business.
Mr. Nave was a simple, quiet man known for his moderation, sobriety, fairness and decency to others. He was a loyal husband and father. He continued to run his business until the day he entered the hospital seven weeks ago. While continuing to work into his late 70s, he took care of his wife Mary Lou, through two decades of a severe illness that crippled her. Although Mr. Nave lost most of his hearing in his early 30s, he did not hesitate to be an active business man throughout his career. In the early 1960s Harold was ordained as a Baptist minister and though he did not pursue a career in church work, his life was guided by his Christian ethics and faith.
The family would like to give special thanks to Morris and Evelyn Johnson, the parents of Lou Vonne?s husband, and to life-long friends, Jeanne Luster and family, for the great love they showed Harold and Mary Lou and the Nave family through the years. The family also thanks Sheri Maurer, caregiver and companion of both Harold and Mary Lou, for her service and love shown to them in the final years of their life. The family would also like to thank Drs. Nayini, Shin, McGee and Scott and the nursing staff of Good Shepherd Hospital for taking good care of Harold until the end.
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