The Light and Champion (Center, Tex.), Vol. 138, No. 91, Ed. 1 Friday, November 13, 2015 Page: 6 of 20
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al services will be held
at 10 a.m. on Monday
Nov. 16, 2015, at Tena-
ha Baptist Church with
Interment following at
Restland Cemetery in
Tenaha.
In honor of Mr. Burns’
commitment to his com-
munity and his church
and in lieu of flowers, do-
nations can be made to
Meals on Wheels, Tena-
ha Baptist Church, or a
charity of one’s choice.
An online guestbook
may be signed at www.
watsonandsonsfh.com
Powell, Nathan McCoy,
Jonathan McCoy all of
Nederland, Chrissie Horn
Velasquez of Houston,
Ivy Horn Peterson of Cle-
burne, Eartha Horn Baca
of Sherman Oaks, Califor-
nia; and 22 great-grand-
children.
A visitation for family
and friends was held from
5-9 p.m. on Wednesday,
Nov. 11, at First Pentecos-
tal Church, Port Arthur.
Funeral services were
at 1 p.m. on Thursday,
Nov. 12, 2015 First Pen-
tecostal Church, Port Ar-
thur.
A graveside service
will be at 11 a.m. on Fri-
day Nov. 13, 2015, Sims
Cemetery in Rocky Hill
Community, 11 miles east
of Lufkin, off Hwy 103E,
under the direction of
Levingston Funeral Home
in Groves.
The pallbearers are Bri-
an McCoy, Joel McCoy,
Nathan McCoy, Jonathan
McCoy, Lawrence Powell,
Jason Maylee, Brian Pe-
terson, Elvin Velasquez,
and Matthew Tuttle. The
honorary pallbearers are
the men of First Pentecos-
tal Church of Port Arthur
and The Pentecostals of
Nederland.
Gwan Jacobs
1927-2015
"In 1869 there were
only a blacksmith shop,
the E. T. Smith Hotel, a
log schoolhouse, and J.
N. Weaver's Furniture
Factory.” (J. B. Sanders:
Students Who Have At-
tended the Center, Tex-
as Public Schools, 1897
-1965).
Also, Patricia R. Mc-
Coy in Shelby County
Sampler suggests there
may have been a few
"shacks" used as stores
around the area of the
square even before the
records were moved.
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Horace McCoy
1959-2015
Obituaries
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WE REMEMBER THOSE
WHO SERVE AND
WHO HAVE SERVED
Thank you to everyone who helped us through our time of sorrow with the
loss of our loved one, Billy Bowen. Your prayers, kind words, cards, food,
flowers and other remembrances are a great source of comfort. A special
"Thank you" to his Caregivers, Anita Alford and Janice Porter, Justin
Timmons and Bridgett Hughes of East Texas Extended Care, East Texas
Home Health, Crown Health Services, Accolade Hospice, Magnolia Court
Assisted Living, Rev. Sam Wheeler, Dawn Barners, Mandy Perry, Donna
Thomason, and Watson & Sons Funeral Home. A special "thanks" to all
the Employees of Center Antiques and Southern Seasons who went "over
and above", so that we were able to spend the last few weeks with Billy.
God bless each one. Ann Bowen, Shana, Boby, Seth andjaxon Brittain.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana; cousin Violet
Braud of Baton Rouge, and a host of fam-
ily and friends who will miss him greatly.
Warren is preceded in death by great-
grandparents Etienne and Ruby Loup,
Viola Nearhood, Noble and Bernice
Hudman and Hoyt Ritter.
In lieu of flowers family request dona-
tions be made to Children’s Medical Cen-
ter Foundation, in support of the Cardiac
ICU, 2777 Stemmons Fwy Ste. 700, Dal-
las, TX 75207. Contact Carol Bieler 214-
456-8369 for more information.
To send condolences and sign the
online guest book you may go to www.
taylorfh.net.
Go to our website
wwwJightandchampion.com
and click on the icon.
Warren Kyle Loup
2015
Warren Kyle Loup, 1 month, was born
in Dallas on Oct. 6, 2015, and passed
away in Dallas, on Nov. 8, 2015.. He was
the infant son of Jared and Ashley (Rit-
ter) Loup of Fort Worth,.
Graveside service were held at Wood-
lawn Cemetery, Timpson, at 11 a.m. on
Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015, with Bro. Rod-
ney Puryear officiating.
Survivors include parents Jared and
Ashley (Ritter) Loup of Fort Worth;
grandparents Bobby and Judy Ritter of
Timpson and Steve and Sharon Loup
of Glynn, Louisiana; great-grandparent
Kyle Nearhood of Smithridge, Virginia;
aunt Amber and husband John Braud of
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Fl
To further support
the opinion that a few
stores were in the area
of the square even be-
fore it was laid out by
Weaver, a 1900 photo
of the north side of the
square gives a subtle
hint of that possibility.
In it, the two stores on
the left end are "free
standing" and are rem-
iniscent of 19th centu-
ry architecture. They
seem to have been built
earlier than the row of
attached storefronts
continuing to the right.
Raimond, and Christo-
pher Alan Nichols; and
niece Shanda Kay Rai-
mond.
He is survived by his
wife, Mary Graves Rai-
mond of Tenaha; chil-
dren Lana Gatewood of
California, Joe and Katy
Graves of Tenaha, Mi-
chael and Fara Decker of
Tenaha, and Kendra and
Joseph Arnold of Tena-
ha; grandchildren Abby
Elie Graves, Liwy Analee
see what
everyone's
beentalking about
ing a faithful member
of Green Acres Bap-
tist Church for some
30 years. She was born
and raised in Center and
graduated from Center
High School. She helped
her future husband Bob
start the Central Baptist
Church in Center. They
moved to Tyler in 1950
and she attended Tyler
Junior College, studying
computer science and
worked in accounting un-
til retirement.
In addition to her par-
ents, Gwan was preceded
in death by her husband,
Bob Jacobs.
She is survived by her
v
Graves, Joseph Mahon
Graves, and Aurora Di-
ane Decker; sister Caro-
lyn Nichols and husband,
Bobby of Stonewall, Loui-
siana; brother
Ricky Raimond of Mar-
shall; nephews and Niec-
es Ricky Raimond, Jr.,
Jamie Raimond, Christian
Nichols,
Deidre Nichols and
Jr. Raimond; and numer-
ous great nieces and great
nephews.
Pallbearers were Bran-
don Kourtney, Weldon
Bailey, Troy Keele Randy
Soape, Laurence O’Neill
and Brian Lewis.
You may sign the on-
line registry book at www.
mangumfuneralhome,
com.
Services are under the
direction of Mangum Fu-
neral Home Center, Texas.
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Graveside services for
Gwan Jacobs, 87, of Ty-
ler, were held at 11 a.m.
on Thursday, Nov. 12,
2015, at Tyler Memorial
Park Cemetery in Tyler
with Rev. Darryle Dunks
officiating, under the di-
rection of Stewart Family
Funeral Home.
Jacobs passed away
on Monday, Nov. 9, 2015
in Tyler.
She was born on Dec.
2, 1927 in Center to Wil-
liam Elvis and Elberta
Vaught Dockens.
Gwan was a mem-
ber of Central Baptist
Church in Tyler for over
30 years before becom-
loving family including
her daughter Beckye
Sheets and husband Roy
of Flint; three grandchil-
dren; eight great-grand-
children; brothers, Way-
mon and Bill Dockens of
Splendora; sister, Oletha
Price of LaPorte and nu-
merous nieces and neph-
ews.
Honorary pallbear-
ers will be the Care and
Share Sunday School
Class of Green Acres
Baptist Church.
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may be made to The Hos-
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Oliver Raimond
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(Wall); stepdad, Thomas
R. Wall, brother, Uland
Cecil McCoy; sisters, El-
len Wall Waller, Era Wall
Steptoe; brothers, Edward
Wall, Joe Wall, Grady
Wall, Burtis Wall, Floyd
Wall; one great-grand-
child, Vera Grace Tuttle.
Survivors include his
children, sons, Reverend
Randall B. McCoy of Port
Arthur, and wife Linda,
Reverend Darrell L. Mc-
Coy and wife, Sherry of
Nederland; daughter,
Angela G. Horn and hus-
band, Greg of Hesperia,
CA; sister, Dr. Vera Wall
Montgomery of Hunts-
ville; brother, Desmond
L. Wall of San Augustine;
grandchildren, Brian Mc-
Coy of Springfield, MO,
Melinda McCoy Maylee
of St. Louis, MO, Michelle
McCoy Tuttle of Vidor,
Joel McCoy, Shara McCoy
And by the way, the
assumption by some
20th-century writers
that Center was first
known as “White Cot-
tage” was obviously
based on the simultane-
ous closing of the White
Cottage post office in
favor of opening a new
one in Center. This as-
sumption is erroneous,
since it was determined,
even by 19th-centu-
ry historians, that the
White Cottage post of-
fice was in the area we
now know as Newbern.
Robert Emmett Burns Jr.
1925-2015
Mr. Robert “Bud”
Emmett Burns Jr., 95,
of Tenaha passed away
Friday, Nov. 6, 2015 in
Longview. Visitation will
be held from 2-4 p.m. on
Sunday Nov. 15, 2015. at
Watson and Sons Funer-
al Home, Center. Funer-
Oliver Raimond, 56, of
Tenaha, passed away on
Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015 in
Shreveport, Louisiana.
Services were at 10
a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11,
2015 at Mangum Funeral
Home Chapel with Bro.
Andy Wilson officiating.
Burial followed at Cassell
Cemetery in Converse,
Louisiana. Visitation was
from 5-7 p.m. on Tuesday,
Nov. 10, 2015 at Mangum
Funeral Home.
He was born July 23,
1959 in Converse, Loui-
siana, to James Olon and
Jeanette (Moore) Rai-
mond.
He is preceded in death
by his parents, James and
Jeanette Raimond; wife
Donna Raimond; broth-
ers, James C. Raimond
and Carl Wayne Raimond;
nephews Bradley Wayne
Reverend Benard
Harace McCoy, 90, of Port
Arthur, died Saturday,
Nov. 7, 2015 at Southeast
Texas Medical Center,
Port Arthur, after being
hospitalized for approxi-
mately one week.
He was born on March
11, 1925 in Lufkin, (at the
Rocky Hill Community) to
Benard Daniel and Arzelia
Russell McCoy.
On June 7, 1943,
Harace and Archie Myrl
Morehead were married
in Huntington. He served
in the U. S. Army during
World War II and in the
Office of Strategic Ser-
vices (OSS), predecessor
to the Central Intelligence
Agency (CIA), June 23,
1943 until March 20,1946.
He served in the Europe-
an Theater of WWII and
was stationed near Lon-
don and in Paris.
Harace was a resi-
dent of Port Arthur for
46 years, the pastor of
First Pentecostal Church
of Port Arthur, and the
“Bishop” senior pastor in
his later years.
He was preceded in
death by his wife, Archie
Myrl McCoy; parents, Be-
nard Daniel McCoy and
Arzelia Russell McCoy
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