December 26, 1926 –  February 3, 2011  Jordan E. (Jay) Pybas, 84, died February 3, 2011 at his home at Sivells Bend, Texas with loving members of his family surrounding him. Services will be at 11:00 a.m. Monday at the Clement Keel Funeral Home in Gainesville, Texas, with ministers Rev. Laura Lopez-Silva, granddaughter, and Rev. Johnny Silva, pastors from Corpus Christi UMC officiating. Burial will follow at the Bearhead Cemetery in the Sivells Bend Community. Pall bearers will be grandsons, Josh Freeman, Jacob Freeman, Jordan Hughes, Brian Hughes, Russell Lopez and Russell Priest and Philip Marsh. Honorary pall bearers will be John Priest, Juan Lopez and granddaughters, Amanda Hughes, Melissa Ramos, Audrey Priest, and Bonnie Freeman. Friends are invited to join the family for food and reflection at the Moss Lake Volunteer Fire Department following the internment.
Visitation will be Sunday 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. at Clement Keel Funeral Home.
Jay was born December 26, 1926 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the son of Jordan C. and Tressa Richards Pybas. He served in the US Marine Corps 1943 to 1945 based at Adak, Alaska. He married Barbara Davis of Cooperton, Oklahoma, August 5, 1949. They came to Warrens Bend, Texas on their wedding day, settling in the Red River bottom, acreage that had been used by the US Army for Camp Howze, 1942 to 1946. They were true pioneers as the army had removed all improvements, houses, barns and fences.
He was an innovator in his farming and ranching activities. He was a charter member of the Farm Bureau in 1952, also, a charter member in 1970 of the American Simmental association with number 773. He was an early pioneer of artificial insemination in beef cattle in 1962 which was used originally in dairy herds. Jay and Barbara held many cattle production sales focusing on pedigreed bulls for the commercial cattleman. He also worked with Texas A&M and with Eli Lily and Upjohn laboratories on agricultural research projects. He and Barbara shared a love of flying, keeping their two airplanes stored in their hay barn for easy access.
Jay served on the Sivells Bend ISD school board for 13 years, helping to complete the renovation of the school in 1953, after the Camp Howze area was sold back to former owners and more families had returned to the district. He led the formation of the Sivells Bend Community Progress Club, and was active in the Cooke County Democratic Party.
He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Barbara Davis Pybas, five daughters, Margaret Lopez, Pat Pybas, Lou Ann Hughes, Jamai Freeman and Grace Pybas, eleven grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his son, Jordan Ed Pybas in 1995.
Memorials may be made to Cooke County Home Hospice PO Box 936 Gainesville, TX 76241.