Mrs. McCraney

Geraldine McCraney

Geraldine Annabelle McCraney, 84, of Copperas Cove died Dec. 28, 2007, at her residence.

Funeral services were Dec. 31 at Sneed Funeral Chapel in Lampasas. Burial was at Kempner City Cemetery.

Mrs. McCraney was born Oct. 7, 1923, in Waterloo, Iowa, to Earl and Neva Murphy Conerd.

She was a Catholic and was active in Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, bowling and PTA.

Survivors include four daughters, Carole Sparks, and Virgil, and Jo Antrim, and Ross, all of Copperas Cove, and Barbara Sero, and Bob, and Angela Hegland, and Jeff, all of Iowa; six sons, Patrick McCraney, Michael McCraney, Randy McCraney and Roger McCraney, all of Iowa, Tony McCraney, and Renee, of Virginia Beach, Va., and John McCraney, of Colorado; two sisters, Norma O'Donnell, and Marty, of Iowa, and Nancy Robbins, of Oregon; four brothers, Richard Conerd, and Dorothy, Earl Conerd, and Carol, Danny Conerd, and Agnes, and David Conerd, all of Iowa; 22 grandchildren; and 17 great- grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by Shirley McCord, Jean Timmerman and Jim Conerd.

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"If you fail to maintain your time-payment schedule, you will go into warrants, and all legally required fees will be added to your outstanding balance," said Booth.

Also, those who owe a debt to the court may have the outstanding balances reported to major credit bureaus, which could have a negative effect on credit scores.

The Florence Municipal Court also could contract with a debt collection agency.

State law allows a 30 percent fee to be added to an outstanding warrant to cover collection agency costs.

"As an example," said the judge, "an outstanding balance of $500 would then be raised to $650 to cover the costs of the collection firm."

To avoid being reported to credit bureaus and a collection firm, those with outstanding warrants must either pay the fines in full or make and maintain a time-payment schedule.

"Once the municipal court starts re-issuing warrants, you will have lost the opportunity to avoid paying the extra fines and court costs," said Booth. "Do you really want to be arrested at your child's school function, at a restaurant, in front of your boss or while leaving church? Think about it."

The judge said fines must be paid in full or payment arrangements made prior to warrants being issued by the court. To contact the Florence Municipal Court, phone (254) 793-2490 or (254) 793-3717. The court is at 106 S. Patterson (Highway 195).