Tyler Morning Telegraph MONDAY, APRIL 28, 2003 East Texas Funerals Frank Warfield Rites Set Tuesday In Tyler CHANDLER Services for Frank E. Warfield, 83, Chandler, are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Burks-Walker-Tippit Funeral Home, Tyler, with the Revs. Tray Robinson and Tom Brogdon officiating. Burial will be in Cathedral in the Pines.
Mr. Warfield died April 26 in a Tyler hospice. He was born March 12, 1920, in Wichita Falls to Frank and Pearl Stephens Warfield. He was a Baptist and retired in 1985 with 37 years service from Central Manufacturing as vice president and general manager of Tyler Operation. He was a graduate of Wichita Falls public schools and Hardin Junior College.
He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, Lorene Mace Services for Lorene Craft Mace, 91, Tyler, are scheduled for 1 p.m. Monday at Oak Bluff Memorial Park with the Rev. Steve Weaver officiating. Burial will be in Oak Bluff Memorial Park, Port Neches, under direction of BurksWalker-Tippit Funeral Directors, Tyler. MACE Mrs.
Mace died MACE charity of choice. April 25 in a Tyler hospice. She was born May 25, 1911, in Brazil, and lived in Tyler for a year. She was formerly of Nederland, a homemaker and member of First Methodist Church of Texas City. She was preceded in death by her husband, Kermit A.
Mace; son, K. Allan Mace; brother, Joe Craft; and sisters, Zetta Welch and I Marge Girton. Survivors include her daughters, Carole M. Speer, Clear Lake, Sara M. Wilkins, Tyler; seven grandchildren; and nine greatgrandchildren.
Honorary pallbearers are Richard Fryer, Brad Fryer, Brent Sanders, Michael Sanders, Brett Mace, Ronnie, Speer, Daniel Weaver Fryer. Memorials may be made to Hospice of East Texas, 4111 University Tyler, 75701; or Carl Moore Carl Moore MOORE MOUNT SELMAN Services for Carl Moore, 70, Mount Selman, are scheduled for 1 p.m. Tuesday at Thompson Funeral Home, Jacksonville, with the Revs. Dan Middleton and Harold Small officiating. Burial will be in Providence Cemetery.
He died April 26 in a Jacksonville hospital. He was born June 4, 1932, in Mabank. He was a MOORE concrete finisher, a Baptist and served in the Army. He was preceded in death by his sisters, Louise Perdue and Johnnie Self Survivors include his Dollette Moore, Mount Selman; daughters, Sharon Johnson, Mount Selman, Teresa Latimer, Chandler; seven grandchildren; six greatgrandchildren; nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Sean Johnson, Billy Sides, Ronnie Morris, Earl Gaddis and John Audry.
Honorary pallbearer will be Joe Gibson. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Ruby Whitesides NEW SUMMERFIELD Services for Ruby J. Whitesides, 82, New Summerfield, are scheduled for 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday at Church of Christ with O.R. Perkins officiating. Burial will be in McDonald Cemetery under direction of Cottle Funeral Home in Troup. She died April 27 in a Rusk ing home. nurs- WHITESIDES She was born Nov.
28, 1920, in Cherokee County to Burley and Anna Mae Tipton McMeans. She was a homemaker and member of Church of Christ in New Summerfield. Survivors include her husband of 64 years, J.L. Whitesides, New Summerfield; sons, J.D. Whitesides, New Summerfield, Kenneth Whitesides, Jacksonville; daughters, Darlene Whitesides, Irving, Patricia Young, Bullard, Susan Crowley, Rusk; sisters, Eva Mae Darby, New Summerfield, Estelle Shoemaker, Holly Lake, Dorothy Nielsen, Cottonwood, Falls, nine grandchildren; and 13 great Pallbearers will be Jamie Palmer, James Transier, Jacob Transier, Jacob Crowley, Brody Norton and Ryan Westbrook.
Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Death EDITOR'S NOTE Pending notices set and information is complete, at in the funerals column. After the funeral run until the day of the service. Deaths Rutledge Funeral Direc-tors, Lindale.
VERA TUCKER, 74, Tyler, died April 23. John R. Harmon Undertaking Tyler. DEAN HENRY WEAVER 55, Winona, died April 27. East Texas Funeral Home, Longview.
BABY BOY BALL, Tyler, died April 24. Brooks-Sterling Garrett Funeral Directors, Tyler. ANNIE MAE BLACK, 89, Troup, died April 27. Heritage Funeral Home, Whitehouse. RENA BURCH, Nacogdoches, died April 27.
Cason Monk-Metcalf Funeral Directors, Nacogdoches. HELEN CHILTON, Tyler, died April 24. Brooks-Sterling Garrett Funeral Directors, Tyler. MARY WILLA HEALD CLARK, 91, Mineola, died April 26. Beaty Funeral Home, MACKEY DORSEY, Whitehouse, died April 25.
Community Funeral Home of Tyler. CECYLE DUVAL, 80, Na-cogdoches, died April 27. Cason Monk-Metcalf Funeral Directors, Nacogdoches. TONY O'NEAL FOREMAN, 25, Rusk, died April 26. WallaceThompson Funeral Home, Rusk.
Visitation 6-9 Tuesday at funeral home. GLOWDEAN LEE, 81, Overton, died April 24. Southern Funeral Home, Henderson. JACK E. "JUNIOR" MURPHY, 36, Gladewater, died April 27.
Croley Funeral Home, Gladewater. ODIS O'QUINN, 88, Henderson, died April 27. Southern Funeral Home, Henderson. FLORINE RICHARDSON, 94, Pleasant Hill community, died April 26. Crawford-A.
Crim Funeral Home, Henderson. CATHERINE T. SEATON, Tyler, died April 25. BrooksSterling Garrett Funeral Di-rectors, Tyler. AGNES DANIELS SPENCE, 95, Lindale, died April 27.
Caudle- Funerals Today KENNETH F. ATKINSON, 72, Tyler; graveside 10 a.m. at Rose Hill ral Home, Tyler). Cemetery -Tippit FuneTHELMA LEE "PAT" BAKER, 87, Lufkin; graveside 10 a.m. at Ryan Chapel Cemetery (Gipson-Metcalf Funeral Directors, Lufkin).
JOHANNA WILLINGHAM CUPP, 51, Wills Point; 2 p.m. at Hilliard Funeral Home, Van. THELMA ROBERTS FREDERICK, 88, Nacogdoches; 10 a.m. at Laird-McGill Funeral Home, Nacogdoches. RANDELL "RANDY" JOE HOGUE, 50, Chandler; 11 a.m.
at Chandler Memorial Funeral Home, Chandler. STELLA INEZ HUGHES, 82, Mineola; 11 a.m. at Emory United Methodist Church (Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home, Emory). RAYBON EARL KING, 70, Nacogdoches; 2 p.m. at Laird-McGill Funeral Home, Nacogdoches.
CHARLES EUGENE LITTLE, 68, Bloomburg; 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church, Bloomburg (Hanner Funeral Service, Atlanta). LORENE CRAFT MACE, 91, Tyler; graveside 1 p.m. Oak Bluff Memorial Park, Port Neches Walker-Tippit Funeral Directors, Tyler). CARL F.
MARTINES, 79, Nacogdoches; mass 10:30 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church (Cason Monk-Metcalf Funeral Directors, Nacogdoches.) DAVID LEE PETTY, 55, Lindale; 1 p.m. at Eubank Funeral Home, Canton. IVY NORVELL "BUDDY" SCARBROUGH, 86, Athens; 2 p.m. at Carole B. Funeral TENISON, Home, 66, Athens.
Cushing; graveside 2 p.m. at McKnight Cemetery, Cushing (Dickie Allen Funeral Home, Cushing). J.L. THACKER, 74, Tyler; 6 p.m. at Beaty Funeral Home, Mineola.
ELIZABETH JANE HORN TRUSSELL, 41, Mineola; memorial 2 p.m. at First' United Methodist Church (Beaty Funeral Home, Mineola). Tuesday JOSE LUIS ALCARAZ 24, 'Lene' Swindell Rev. John Scott officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Park under the direction of Brooks-Sterling Garrett Funeral Directors, Tyler.
Mrs. Swindell died April 24 in SWINDELL Tyler. She was born May 23, 1934, in Kilgore and lived in Tyler 54 years. She was a graduate of Emmett J. Scott High School and a private duty sitter.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Roscoe Winkfield. Survivors include her husband, Willie Swindell, Tyler; daughter, Peggy Daniels, Chandler; mother, Georgia Mae Thompson, Tyler; sisters, Clara Spenser, Nampa, Idaho, Lula Morris and Frances Tidwell, both of Tyler; and one grandchild. Pallbearers will be Robert Euwell, Fredrick Daniels, John Thompson Demarcus Thompson and Reginald Thompson. Nephews will serve as hon-' orary pallbearers. Services for Athalene "Lene" Swindell, 68, Tyler, are scheduled for 11 a.m.
Tuesday at E.S. Sterling Memorial Chapel with the Jane Trussell Faye R. Richards Shrine, 32 degree Scottish Rite Mason and Elks Club in Wichita Falls. He was preceded in by his wife, Bobbie Jo Smith Warfield February 2003 and sister, Maxine Klein. Survivors include his son, Frank Warfield, Newtown, and daughter, Pat Nelson, Grandview, Mo.
Pallbearers will be Al Mature, Wayne Tubbs, Odis Smith, Danny Lansford, Butch Stegall and Jim Grabowski. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Hospice of East Texas, 4111 University Tyler, 75701. Belle Fisher GLADEWATER Services for Belle Stewart Fisher, 92, Gladewater, are scheduled for 10:30 a.m.
Tuesday at First United Methodist Church with the Rev. John Newsome and Larry W. Osborne officiating. Burial will be in Rosedale Cemetery under direction of Croley Funeral Home, Gladewater. Mrs.
Fisher died April 26 in Longview. She was born March 6, 1911, in Hopkins County to Mr. and Mrs. A.T. Stewart.
She lived in Gladewater more than 65 years, was a 1928 graduate of Oakland High School and attended East Texas State Teachers College. She began her teaching career in the early 1930s, retiring in 1976 from Gladewater public schools. She continued to substitute teach for many years and was a member of First United Methodist Church and Gladewater United Methodist Women. She was a founding member of the Tuesday Bible Study Club, as well as a member of Dorcas Bible Study. Survivors include her daughter, Carol Ann Blanton, Dallas; son, Luke Eugene Fisher, Borne; and one grandson.
Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church of Gladewater. Mildred Bernard LUFKIN Graveside services for Mildred Woolf Bernard, 83, Lufkin, are scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday at Rocky Hill Cemetery with Brother Elton Musick officiating under direction of Family Funeral Care of Lufkin.
Mrs. Bernard died April 26 in a Lufkin hospital. She was born March, 30, 1920, in Angelina County to Wain and Mirtle Brookshire Gandy and retired from the Lufkin State School, where she was a medical aide. After retirement, she was a foster grandparent and received many service awards. She receive her high school diploma at the age of 59 and was a member of Kings United Pentecostal Church.
She was preceded in death by her husbands, Ezra T. "Snooks" Woolf and Minford Bernard. Survivors include her sons, Leon Woolf and Johnny Woolf, both of Texas City; Tammy Netherton, Etoile, and Teresa Buschman, Lufkin; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Dennis Netherton, Joe Buschman, Virgil Gandy, Andrew Netherton Bill Lavender and Glenn Nerren Honorary pallbearer will be Andrew Netherton Sr. Family will receive friends 3-5 p.m.
Monday at the funeral home. Doyle Gentry HENDERSON Services for Doyle H. Gentry, 80, Henderson, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Crawford-A. Crim Funeral Home, Henderson, with the Revs.
David Proctor and Harold Davis officiating. Burial will be in Lakewood Cemetery. Mr. Gentry died April 27 at his residence. He was born Aug.
21, 1922, in Panola County. He was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon and Sunday school teacher. He retired after 35 years teaching in Concord, Gaston and Henderson public schools. He served in the Army's 84th Infantry Division during World War II and was recipient of the Purple Heart and Bronze Star. Survivors include his wife of 51 years, Frances Gentry, Henderson; daughter, Charlotte Riner, Orange Park, and two grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Doug York, Gay Taylor, Albert Smith, Joel Hale, Dee Taylor and Wayne Wright. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Hospice of East Texas, 4111 University Tyler, 75701 or Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, 6876 Highway 323 West, Henderson, 75652. will run each day until services are which time, they will appear one time notice runs, the date and time will Canton; 10:30 a.m.
at St. Theresa Catholic Church (Eubank Funeral Home, Canton). Visitation until 8 p.m. Monday at funeral home. MILDRED WOOLF BERNARD.
83, Lufkin; graveside 10 a.m. at Rocky Hill Cemetery (Family Funeral Care of Lufkin). Visitation 3-5 p.m. Monday at funeral home. graveside W.L.
2 "JACK" DOVER, at Cedar 96, Rusk: p.m. Cemetery (Wallace Funeral Home, Rusk). Visitation 6-8 p.m. Monday at funeral home. BELLE STEWART FISHER, 92, Gladewater; 10:30 a.m.
at First United Methodist Church (Croley Funeral Home, Gladewater). RUBY LANEY KNIGHT GARVIN, Dallas; 3:30 p.m. at Restland Wildwood Chapel, Dallas (Restland Funeral Home, Dallas). Visitation 4-7 p.m. Monday at funeral home.
DOYLE H. GENTRY, 80, Henderson; 2. p.m. at Crawford A- Crim Funeral Home, Henderson. Visitation 6-8 p.m.
Monday at funeral home. VERA MCGILVRA, 85, Huntington; 10 a.m. at Gipson-Metcalf Funeral Home, Lufkin. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Monday at funeral home.
ANA ITZEL MEDINA, 16, Tyler; 2 p.m. at Broadway way Baptist Church (John R. Harmon Undertaking Tyler. Wake 7 p.m. Monday at church.
A CARL MOORE, 70, Mount Selman; p.m. at Thompson Funeral Home, Jacksonville. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Monday at funeral home. BILLY JACK RHODES, 68, Mineola; memorial 10 a.m.
at Beaty Funeral Home, Mineola. FAYE RENE RICHARDS, 85, Gilmer; 10 a.m. at Croley Funeral Home, Gilmer. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Monday at funeral home.
ATHALENE "LENE" SWINDELL, 68, Tyler; 11 a.m. at E.S. Sterling Memorial Chapel (Brooks-Sterling Garrett Funeral Directors, Tyler). FRANK E. WARFIELD, 83, Chandier; 10:30 a.m.
at Burks-WalkerTippit Funeral Home, Tyler. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Monday at funeral home. RUBY J. WHITESIDES, 82, New Summerfield; 4:30 p.m.
at Church of Christ (Cottle Funeral Home, Troup). Visitation 6-8 p.m. Monday at funeral home. Ana Itzel Medina Services for Ana Itzel Medina, 16, Tyler, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Broadway Baptist Church with the Rev.
Modesto de Leon officiating. Burial will be in Cathedral in the Pines under direction of John R. Harmon Undertaking Tyler. Ms. Medina died April 25 in a MEDINA Tyler hospital.
She was born Jan. 15, 1987, in Toluca, Mexico. She lived in Mexico for four years and in Tyler for 12 years, where she was a student at Robert E. Lee High School. She was a member of Templo Ebenezer Asamblea de Dios in Tyler and Departamento de Jovenes.
She was preceded in death by her grandfather, Rufina Cornelio. Survivors include her parents, Isidro Medina and Ana Maria Estrada, Tyler, and brother, 'Hersaid Medina, Tyler. Cousins will be pallbearers. Wake will be 7 p.m. Monday at the church.
Vera McGilvra LUFKIN Services for Vera McGilvra, 85, Huntington, are scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday at Gipson-Metcalf Funeral Home, Lufkin, with the Rev. George Helton officiating. Interment will be in Old Union Cemetery. Mrs.
McGilvra died April 27 in a Lufkin hospital. She was born July 5, 1917, in Merryville, to Adam Edgar Carnahan and Sata Jewel Moore and was retired from the Lufkin Independent School District. She was a 1935 graduate of Lufkin High School and a graduate of Stephen F. Austin State University. She was a member of Huntington United Methodist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Earl E. McGilvra, Huntington; sons, Earl McGilvra, Arp, Brian McGilvra, Huntington; daughter, Jane Horlander, Tyler; and eight grandchildren. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Old Union Cemetery Association, Rt.
5, Box 2250, Lufkin, 73901. 'Jack' Dover RUSK Graveside services for W.L. "Jack" Dover, 96, Rusk, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Cedar Hill Cemetery with the Rev. Don Copeland officiating under direction of WallaceThompson Funeral Home, Rusk.
Mr. Dover died April 25 in a Jacksonville hospital. He was born Aug. 13, 1906, in Turney and lived most of life in Rusk. He was a member of First Baptist Church, Rusk, a carpenter and had worked at Rusk State Hospital.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Lois Marie Dover Dec. 28, 1998, and sons, Wade Lloyd Dover, Louis Edward Dover and daughter, Joy Nell Westbrook. Survivors include his grandson, Jeffrey L. Westbrook, Iowa Park; niece, Christine Moore, Jacksonville; nephew, Edd Wallace, Rusk; several greatnieces and nephews. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m.
Monday at the funeral home. MINEOLA Memorial services for Elizabeth Jane Horn Trussell, 41, Mineola, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday at First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Bob Johnson officiating under direction of Beaty Funeral Home, Mineola. Mrs.
Trussell died April 26 in Mineola. She was born Feb. 20, 1962, in Quitman, was a lifelong resident of Mineola and attended Mineola High School. She was a member of First United Methodist Church and a nurses aide. She was preceded in death by her father, William Elmer Horn.
Survivors include her husband, G.D. Trussell, Mineola; son, Christopher Brant Osbourn, "Tory" I Osbourn, Mineola; mother, Mineola; daughter, Victoria Paige Beatrice Killingsworth Horn, Mineola; brothers, John Marshall Horn and Robert William Horn, both of Mineola; grandmother, Faye Dodd Horn, Mineola; aunts, uncles and cousins. Memorials may be made to D.A.R.E. Program, Mineola Police Department, Mineola, Billy Rhodes MINEOLA Memorial services for Billy Jack Rhodes, 68, Mineola, are scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday at Beaty Funeral Home, Mineola, with the Rev.
Harold Hammond officiating. Mr. Rhodes died April 26 in Tyler. He was born April 23, 1935, in Grand Saline to Andrew Jack and Lucille Mossington Rhodes and lived most of his life in Mineola. He was a member of Golden Baptist Church and was a retired self exterminator.
employed preceded in death by his brother, Bobby Rhodes. Survivors include his wife, Alice Rhodes, Mineola; sons, Jacky Lewis Rhodes, Tyler, Billy Rhodes, Mineola; daughter, Susie Miller, Loveland, Ohio; brother, Don Rhodes, Mineola; sister, Wanda Kelly, Houston; and three grandchildren. GILMER Services for Faye Rene Richards, 85, Gilmer, are scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday at Croley Funeral Home, Gilmer, with the Rev. Steve Dugger and Jim Eitel officiating.
Burial will be in Gilmer City Cemetery. Mrs. Richards died April 27 in a Gilmer nursing home. She was born Oct. 30, 1917, i in Upshur County to Josh H.
and Annie Lou Mitchell and was a lifelong resident. She was a member of First Baptist Church and a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Cecil Richards, son, Ronnie Richards, and sister, Lois Mitchell. Survivors include her daughters, Wanda Pribilski, Houston, Debbie Ledbetter, Gilmer; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Coy Sisson, Rickey Drennan, Rickey Haddock, Jim Henry, Randy Hill, Windy Winn, Dr.
Wesley Bishop and Milburn Shelton. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Jose L. Alcaraz Jr.
CANTON Mass for Jose Luis Alcaraz 24, Canton, will be celebrated 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Theresa Catholic Church with the Rev. Bernard Boteju officiating. Burial will be in Old Bethel Cemetery under direction of Eubank Funeral Home, Canton.
Mr. Alcaraz died April 27 in Canton. He was born Oct. 31, 1978, in Zaragoza, Mexico. He attended St.
Theresa Catholic Church. He was preceded in death by his grandmother, Maria Dela Luz Alcaraz. Survivors include his son, Esequiel Alcaraz, Canton; parents, Jose Luis Sr. and Rosa Elva Alcaraz, Canton; sisters, Elva Luz Guerro, Van, Rubi Ezmeralda Martinez, Bianca Alcaraz and labiola Veronica Alcaraz, all of Canton; grandparents, Eufemiano and Jovita Rios, Ozona, and Alberto Alcaraz, Mexico. Visitation will be until 8 p.m.
Monday at the funeral home. Mayor The Front In Race Against Councilwoman DALLAS (AP) Laura Miller, a former muckraking journalist turned politician, appears to be on her way to keeping her job as mayor of the state's second largest city in a race that pits her against longtime Dallas insider, councilwoman Mary Poss. Less than a week before the election, Miller leads Poss by nearly 20 percentage points, according, to results of a poll of likely voters published in Sunday's editions of The Dallas Morning News. The race marks the first time two women have been major contenders for Dallas mayor, but without any urgent issues or striking differences between top candidates, spotlight on the race has been largely usurped by war, American Airlines' financial saga and, most recently, the indictment and firing of a police officer involved in a fake drug scheme that landed dozens of innocent people in jail on drug charges. "There's been a lot more heavy issues than who's the mayor of Dallas," said Rita Whillock, a political consultant and communications at Southern Methodist University.
"It's just not the most important issue on people's minds right now." Both Miller and Poss have focused largely on their commitment to making City Hall more responsive to residents in other words, filling those potholes. In one gauge of the race's gravity, Poss features a computer game on her Web site called "Pothole Pulverizer," in which the user clicks a mouse to try and fill up potholes that appear and disappear more rapidly as time runs out. Poss said the game is intended to poke fun at the shortcomings of Miller's promises to improve basic services, including the city's parks, sidewalks and bumpy streets. "Ms. Miller ran on a platform of fixing potholes," Poss said.
"Many people will tell you they're very disillusioned the potholes have not been filled." For her part, Miller announces on her Web site that 18,000 potholes have been filled under her watch. "And trust me. she writes. "I count them. Miller, who won a special election after former Mayor Ron Kirk announced his bid for U.S.
Senate, has stuck with the back-to-basics, quality of life platform that got her elected. Poss, who served as mayor pro tem during much of her tenure on the council, has portrayed herself as a pro-business candidate dedicated to bringing more business to Dallas. "We have to turn around the city and make it a business-friendly environment and we have to do it fast," Poss said. There are some notable differences: Poss sharply opposes a smoking ban in Dallas businesses that Miller helped pass. Poss supports the job performance of Police Chief Terrell Bolton while some in Dallas believe Miller would try to oust him if she's re-elected.
Despite the turbulent economic tides and resulting budget dilemmas Miller has faced over the past year, political observers expect her to prevail in Saturday's election. The perception of Miller as a pushy agitator may have given voters cause to doubt her in the first election, but her strong-willed nature seems to be working for her this time, Jillson said. As a journalist, Miller was known for her scathing reports on Dallas politicians and as a councilwoman, she engaged in shouting matches with former Mayor Kirk. Ruby Laney Garvin GARVIN, RUBY LANEY KNIGHT. Born July 7, 1917, in Kaufman County to John Herman and Viola Mae Laney.
Graduated from Troup High School in 1936 and married "Joe" Julius A. Knight. Graduated from Baylor School of Nursing in 1950 with a lifelong career in hospitals and nursing homes, until her retirement. Survived by sons, Julius Arnold (Jack) Knight Jr. and wife, Alice, San Antonio, Timothy Laney Knight and wife, Mary Ann, Mertens, and Bryan David Knight and wife Kathryn, Burien, grandchildren, Robert Brant Knight of Brenham, Jill Knight Thomas, Floresville, Granston Loomis, San Antonio, Mariam Renee Knight Stricker, St.
Louis, Jules Crispin Knight and Billy Knight, both of San Marcos, Joseph Dean GARVIN Knight, Milford; nine great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; brothers and sisters, Marcell Laney, Fairfield, Murl Laney, Troup, Mack Laney, Tyler, Opal Herron, Whitehouse, and Winnie Van Patten, Malpitas, and an extended family of nieces and nephews. She will be remembered for her "green gardening thumb," and cooking for family and friends. Known for her award winning quilts and afghans, her creative force provided hand crafted remembrances in needlepoint and crochet for her family and friends. Services will be held 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 29, 2003, at Restland Wildwood Chapel.
Interment Restland Memorial Park. Family to receive friends from 4-7 p.m. Monday, April 28, 2003, at Restland Funeral Home, Dallas..
