Funeral services for Mr. Clyde Dwayne "Cotton" Hildebrand, age 72, of the Paxton Community of Shelby County, Texas, will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, August 10, 2010, at Jimerson-Lipsey Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in Ramah Cemetery in Tenaha, Texas. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. on Monday at the funeral home. Mr. Hildebrand passed away on Sunday morning, August 8, 2010, in Henderson.

Clyde Dwayne "Cotton" Hildebrand was born on September 30, 1937, in Bluff City, Arkansas to Clyde Henry and Doris Jane Gillespie Hildebrand. He graduated from Prescott High School in Prescott, Arkansas and attended Draughn Business College in Shreveport. Mr. Hildebrand served his country in the U.S. Army and was honorably discharged. He worked for Don Griffith Construction for many years and later worked as a self employed oil field contractor before retiring. He had lived for the past 20 years in the Paxton Community, moving there from Carthage. Mr. Hildebrand was a Baptist. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Jemima Hildebrand; and one brother, Bennie Hildebrand.

Mr. Hildebrand is survived by his son, Mike Hildebrand and wife Tracy of Carthage; his daughter, Connie Norris and husband Mike of the Old Center Community; four brothers, Larry, Melvin, Rex, and David Hildebrand; two sisters, Betty Henry and Phyllis Mann; four grandchildren, Aaron Boyce and wife Lisa, Heather Thompson and husband Robert Wayne, Curtis Norris, and Hannah Hildebrand; and one great-grandchild, Zoey Thompson. Numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives, and many friends also survive Mr. Hildebrand.

Serving as pallbearers are Kevin McAlister, Todd Kirkland, Jay Blissett, Mike Norris, Daniel Mann, and Melvin Hildebrand.

If desired, memorials may be made to The Alzheimer's Association, Greater Dallas Chapter Office, 4144 N. Central Expressway, Suite 750, Dallas, TX 75204.

A guestbook may be signed online at www.jimerson-lipsey.com.