Tyler Courier-Times-Telegraph SUNDAY, JULY 17, 1994 Sec. 1 OBITUARIES East Texas Deaths Mrs. M.C. Johnston Rites Planned Today JACKSONVILLE Graveside services for. Mrs.
Murray Carney Johnston, 82, Fort Worth, formerly of Jacksonville, are scheduled for 3 p.m. Sunday, in Jacksonville City Cemetery with the Rev. Grady Higgs officiating and arrangements under direction of Boren-Conner Funeral Home, Mrs. Johnston died Saturday at her residence. She was born Nov.
13, 1911, in Beaumont to LeGrand and Nancy Carney. She was a retired nurse with Travis Clinic in Jacksonville and resided in Fort Worth for 25 years. She was a member of Travis Street Baptist Church, Fort Worth. She was preceded in death by her husband, Cecil Johnston in Survivors include four nieces; Billy Jean Mackie, Concord, Nancy Choat, Austin, Virginia Mayfield and Betty Louise Wood, Jacksonville; six nephews, Gene Edward Carney, Troup, Charles Carney, Port Arthur, LeGrand V. Carney, Lufkin, Luther LeGrand Carney, David Carney and Don Carney, all of Houston; three sisters-in-law, Ima Louise Carney, New Summerfield, Rita Holub, Sinton, and Jeanette Johnston, Brownsville; and numerous greatnieces and great-nephews.
Family will receive friends noon to 2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. J.C. Paul Jr. Buel A.
Morrison MABANK Services for J.C. Paul 67, Mabank, are scheduled for 2. p.m. Sunday at Eubank Funeral Home's Memorial Chapel in Mabank with the Rev. C.E.
Patton officiating. Burial will be in Oaklawn Cemetery, Mabank. Mr. Paul died Friday at his residence. He was born Feb.
16, 1927, in Kaufman to J.S. Sr. and Ruby Shugart Paul. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and was a lifetime member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No.
4376 of Seven Points. He resided in the Cedar Creek Lake area since 1976, was a Mason and a Pentecostal. Survivors include his wife, Eugenia Paul, Mabank; two sons, Jay L. Paul and Jimmy D. Paul, both of Mabank; two daughters, Linda Jolly, Mesquite, and Carla Jean Haney, Irving; two brothers, W.L.
Paul, Lawton, and Jimmy L. Paul, Frankston; one sister, Juanita Rodges, Hamilton; seven grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Pallbearers include Robert Barr, Pak Barr, Mike Barr, Mickey Barr, Scott Taylor, Harvey Thompson and Marvin Smith. Carrie Adams CANTON Services for Carrie Adams, 85, Plano, are scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the First Baptist Church of Murchison with the Rev.
Bob Ross officiating. Burial will be in Oaklawn Cemetery in Athens under direction of Eubank Funeral Home of Canton. Mrs. Adams died Thursday in Plano. She was born Sept.
20, 1908, in Mart to the late William Elexander and Adella Lamb Abbott. Mrs. Adams was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, Walter Lee Adams, four brothers and two sisters. Survivors include one daughter, Nelda Sifford, Plano; two sons, Wayne Adams, Willis, and Glenn Adams, Wynnewood, five grandchildren; five great dren; and a host of nieces and nephews. Nephews will serve as pallbearers.
Dorothy F. Jones RUSK Services for Dorothy Faye Jones, 44, Rusk, are scheduled for 11 a.m. Tuesday at Elm Grove Baptist Church in Rusk with the Revs. James Wickware, George McDuff and Elder William Scott officiating. Burial will be in Plainview Cemetery in Ponta under direction of Mercy Funeral Home, Jacksonville.
Mrs. Jones died Thursday a afternoon in Rusk. She was born Jan. 29, 1950, in Childress to Willie Sr. and Zeola Stewart Windom.
After the death of her parents she was adopted by the Rev. J.W. and Margaret Windom. She was reared in Elm Grove community of Rusk and attended G.W. Bradford School.
After residing in Houston for many years, she returned to Rusk in 1990 and was a member of Elm Grove Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lawrence Allen Jones Sr. Survivors include one son daughter-in-law, Lawrence A. and Betty Jones, Jacksonville; three sa and Patrick Session, and Kimberdaughters and one son Terely Jones, all of Rusk, and Evonne Jones, Jacksonville; two brothers, Willie Windom Floydada, and Elmer John Windom, Garland; one sister, Georgia Mae Walker, Dallas; one uncle, Jesse Windom, Jacksonville; 12 grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews and other relatives. Pallbearers include Lawrence Jones Antonio Holman, Baretta King, Jack King, Johnny Bell, Johnana Milton and Dedrick Smith.
Audrey Perryman RED SPRINGS Services for Audrey Perryman, 68, Red Springs, are pending with Caudle-Rutledge Funeral Home, Lindale. Mrs. Perryman died Saturday at a Tyler hospital. Lurline Marble Tyler Deaths CHIRENO Services for Lurline Marble, 58, Chireno, are scheduled for 10 a.m. Monday at Cason MonkMetcalf.
Funeral Home's Sunset Chapel in Nacogdoches with the Rev. Hershell Ramsey officiating. Burial will be in Weaver Cemetery in Timpson. Mrs. Marble died Saturday in Nacogdoches.
She was born March 31, 1936, in Nacogdoches County to Dick and Gladys Solomon Fancher. She was a homemaker and a Methodist. Survivors include her husband of 42 years, Rex Marble, Chireno, three sons, Billy Marble, H.B. Marble and Bobby Marble, all of Chireno; two brothers, Richard Fancher, Pasadena, and Billy Fancher, Timpson; four sisters, Ruby Lee Schlitt, Beaumont, LaMerl Young, Timpson, Audrey Dunne, Washington, and Betty Wenland, Kansas City, and seven grandchildren. Pallbearers include David Blanton, Roscoe Allen, Charles Vyrostek, Mark Allen, Randy Fancher and Ricky Fancher.
Family will receive friends 3-7 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. 'Shorty' Smelley CUSHING Services for Gilbert "Shorty" I Smelley, 79, Cushing, are scheduled for 4 p.m. Sunday at Big Rock Pentecostal Church near Cushing with the Revs. W.E.
Fuller and Coley Shuttleworth officiating. Burial will be in McKnight Cemetery under direction of Dickey Allen Funeral Home, Cushing. Mr. Smelley died Friday at a Nacogdoches hospital. He was born June 22, 1915, in Cushing to Frank and Lula Bass Smelley.
He was a retired sawmiller and a member of Big Rock Pentecostal Church. Survivors include his wife, Fay Smelley, Cushing; four sons, Dearl Smelley, Longview, Pete Smelley, Freddie Gene Smelley and Billy Joe Smelley, all of Cushing; one daughter, Linda Jo Smelley, Cushing; 11 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Pallbearers include Buck Smelley, Jody Smelley, Jerry. Bob Smelley; Earl Williams, Willie B. Kinney and Mehesh Desai.
Honorary pallbearers are Ray Smelley and Max Smelley. Austin Roe OAKWOOD Services for Austin Roe, 88, Oakwood, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday in Memorial Baptist Church of Oakwood with the Rev. Jim Nedbalek officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood City Cemetery under direction of Bailey Foster Funeral Home, Palestine.
Mr. Roe died Saturday afternoon at a Buffalo nursing home. He was born Dec. 13, 1905, in Oakwood to William and Fannie Stanton Roe. He was a farmer and member of Memorial Baptist Church of Oakwood.
Survivors include his wife, Emma Roe, Oakwood; two daughters, Jewell King, Centerville, and Mrs. Paul (Joy) Fleming, Pasadena; one son-in-law, John Beeson, Centerville; and five grandchildren, Debby Pyle and Paula Chapa, both of Pasadena, Lorna Tuskey, Lumberton, Johnny Stephens, Little Rock, and Danny Stephens, Rusk; and five great -grandchildren. Pallbearers include Brent Bing, Joe Mullenax, Fergason, Lloyd Richmond, Gerald Pyle and Leonard Chapa. Family will receive friends 5-7 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Lizzie P. Humble JACKSONVILLE Services for Lizzie Pearl Humble, 99, Jacksonville, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday at Thompson Funeral Home chapel in Jacksonville with the Revs. Mike McMahon and Leon Gaylor officiating. Burial will be in Jarratt Cemetery near Jacksonville.
Mrs. Humble died Saturday morning in a Jacksonville nursing home. She was born Dec. 1, 1894, in Jacksonville and resided in the area most of her life. She was a retired nurse's aide and a member of First Baptist Church of Maydelle.
Survivors include one son, Lee McMahon, Jacksonville; four grandchildren, Jim McMaho, Houston, the Rev. Mike McMahon, Deer Park, Mickey Scholwinski, Magnolia, and Brent McMahon, Houston; 15 greatgrandchildren; eight great-greatgrandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers. 2 Suicides Linked To Cobain's Death SAYREVILLE, N.J. (AP) Two teen-agers despondent over the death of rock star Kurt Cobain were found dead in an apparent double suicide, police said.
Thomas Rodriguez, 15, and Nicholas Camperi, 14, died from blasts from a shotgun that had been locked in a gun locker at Rodriguez's house, Middlesex County Prosecutor Robert Gluck said Saturday. Two suicide notes "indicated that they were depressed over his (Cobain's) death," Gluck said. Barbara J. Thomas Dr. Allen C.
Hanco*ck Rites Set Tuesday Services for Dr. Allen C. Hanco*ck, Tyler, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Martin Hall Auditorium of Texas College with Bishop Marshall Gilmore and the Rev. James A.
Hawkins officiating. Burial will be in Mount Moriah Cemetery in Rusk under direction of Sterling Funeral Directors, Tyler. Dr. Hanco*ck died Wednesday at a Tyler hospital. He was born in Rusk, Cherokee HANco*ck County, to the HANco*ck Rev.
John Wesley and Anna Price Hanco*ck. He graduated from Fred Douglass High School in Jacksonville and received his bachelor's degree from Texas College in 1932, after which he taught school in Cherokee, Smith and Nacogdoches counties. He served in the U.S. Army with the Medical Corps attached to the 365th Engineers Division. He served.
in the European theater, receiving two citations for outstanding service as a medical technician. He was ordained while serving in the U.S. Army. Dr. Hanco*ck received his master's degree from University of Colorado in 1947 and Doctor of Education in 1951.
He taught at Langston University in Langston, was dean at Texas College and Jarvis Christian College, and director of graduate studies at Hampton University, Hampton, Va. In 1967 he became the 11th president of Texas College, serving until retirement in 1980. During his tenure, Texas College was accepted into the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Dr. Hanco*ck helped formulate the United Negro Fund Drive, now known as "Parade of Stars," added 14 doctorates to the faculty of Texas College and initiated the John and Anna Hanco*ck Endowment Scholarship.
He was listed in the 1974-75 issue of Who's Who Among Black Colleges and Universities and was a Vivian D. Swan Services for Vivian Leona Davidson Swan, 96, Odessa, mother of Tyler resident, are scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Arnold MooreDewey Funeral Home chapel in Dewey, with the Rev. Ralph O. Dershem officiating.
Burial will be in the Dewey Cemetery. Mrs. Swan died Thursday in an Odessa nursing care center. She was born March 7, 1898, near Dewey to the late Daniel Denton and Minnie Belle David Davidson and lived in Dewey until 1947, when she moved to Phillips. She moved to Odessa in 1980.
She was a Baptist. Mrs. Swan was preceded in death by five brothers, six sisters, including her twin sister, Mrs. Jessie Taggart, and one grandson, Ricky J. Taylor.
Survivors include two sons, Paul D. Swan, Odessa, and Stephen D. Swan, Tyler; one daughter, Virginia J. Taylor, Bartlesville, four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and two stepgreat-grandchildren. Andre D.
Grady Services for Andre D. Grady, 17, Tyler, are pending with StanmoreHorne Funeral Home of Tyler. Mr. Grady died Thursday. He was born April 24, 1977, in Tyler to Bennie Ray Seaton and Kathy Grady Seaton.
He was a student at John Tyler High School and a member of Salvation Army Church and the Sunday School group. Survivors include his mother, Kathy Grady Seaton, Tyler; his father, Bennie Ray Seaton, Flint; one sister, Mytesha Seaton, Tyler; maternal grandparents, A.C. Grady, Dallas, and Billie Jean Swanson, Tyler; great-grandmother, Mattie Washington, Fort Worth; paternal grandparents, Bennie Troy Seaton, Tyler, Bertha Seaton, Flint; and numerous aunts, uncles and other relatives. Allen Sturgeon Services for W. Allen Sturgeon, 68, Tyler, are pending with Lloyd James Funeral Home of Tyler.
Mr. Sturgeon died Friday morning in a Tyler hospital. He was born June 4, 1926, in Cordell, and lived in Tyler since 1985, moving here from New Mexico, where he had been an owner and operator of a car dealership. Mr. Sturgeon was a member of Rose Heights Church of God.
Survivors include his wife, Earlene Sturgeon, Tyler; three daughters, Betty Davis, Tyler, Sharon Sturgeon, Austin, and Tricia Wall, Dallas; one brother, Harold Sturgeon, Oregon; three sisters, Regina Talbot, Lodema Bruin and Eldina, all of California; and two grandchildren, Lorie Fuller, Nacogdoches, and Ryan Fuller, Tyler. for Barbara Jean Thomscheduled for 2 Services 39, Tyler, are Hilliard Funeral p.m. as, Sunday chapel at in Van with Harold the Home Dean Clark and James Corbett offiBurial will be in Oakland Cemeciating. Mrs. Thomas died Thursday in tery.
a Tyler was born Nov. 29, 1954, in hospital. She Fort Worth to Gene Edward Dennis and Bena Marie Stephens Green and lived in Tyler four years, moving here from Arlington. She of was Holy a housewife and a member Mrs. Thomas was preceded in Mission, Tyler.
death by her father, Gene Edward Dennis. Survivors include her husband, Howard Dwayne Thomas, Tyler; one son, Michael Paul Reymolds, Tyler; her mother and stepfather, Bena Marie and Jack Green, Tyler; one brother and sister-in-law, Danny Lee and Amy Dennis, Warren, Ohio; two -stepsons, Howard Dwayne Thomas and Earl Wesley Thomas, both of Tyler; and one stepdaughter, Julie Thomas, Tyler. a Relatives and friends will serve as pallbearers. Curtis W. Moore Services for Curtis Wayne Moore, 35, Tyler, are pending with Stanmore-Horne Funeral Directors, Tyler.
Mr. Moore died Thursday in Tyler. He was born June 5, 1959, in Smith County. He was a self-employed lawn service contractor. Survivors include his wife, Shelia Ann Moore, Tyler; children, Curtis Moore, Dallas, Demarcus Moore, Lashaunda Moore, Kerfie Moore, Ysheka Moore and Lasheka Moore, all of Tyler; father, Barry Ray Moore Tyler; mother, Catherine Moore, Tyler; four brothers, Michael Hub-bard, Johnny Moore, Randy Lee Moore and Liwatha Moore, of Tyler; six sisters, Linda Dilworth, Hobbs, N.M., Frances Moore Dye, Nellie Moore, Shelia Black, Gloria Cerlds and Linda Salazar, all of Tyler; and numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives.
'Chris' Christopher Services for Delmer "Chris" Christopher, 73, Tyler, are scheduled for 11 a.m. Monday at First Christian Church of Tyler with Dr. Earl Gibbs, officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery under direction of Memorial Funeral Home, Tyler. Mr.
Christopher died Friday in a Tyler hospital. He was born March 15, 1921, in. Camp County and lived in Smith County since 1945. He served in the U.S. Army with the 80th Division during World War II.
Mr. Christopher worked 33 years as a senior account representative for Kraft Food and was a member of First Christian Church. Survivors include his wife, Coreen Christopher, Tyler; one son and daughter-in-law, Michael and Teresa Christopher, Arp; one brother, Richard Christopher, Houston; two sisters, Mary Helen Waggener, Tyler, and Othelle Padgett, Texas City; and several nieces and nephews. Nephews will serve as pallbearers. Kraft Food account representatives and deacons of First Christian Church will serve as honorary pallbearers.
Family will receive friends 5-7 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Inez M. McGuire Services for Inez Marie McGuire, 87, Lamesa, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday at the Lamesa Church of Christ with Mark Hackett officiatinSurial will be in Lamesa Memorial Park under direction of Branon Funeral Home of Lamesa.
Mrs. McGuire died Thursday in a Tyler hospital. She was born April 6, 1907, in Oklahoma and was a longtime of the Church of Christ. Survivors include two sons, Louis L. McGuire, Odessa, and Harley Ray McGuire, Kermit; one daughter, Elena Sue White, Dallas; two brothers, Fred Youngblood and Paul Youngblood, both of Elgin, 17 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.
Jo Ella Butler Services for Jo Ella Butler, 87, Tyler, are pending with BurksWalker- Funeral Home, Tyler. Miss Butler died. Saturday after-: noon at a Tyler nursing home. She was born Jan. 10, 1907, in Tyler and was a lifelong resident.
She was a teacher and member of First Christian Church. Survivors include one sister, Lucille Butler Lock, Tyler; and one niece, Lucille Lock, Tyler. 85.58 ho p.r ne Ro member of Phi Delta Kappa, Education Honor Society, Alpha Kappa Mu, National Education Association, National Vocational Guidance Association and was an ordained minister of the C.M.E. Church. a He was preceded death by his wife, Jewel Hazel Thompson Hanco*ck.
Survivors include daughter, Juanita N. Dickey, Marshall; two grandsons, Jason Borens and Dickey; one brother, Anthony Hanco*ck, Kansas City. three sisters and three brothers-in-law, Mrs. Ira Christopher, Jacksonville, Mrs. Mabel Street, Kansas City, Ila and C.L.
Simon, Nacogdoches, Clarence Session, Rusk, and Kenneth Thompson, Olney; and numerous nephews, nieces, and other relatives and friends. Pallbearers include nephews, the Rev. Robert Christopher, the Rev. Claude Christopher, Clyde Christopher, Leon Christopher, Charles Hanco*ck, Anthony Hanco*ck Cetric Hubbard, Rupert Bullard, Melvin Franklin, Sam E. Christopher and Timothy Mallard.
Honorary pallbearers are Henry Bell Dr. Lamore Carter, James E. Dicke, James Fair, B.G. Hartley, Bishop David Houston, Dr. Frank M.
Hubert, Dr. Jesse Jones, Dr. Samuel D. Houston, John T. Jones, Clarence McDaniel, R.A.
Moody, Earl Stanton, Elmer Ricks, Pearlie Henderson, Charles A. Bynum, Dr. O.W. Martin Crump, Dr. Edwards, Lloyd V.
Wilton Dickey, Dr. Fair, Raymond Hawkins, Dr. Sam Houston Horace Jones, Dr. F. Douglas Lefall, Dr.
John P. Jones, Andrew Melontree, B.J. Pryor, Dr. Aaron Vanright, board of directors of United Negro College Fund college of bishops and general officers of Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, class of '32 of Texas College, Texas College faculty and staff, Texas Association of Developing Colleges, Texas College Board of Trustees, College Presidents and Presidents Texas College Alumni and ExStudents Association. If desired, memorials may be made to Texas College.
Wayne Keeling Services for Wayne Keeling, 50, Tyler, are scheduled for 3 p.m. Sunday at Pine Springs Baptist Church with the Rev. Charles Paschall officiating. Burial will be in the Pine Springs Cemetery under direction of Lloyd James Funeral Home. Mr.
Keeling died early Friday at his residence. He was born Sept. 2, 1943, in Henderson and lived in Tyler most of his life. He was a retired service writer with Tyler Fuel Injector. He was at Dixie Auto Supply for 22 years in sales.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and a member of Pine Springs Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Pat Keeling, Tyler; a son, Jason Keeling, Tyler; Tyler; a his daughter, mother, Kristen Cora Keeling, Tyler; two brothers and sisters-inlaw, Daryle and Jackie Keeling, Carrolton, Jerry and Norma Jean Keeling, Fort Worth; mother-in-law, Mary West, Tyler; sister-in-law, Janet West, Tyler; brother-in-law, Clinton West, Richardson; and other relatives. Pallbearers will be Douglas Hale, Raymond Hale, Rondell Duncan, Ray Lynn Duncan, Jim Johnson, Clifford West and Hap Cottrell. pallbearers are D.K.
Hamilton, Raymond Duncan, Randall Keeling and R.L. Keeling. Mary Leona Potter Private entombment services for Mary Leona Taylor Potter, 88, Dallas, formerly of Tyler, will be held at Hillcrest Mausoleum under direction of Funeral Home, Dallas. Mrs. Potter died Saturday in Dallas.
She was born Nov. 24, 1905, in Beaumont. Her father, William Henry Taylor, was a pioneer oil man in Texas and they resided in Beaumont, Corsicana and Kilgore. After marriage in 1929 to Harold E. Potter, they resided in Tyler where she was a member of Marvin United Methodist Church and active in the church's Women's Society, was hospital auxiliary member, active in Cub Scouts and was also a member of Major Thaddeus Bell Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution in Jacksonville.
Survivors include one son, Richard S. Potter, Lakewood, one daughter, Mrs. John L. Stout, Dublin, one sister, Mrs. Paul Dublin, Jacksonville; two grandsons, Peter R.
Stout, Golden, and Richard E. Potter, San Antonio; two granddaughters, Mrs. Kevin Gaston, Burleson, and Hope Stout, Denver, and three great-grandchildren. If desired, memorials may be made to the Salvattio: Army or charity of choice. die Hi bu Eu to1 Za sa.
La La tio sa. die Ba al GOLDEN Services for Buel Alexander Morrison, 83, Golden, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday at Golden United Methodist Church with the Revs. John Mark Fowler and David Meadows officiating. Burial will be in Golden Cemetery under direction of English Funeral Home, Mineola.
Mr. Morrison died Friday in Tyler. He was born July 4, 1911, in Callahan County. He was a member of Golden United Methodist Church and American Postal Workers Union. Survivors include his wife, Lillian Morrison, Golden; one son and daughter-in-law, Randall and Carol Morrison, Garland; three daughters and two sons-in-law, LaJoyce and Bob Cannon, Dallas, Cheryl Jane and Murphy Babb, Lake Dallas, and Glenna L.
Morrison, Wills Point; one sister, Genevieve Shipes, Mineola; one sister-in-law, Velma Morrison, Golden; 10 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Pallbearers include Kenneth Murdock, Ardis Prickett, Carlton Smith, Gary Felty, Kenneth Carr and Steve Felty. Family, will receive friends 3-6 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. If desired, memorials may be made to Golden United Methodist Church.
'Pete' Lane QUITMAN Services for Elmer E. "Pete" Lane, 66, Quitman, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday at Clover Hill Baptist Church near Quitman with the Rev. John David Webb officiating and arrangements under direction of Roselawn Funeral Home of Mineola. Mr.
Lane died Friday at his residence. He was born March 29, 1928, in Bono, and was a resident of Quitman since 1982, moving here from Dallas. Mr. Lane was a retired truck driver. He served in the U.S.
Army during the Korean Conflict and was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 8780 of Winnsboro. He was a Baptist. Survivors include his wife of 44 years, Venus Lane, Quitman; five daughters and two sons-in-law, Deborah and James Henderson, Athens, Darlene Lane and Lisa Keith, all of Quitman, Gloria Marlowe, Wiley, and Linda and Mike Alphin, Seagoville; one brother, Bill Lane, Sheridan, two sisters, Marie Moore, Brinkley, and Beatrice Jonesboro, eight. grandchildren; one greatgrandchild; and' numerous nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers include Bill Lane, Donnie Lane, Bennie Luttrell, James Henderson, Aaron Henderson and Chris Miles. Family, will receive friends 6-8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Lottie W. Whitaker PALESTINE Services for Lottie Walton Whitaker, 90, Palestine, are scheduled for 11 a.m.
Monday at of Memory Funeral Home chapel in Palestine with Dr. Tom Rousseau officiating. Burial will be in Land of Memory Cemetery. Mrs. Whitaker died Saturday afternoon in Palestine.
She was born April 19, 1904, in Grapeland to Gilbert Montier and Nimmie Eulalia Colbert Walton. She resided in Palestine most of her life, attended Enon School in Houston County and was an active member of First Christian Church, Order of the Eastern Star and the Senior Center. She was preceded in death by her husband, Carl Whitaker in 1962. Survivors include one daughter, Sue Nichols, Mexia; one brother, Stanley Walton, Palestine; two sisters, Lelia Crutcher, Palestine, and Laura Claybourn, Dallas; three granddaughters; and eight greatgrandchildren. Pallbearers include Joe Crutcher, Mike Bishop, Billy Walton, Jim Bishop and Thomas Willingham.
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