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Myrick
Johnny Lee Myrick 33 of Hull, Texas, died on Wednesday November, 19, 2014 at his residence.
A graveside service will be held on Wednesday November 26, 2014 at 10:00 A.M. at Hardin chapel cemetery in Hardin. A native of Baytown, he had lived in Hull, and had worked for Fregia Construction Company of Hardin. He was preceded in death by his mother; Linda Mae Myrick, grandparents; Joe Clarence and Jonita Fregia. Survivors are his father; Marion Curtis Myrick of Hull, brother; Curtis Joseph Myrick and wife Libby of Hull, nephew; Brennon Myrick of Hull, and numerous uncles aunts and cousins.
Service of remembrance under the care of Faith & Family Funeral Services Inc. 40847 Hwy 105E. Batson, Texas 77519.
McNair
Karen Renee McNair, 58, of Dayton, died Saturday, November 22, 2014, at the San Jacinto Methodist Hospital in Baytown.
Memorial services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Sunday, November 30, 2014, at the First United Methodist Church in Dayton with reception thereafter. Arrangements are under the direction of Pace-Stancil Funeral Home in Dayton.
Karen was born January 21, 1956 in Pasadena, to parents; Asa B. and Gytha Rusk McNair, and has been a lifelong resident of Dayton. She was a graduate of the Dayton High School class of 1974, received her undergraduate in finance from Stephen F. Austin University, and her Doctorate of Jurisprudence from South Texas College of Law. Karen was an Assistant County attorney for Liberty County, member of the First United Methodist Church of Dayton, the Texas Bar Association, Daughters of the Republic of Texas, and participated in many other social activities. She also enjoyed horses, music, theater, and spending time with her family.
Ms. McNair was preceded in death by her father: Asa B. McNair. She is survived by her husband of 31 years: Rick Fosburgh of Dayton, daughters: Paula Rae Harville and husband Darby of Virginia, and Kristen Renee Fosburgh of Houston, son: Asa Matthew Fosburgh of Dayton, mother: Gytha Rusk McNair of Dayton, brothers: Craig McNair and wife Lisa of Dayton and Mark McNair and wife Jerri of Burleson, father-in-law: Bob Fosburgh and wife Lola of Dayton, four grandchildren, and numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.
For those who desire, donations may be made to your cancer support group of choice.
Lankford
Lois Beatrice Lankford, age 93 of Liberty, died at her residence on November 23, 2014 with her loving family by her side.
Lois was born, March 17, 1921 in Satin, TX, daughter of the late Samuel Bullock and Lilly Elliott Bullock. Lois was a housewife all of her life and enjoyed sewing and cooking. She will be missed by all.
Lois was preceded in death by her parents, husband; Joseph Woodrow Lankford, daughter; Anna Mae Bryant, three sisters and one brother. She leaves behind to cherish her memory, son; J.W. Lankford of Dayton, daughters; Dora Barham and husband Roy of Baytown, Jeannie Lankford of Liberty, son-in-law; Sterling Bryant of Liberty, fourteen grandchildren, sixteen great-grandchildren and eight great-great-grandchildren.
Services for Lois Beatrice Lankford will be Wednesday, November 26, 2014 at 10am at Fairlawn Memorial cemetery in Liberty. Visitation will be Tuesday, November 25, 2014 from 5pm to 8pm at Allison Funeral Service, 1001 North Travis, Liberty, TX.
McKelroy
Brooks Alton McKelroy, 76, of Hardin, died Friday November 21, 2014.
He was a member of the Liberty Church of Christ. He held the Light Heavyweight Golden Glove Boxing Title in the Late 50’s.He was a 32nd Degree Mason with the Woodland Lodge. He owned and operated McElroys Bargain Appliance Store for 50 years in Houston, Texas. He loved carpentry and was a great handyman. He enjoyed fishing when he could find the time. He loved his family, especially his grandchildren and great grandchildren.
He is preceded in death by his father, Brooks Alton McKelroy; step-father, Thomas Davidson and brother, Emmett McKelroy.
He is survived by his loving wife of 59 years, Gloria McKelroy of Hardin; mother, Ina Mae Davidson of Waco; a sister, Mildred Sandlin of Waco; children, Cynthia Sass and husband Brian of League City, Pamela Loprete and husband Steve of Missouri City, Kimberly Davila of Crockett and Brooks Alton McKelroy Jr, and wife Jennifer of Hardin; 11 grandchildren and 13 great grand children.
The family will receive friends at Liberty Church of Christ, Sunday November 23, 2014 from 2:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. A service of remembrance is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. Sunday November 23, 2014 at Liberty Church of Christ, officiated by Don Prather.
Honorary pallbearers are grandsons, Jesse Davila, Felix Davila, Charles Ray Jones, Adrian Van Court and Brooks Alton McKelroy IV.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Faith and Family Funeral Services, 40847 HWY 105 E., Batson, TX, 77519, (936) 262-2100 or (936) 336-2222.
Robinson
Lucy “Lou” Fregia Robinson age 86 died Friday November 21, 2014 in Liberty at Magnolia Healthcare.
Lou was born December 31, 1927 in Liberty, Texas the daughter of the late Frank and Zileda Fregia. She enjoyed being outdoors, listening to music, socializing with friends, and cooking. Lou was a compassionate person who always helped anyone in need. She also enjoyed having a good time and making people laugh. She was a past member of the VFW Auxiliary and sat on the Water Control Board.
Lou was preceded in death by her parents as well as her husband; D.W. Robinson, son; Joseph Franklin “Jeff” Stifflemire, three sisters; Mandy Taylor, Maureen Fregia, and Pauline Fregia, and three brothers; E.L. Fregia, Ernest Fregia, and Clint Fregia.
She leaves behind to cherish her memory her daughters; Janet Williams and husband Bob of Bandera, Elizabeth Courtney and husband Larry of Dayton; seven grandchildren; Theron “Toby” Robinson, Paula Broussard husband Alex, Carrie Gillen, Jeana Allen husband Tim, Sheli Hinton husband Rick, Jesica Hubbard husband David, and Tracey Mayes and husband Toby. In addition she leaves seventeen great-grandchildren, six great-great-grandchildren, and a host of nieces and nephews. She will be sadly missed by all who knew and loved her.
Visitation for Lou will be held Sunday November 23, 2014 from 5-8 P.M. at Allison Funeral Service, 1101 N. Travis Liberty, Texas. Funeral services will be held 10AM Monday November 24, 2014 at the funeral home with burial to follow in Velia Fregia cemetery.
Goodwin
Funeral services for Beamon Ray Goodwin, 71, of Liberty, Texas, will be held Saturday, November 22, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. in the Cochran Funeral Home in Livingston, Texas with Rev. Daryl Brown officiating. Interment will follow in the Menard Chapel cemetery in Livingston, Texas. Visitation will be held Friday, November 21, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. in the Cochran Funeral Home in Livingston, Texas.
Mr. Goodwin was born June 27, 1943 in Livingston, Texas to parents, J.M. “Buddy” Goodwin and Elsie (Henson) Goodwin, and passed away November 20, 2014 in Livingston, Texas. During his life he touched everyone in a very special way and he was loved by a lot of people. He is preceded in death by his parents; wife, Cherly Ann “Holder” Goodwin; and nephew, Kenny Sloane.
He is survived by his brother and sister-in-law, Cecil Goodwin and Patty of Liberty, Texas; sisters and brothers-in-law, Joyce Danford and Danny of Thicket, Texas and Frances Disotell and Red of Rye, Texas; nephews and nieces, David Goodwin, Sherry Goodwin, Kathy Nelson, Kim Bush and James Sloane; great-nieces and nephews, Klint Bush, Kelly Bush, Ashley Nelson, Eric Nelson and Kade Goodwin; great-great niece, Avy Bush; numerous other relatives and friends.
Pallbearers: Klint Bush, James Sloan, David Goodwin, Kade Goodwin, David Nelson, Kalvin Sherman, Steven Bush
Honorary Pallbearer: John D. Clifton
Cochran Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Schultz
Ester Doris (Skog) Schultz, 88, of Moss Hill, Texas, died November 19, 2014.
She was born August 17, 1926 to John and Louise Skog in Salt Lake City, Utah. Ester and Truett were married
July 3, 1946.
Ester is survived by 6 children, Melody Aldridge, Danny Schultz, David Schultz and wife Lottie, Maureen Cade and husband Carl, Kathy Hoskins and Trudy Cryan and husband Ken; 14 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her husband Truett Schultz; daughter-in-law, Judy Schultz; brothers, Arvid Skog and Jack Skog; sister, Louise Jones.
She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother and a devout Christian. Ester was a lifetime member of The Ladies Auxiliary VFW, most recently Post # 10352.
Her family will receive friends at Faith and Family Funeral Services on Saturday November 22, 2014 from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. A service of remembrance will be Saturday November 22, 2014at Faith and Family Funeral Services at 2:00 P.M., officiated by Reverend Woody Sonier. Interment will Follow at Blue Water cemetery in Squab City, Texas.
Serving as pallbearers will be Preston Cryan, Joshua Cade, Dusty Schultz, Kris Schultz, Tommy Aldridge and Jared Jones. Honorary pallbearers are Darren Sloan, Mike Langley and Wesley McGee.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Faith and Family Funeral Services, 40847 HWY 105 E., Batson, TX, 77519, (936) 262-2100 or (936) 336-2222.
Kingery
Longtime newsman Don Kingery, who covered the events of Southwest Louisiana for 50 years, then reminisced about them in his “Timeline” column after retiring, died peacefully at his home in Dayton, Texas on Saturday, November 15, 2014 surrounded by his loving family. He was 90.
He had moved to Texas from his Lake Charles hometown in recent years to be close to his granddaughter, but continued to write his local nostalgia column until his death.
Residents of Dayton know him best as Paw Paw Kingery, Lizzy Woodson's grandfather. He was an avid supporter of the Dayton High School Stepper Dance and Drill Team while Woodson was a member of the squad. Although bound to a wheel chair, Kingery made almost every home game the Dayton Broncos played between 2008 and 2010.
As a journalist, Kingery won boxfuls of news, features and commentary awards from the Associated Press, Louisiana Press Association and other competitions — and never hung them — during a newspaper career that crossed a remarkable eight decades.
During times of his life spent away from his native Lake Charles, he was an Army paratrooper and Judo instructor during World War II. He also wrote novels, worked in the oilfields of Texas and edited and published other newspapers in Southwest Louisiana.
A banker’s son who liked to write and play sports — and did both with the same competitive verve — Kingery was a graduate of Lake Charles High School. Kingery spent several years as a professional football player with the NFL Detroit Lions, as well as with various professional and college teams around the United States and Canada including Texas A&M, LSU, Columbia and the Hollywood, California Bears. He remembered his barnstorming days as some of his most colorful.
In 1956, while working as a reporter for the Evening Herald of Rock Hill, S.C., Kingery’s nonstop coverage of a multiple-fatality downtown shootout made him a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
He was a contributor to several magazines including True, Reader’s Digest and Look. Kingery served as features and photo editor, wrote editorials and ran the daytime news desk at the American Press for better than 20 years. He continued to write investigative and extended coverage pieces of his own, however — and won national and state awards on topics ranging from union violence to poorly run reform schools. For decades, reporters were on the receiving end of Kingery’s editing, advice and coaching.
Kingery, whose first submissions were as a schoolboy in the 1940s as a sports stringer, was inducted in the Louisiana Press Association’s “50-Year Club” in 2002.
Donald L Kingery, a widower, leaves behind his daughter, Kathryn Kingery-Benvegnu and her husband Mark, a granddaughter, Lizzy Woodson and two brothers, Wayne and Ellsworth Kingery, both of Louisiana.
Donations in his memory can be made at www.arthritis.org. No public memorial service is planned.
Copies of his Timeline books (collections of Kingery's columns and essays) can be obtained from the American Press by contacting Cheryl Trouille at ctrouille@americanpress.com.
Taylor
Marie Fregia Taylor, 72, of Raywood, died Wednesday, November 19, 2014, at the Magnolia Place Nursing Home in Liberty.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, November 21, 2014, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel with burial following at Oakdale cemetery in Daisetta. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Thursday, at the funeral home. Services are under the direction of Pace-Stancil Funeral Home in Dayton.
Marie was born July 18, 1942 in Liberty, to parents; Numa “Jack” and Ethel Junkins Fregia, and has been a lifelong resident of the Raywood area. She was a manager for the Raywood Livestock Café’ and Pentecostal by faith. She enjoyed sewing, cooking, and helping others.
Mrs. Taylor was preceded in death by her parents, husband: Tommy Alvin Taylor, daughters: Delane Faye Taylor and Sherry Cobb, son: Preston Taylor, brother: David Fregia, and grandchildren: Richard and Erica Taylor. She is survived by her daughters: Laura Trousdale and husband Willie of Liberty and Charlene Severson and husband John of Wisconsin, sons: DeWayne Taylor of Raywood and Tony Taylor and wife Elaine of Hardin, sisters: Ida Fregia of Liberty and Florence Perry of Louisiana, brothers: Nathan Fregia and wife Ernestine of Liberty and Preston Fregia of Devers, 12 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.
Arceneaux
Marie Arceneaux, age 43 of Raywood, died November 17, 2014 in Baytown, TX.
Anita was born February 6, 1971, daughter of Norris Arceneaux Jr and Lorita Thibeaux Arceneaux. She graduated from Hull-Daisetta High School and was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Raywood. Anita was a character, always making people smile. She had the biggest heart and loved her nieces, nephews, and all of her family and friends. Anita was a faithful person, and enjoyed collecting and giving out angels, and now she is with God as an angel. Her smile and laughter will be missed by all.
Anita was preceded in death by her father; Norris Arceneaux Jr. She leaves behind to cherish her memory, mother; Lorita Thibeaux Arceneaux of Raywood, brothers; Norris Arceneaux III and wife Cheryl of Fredericksburg, VA, Michael Arceneaux Sr and wife LaToya of Savannah, GA, sisters; Melissa Bush and husband Ricky of Houston, TX, Angela Pradia of Stillwater, OK, nephews; Joseph Pradia, William Pradia, Bryant Bush, Michael Arceneaux Jr, nieces; Amber Bush, Rosalyn Bush, Daisia Arceneaux and Cara Bush.
In lieu of flowers, the family request that donations be made in Anita’s memory to the Anita Marie Arceneaux Memorial Scholarship Fund, C/O Exchange Bank, 4301 W 6th Ave, Stillwater, OK 74074. (405) 742-0202.
Services for Anita Marie Arceneaux will be Saturday, November 22, 2014 at 11am at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Raywood. Visitation will be held two hours prior to service from 9am to 11am with a rosary beginning at 10:15am. Burial will follow at Sacred Heart Catholic cemetery.
