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Clamon
Funeral services were held Saturday, October 25, 2003 for Lillie Mae Clamon, 86, of Livingston, from the Cochran Funeral Home Chapel, with Bro. Robert Smith officiating. Burial followed in Peebles Cemetery.
She was born November 16, 1916 in Dallardsville, the daughter of Will and Hattie Hendrix Herrington. Mrs. Clamon was a member of Midway Community Church.
Mrs. Clamon died Wednesday, October 22, 2003 in Memorial Health System of East Texas in Lufkin. She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Clamon, in 1996; her parents; sisters, Bertha Jordan and Myrtle Cross; brother, J.W. Herrington; and grandson, Jeremy Clamon.
Survivors include her sons and daughters-in-law, Ben and Cindy Clamon of Livingston, James and Nina Clamon of Livingston, Jerry and Sondra Clamon of Baytown and Tommy and Gina Clamon of Baytown; daughters and sons-in-law, Judy and Lonnie Fisher of Baytown and Shirley and Wayne Starr of Glendwood Springs, Colorado; grandchildren, Ben Clamon Jr., Suzi Cole, Tena Hartley, Arnold Clamon, Nine Slocum, Marci Yates, Donya Knapp, Kurt Fisher, Stacey Mata, Annette Bean, Tanya Clamon, Jerry Clamon Jr., Matthew Starr, Marla Nowlen, Joshua Clamon, Todd Clamon, Brandi Clamon and John Paul Clamon; and 28 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Ben Clamon Jr., Matthew Starr, Wayne Starr, Jason Nowlen, Bob Steely and Jim Toney.
Cochran Funeral Home, Livingston, was in charge of arrangements.
Hanley
Funeral services for Sid Junior Hanley, 76, of Onalaska, were held Saturday, October 25, 2003, from the Cochran Fuenral Home Chapel in Onalaska, with the Rev. Larry Shine officiating. Burial followed in Magnolia Cemetery in Onalaska. military honors were conducted by the VFW Post 8568 Honor Guard.
He was born October 16, 1927 in New Boston, the son of Sid Ben Hanley and Eula Orr Hanley. He married Jean Hanley on April 2, 1948 in Richmond. Mr. Hanley attended Pine Forest Baptist Church in Livingston and was a member of VFW Post 8568. Those who have fished on Lake Livingston have probably seen him. He was the winner of the Crappiethon in 1998. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Mr. Hanley died Wednesday, October 22, in Livingston. He was preceded in death by his parents; and brother, Marvin Hanley.
Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Jean Hanley of Onalaska; daughter and son-in-law, Vicki and Michael Holt of Richmond; son and daughter-in-law, Lynn and Mary Hanley of Sugarland; granddaughter and husband, Stephanie and Jay Padilla of Sugarland; grandson, Troy Holt of Richmond; and sister, Betty Jo Mallach of New Boston.
Pallbearers were Troy Holt, Jay Padilla, Jerry Romero, Bill Fojtik, Lynn Hanley and Michael Holt. Honorary pallbearers were members of the VFW Post 8568 Honor Guard.
Cochran Funeral Home, Onalaska, was in charge of arrangements.
Lynch
Funeral services for Roger Lee Lynch, 59, were held Thursday, October 23, 2003, from the Cochran Funeral Home Chapel in Onalaska, with Rev. Harold Isaacs officiating.
He was born December 1, 1943 in Franklin County, Virginia, the son of Earnest and Stella B. Hall Lynch.
Mr. Lynch died Monday, October 20, at his residence in Onalaska. He was preceded in death by his parents; son, Dale Lynch; and half-brother, Cleveland Hall.
Survivors include his ex-wife, Peggy Agee of Houston; daughters and sons-in-law, Brenda and Tony Coward of Collinsville, Virginia, Pam Nicholson of Onalaska and Sue and Frank Smith of Magnolia; daughter-in-law, Alma Lynch of Houston; nine grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; brother and sister-in-law, Wilburt and Jeraldine Lynch of Rocky Mount, Virginia; one sister; one half-sister; half-brother, Cletus Hall of Rocky Mount, Virginia; and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and dear friends.
Cochran Funeral Home, Livingston, was in charge of arrangements.
Meadows
Funeral services for Elvira 'Maxine' Meadows, 68, of Leggett, were conducted on Friday, October 24, 2003 at Pace Funeral Home, with the Revs. Jimmy Ritchie and Harold Isaacs officiating. Interment followed in Jones Prairie Cemetery.
She was born on April 9, 1935 in Madisonville, the daughter of Joseph Ira and Lenora Gibson Bonds. She had been a Leggett residence for 23 years, moving from Channelview, but had lived off and on in Polk County for many years.
Mrs. Meadows died Tuesday, October 21, 2003 in Lufkin. A brother, Paul Bonds, preceded her in death.
Survivors include her husband, Waldon Meadows of Leggett; son, Wallace T. Meadows of Leggett; daughter, Dina Merryman of Houston; brother, Occie Bonds and wife, Claudia, of Montgomery; four grandchildren, April Gomez and Amanda Merryman, both of Houston, and Josie Meadows and Miss Madi, both of Channelview; and two great-grandchildren, Shelby and Brittany Gomez, both of Houston.
Pace Funeral Home, Livingston, was in charge of arrangements.
Sutton
Graveside services were held Friday, October 24, 2003, at Houston National Cemetery Chapel for Bonnie Faye Sutton, 81, of Point Blank, with the Rev. Glen Wray officiating. Interment followed.
Mrs. Sutton was born May 8, 1922 in Ranger, the daughter of Frank and Martha Ellis. She married Glen Sutton on January 30, 1944 in Fort Worth. She had been a resident of Point Blank since 1975, moving from Houston. She was a member of the Second Baptist Church in Huntsville.
She died Tuesday, October 21, 2003, in Livingston.
Survivors include her husband, Glen, of Point Blank; two daughters, Marcia Glynn Snow of Katy and Martha Lynn Gupton of Houston; three sisters, Margie Wray of Hart and Bernice Gray and Patsy Sutton, both of Odessa; four grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Pace Funeral Home, Livingston, was in charge of arrangements.
Childress
Funeral services for Richard Dale Childress Sr., 66, of Batson, were held Thursday, October 30, 2003, at the Central Baptist Church in Daisetta. Burial followed in Guedry Cemetery in Batson.
He was born January 9, 1937, the son of William and Norma Onley Childress. He had resided in the Daisetta-Batson area throughout his life and was the owner and operator of Childress Gate Watching Security Service. He was a member of the Central Baptist Church and had attended the Hull-Daisetta High School. His hobbies included fishing, playing dominoes, and watching the Hull-Daisetta Bobcat football team.
Mr. Childress died Tuesday, October 28, 2003, at the St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Earl and Bill; and three sisters, Juanita, Francis and Yvonne.
Survivors include his wife, Liddie O'Quinn Childress of Batson; daughter, Denise Childress-Jordan and husband, Ross, of Batson; sons, Richard D. Childress Jr. and wife, Kathy, of Somerset, Kentucky and Bill Childress and wife, Lisa, of Wink; grandchildren, Shanna Hensarling, Rick, Aimee, James, Rachel, Kara, J.C. and Luke Childress, Kayla and Lindsey Parks and Victoria Jordan; great-grandson, Maison Hensarling; brothers, W.P. Childress and Curtis Morris both of Smith Point; sister, Brenda Herrin of Fannett; and numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Root
Funeral services were held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, November 1, 2003, for John Dallas Root, 83, of Liberty, at the Immaculate Conception Church in Liberty.
J.D. Root, who survived the Great Depression, fought for his country in World War II and became a pillar of the local business community as a Certified Public Accountant.
John Dallas Root, everybody called him "J.D.", was born July 17, 1920, in Sulphur, Louisiana, to John and Myrtle Root. John Root never learned to read or write, but he taught his sons and daughters the virtues of hard work and Christian devotion.
Lured to southeast Texas by family and a thriving job market, the Roots moved to Jefferson County when J.D. was 18 months old, and he has been a resident of the Lone Star State ever since.
In 1933, at the height of the Great Depression, J.D. and family moved to Liberty County, where relatives and the promise of work in the rice fields offered a glimmer of hope in otherwise hard times. For a dollar a day, young J.D. pulled weeds by hand from dawn to dusk, never seeing feet that were emerged in muddy water.
He once scraped up enough money to buy a pair of white Sunday dress shoes advertised in what seemed to be a reliable catalogue. Alas, it was a bitter disappointment, the first puddle young J.D. walked through, the cardboard soles fell apart.
"I went home and threw myself on the bed and cried and cried," he recalled.
Better times awaited on the football field of Liberty High School, where J.D. was known as a fierce, quick runner. He lettered three times and became captain of his team, recalled his lifelong buddy, Ben Pickett, who used to tease J.D. about the exuberant cheers once heard from the yell squad: "He's a wonder, he's a dream, he's the captain of our team --- yea, J.D.!"
Root and Pickett graduated in 1938 and both went off to Schreiner Institute in Kerrville. Little did they know then that events a continent away would change their course, and their lives, forever.
World War II, which took J.D. from humble, rural surroundings to the likes of Boca Raton, Florida, and London, England, would become the defining experience of Root's life. He was reluctant to talk about his war experience -- not from combat stress but because, he once said, he was embarrassed to have enjoyed it so thoroughly.
Lt. Root recalled being entertained by the Glenn Miller Band in Florida and got his first taste of butler-served meals at the officer's dining Club in London. Not bad for a child of the Depression!
Root longed to be a pilot but discovered that poor vision wouldn't permit it. Instead, he became an electronics officer in the Army Air Corps and tracked enemy aircraft using then-nascent radar technology.
Root was honorably discharged on November 7, 1945, and he threw himself into his studies at the University of Houston. He became a certified public accountant in 1952.
For a while, Root seemed destined for permanent bachelorhood. He often recalled fondly those early years when he and roommate Art Barkis would fly their own plane to Monterrey, Mexico, for a round of golf or head to fun-filled Vegas.
A date with Joe Ann Hartel at Liberty's bicentennial celebration in 1956 changed everything. They dated four years -- four long ones from J.D.'s perspective -- but their romance lasted a lifetime. They married on October 4, 1960 and celebrated 43 years of marriage before J.D. left this world.
Root loved the game of golf, the Texas Longhorn football team and any opportunity to travel. So enchanted were he and Joe Ann with their two-week honeymoon in San Francisco that they decided to make it a three-week affair.
For some 40 years, he presided over the accounting firm he started in 1953. Finally, retiring in 1991, Root was a devoted father, husband and community leader, and his family admired his grace and dignity as he found a valiant battle against cancer, family members said.
Mr. Root died Wednesday, October 29, 2003 in his beloved Liberty.
Root is survived by wife, Joe Ann Hartel Root of Liberty; and four children, Judi Root Cross of Liberty, Suzy Root Schilling of Atlanta, Joey root of Oklahoma City and Jay Root of Austin; one brother, Herman Root of Katy; two sisters, Evelyn Bernard and Betty Ann Dalby, both of Nederland; 10 grandchildren, Josh, Sarah and Hannah Cross of Liberty, Joe Schenkel and Courtney and Kelsey Schilling of Atlanta, Maxwell and Mason Root of Oklahoma City and Louise and Benjamin Root of Austin.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Immaculate Conception, 411 Milam Street, Liberty, Texas 77575.
Burlingame
Funeral services were held Wednesday, October 29, 2003 in the Family Chapel of Forest Park Lawndale Funeral Home for John Robert 'Jack" Burlingame, 71, of Ace. Interment followed in Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery. A rosary was recited Tuesday evening, October 28, at the funeral home.
He was born February 10, 1938 in Providence, Rhode Island. He died on Sunday, October 26, 2003 at his residence in Ace.
Survivors include his wife, Barbara; his mother, Dorothy; son, Tony and wife, Angie; daughters, Donna Urzua, Wanda Catalan and Leia Meade and her husband, Tommy; his step-children, Terri Kelley, Kara Totten and Greg Abbott and Glenn Kelley; and his many grandchildren.
Crager
Funeral services were held Thursday, October 30, 2003, from the Cochran Funeral Home Chapel, for Kenneth Ray Crager Sr., 60, of Livingston, with the Revs. Lee Poe and Frank Hood and Dickie Bodie officiating. Burial followed in Menard Chapel Cemetery.
He was born December 21, 1942 in New Willard, the son of J.C. and Billie Crager. He attended public schools in Livingston. He married Shirley Harper Crager on January 25, 1963 in Huntsville. Mr. Crager was employed by Sam Houston Electric Cooperative for 43 years and was a member of the First Baptist Church in Livingston.
Mr. Crager died Tuesday, October 28, 2003, in Memorial Medical Center - Livingston.
Survivors include his wife of 40 years, Shirley Crager of Livingston; son, Kenneth Crager Jr. of Houston; daughter, Emily Crager Stover of Tyler; son-in-law, Edward E. Stover of Tyler; granddaughter, Payton Stover of Tyler; mother, Billie Taylor of Livingston; father, J.C. Crager of Conroe; sisters, Barbara Poole of Oakhurst and Connie Henry of Huntsville; brothers, Robert Crager of Pearland and James Taylor of Livingston; uncle, Eldon Bailey of Livingston; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Pallbearers were Tommy Clifton, Scott Ferguson, Bill Snell, Charlie Palmer, Tim Placker, Ronnie Hindsman and Lee Roy "Buck" Johnson. Honorary pallbearers were SHECo employees.
Cochran Funeral Home, Livingston, was in charge of arrangements.
Cumings
Graveside services for Elsie Alline Cumings, 73, of Livingston, were held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, November 1, 2003, at Bluff Creek Cemetery, with the Rev. Franklin J. Woolf officiating.
She was born September 19, 1930 in New Orleans, Louisiana, the daughter of John and Lenoara Collins Williams. Mrs. Cameron died Wednesday, October 29, 2003 in Diboll. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Arnold B. Cumings; and brother, John Earl Williams.
Survivors include her sons and daughters-in-law, Ernest and Vickie Lewis of Roswell, New Mexico, John Lewis, Gerald Lewis and Syble Lewis, all of Livingston and Roy lewis and girlfriend, Vickie Evans; step-daughters, Nancy and husband, Rich Beemer of California, Melinda C. Horton, Rebecca and husband, Tom Montgomery, all of Livingston; step-sons, Jim and wife, Melody Cumings of Nevada and Joe Cumings of California; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren; brother, Robert Merle Williams of California; and special friends, Harry and Alice Marie Hebert of Livingston.
Cochran Funeral Home, Livingston, was in charge of arrangements.
Flores
Funeral services for Louis 'Sam" Flores, 60, of Livingston, were held Tuesday, October 28, 2003, at Central Baptist Church, with Bro. Joel Salazar officiating. Interment followed in Restland Cemetery.
He was born October 11, 1943 in Leggett, the son of Tony V. and Cruz Davilla Flores. He was a 1963 graduate of Livingston High School. Mr. Flores received his bachelor of science degree in allied health physician assistant from George Washington University in 1980. He started his career in medicine as a hospital corpsman in the U.S. Navy. After 15 years as a corpsman, he became a physician assistant and served another five years, first at Naples, Italy and then at Whitley Island, Oak Harbor, Washington. Since his retirement from the Navy, he has worked with the Texas Department of Corrections and federal correctional institutions at Bastrop and Safford, Arizona. Upon going to Roscoe, he worked for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in Huntsville. From there, he was employed at the Onalaska Medical Clinic for Memorial Medical Center of Livingston. He ended his career with the Gulf Coast Health Center in Port Arthur.
Mr. Flores died on Friday, October 24, in Livingston. He was preceded in death by his father; and brother, Ben Flores.
Survivors include his wife, Garland M. Flores of Livingston, whom he married on January 2, 1987 in Anderson County; daughters, Kathie Hamilton of Palestine, Dana Flores of Huntsville, Laura Flores of Boston, Massachusetts and Meagan Flores of Livingston; sons, Roy Gene Ross of Atlanta, Georgia, Eric Blaine Ross of Mena, Arkansas and Raymond Paul Darden of College Station; 11 grandchildren; mother, Cruz Flores of Livingston; brothers, Ellic Flores of Livingston and Joe Flores of New Caney; and sisters, Lupe Hanson, Lorrene Stokes, Marie Young and Ann Tanner, all of Livingston and Peggy Cosina of Moscow.
Active pallbearers were Kent Atkinson, Richard Defee, Joe Pridgen, Charles Roberts, John Walker, Ray White, Donald Hilland and Ted Dinkins. Honorary pallbearers were Peggy Meredith, Kathryn Richardson, Alma John Perkins, Barbara Clark, Martha Norris and members of the Class of 1963 of Livingston High School.
Cochran Funeral Home, Livingston, was in charge of arrangements.
