Las Sabinas, Volume 35, Number 4, 2009 Page: 35
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1921 in Smith County, TX to Lonzo and Ella Lee Matthews Smith. Era was a past
member of the Eagles Auxiliary and locally owned her own beauty shop. She was
preceded in death by her first and second Husbands, Doyle Wesson and Tilden Breaux,
daughter, Patsy L. Sesson and brother, Lewis M. Smith. She is survived by her son,
Thomas D. Wesson and his wife Barbara of Orange; seven grandchildren and ten great-
grandchildren.
January 8, 2009
Isabell Bourliea, 93, of Orange died Tuesday, January 6, 2009. A Mass of Christian
burial will be at 10:30 a.m., Friday, January 9, 2009, at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic
Church in Orange, Rev. Tom Phelan will officiate. Interment will follow at St. Mary
Catholic Cemetery in Orange. Claybar Funeral Home in Orange will be in charge of the
services. Isabell was born January 19, 1915, in Jeanerette, LA, to Octavia Hebert and Jim
Broussard. Isabell was baptized in the Catholic Church and she remained a faithful
member all her life. She is predeceased by her first husband, Adonis Lancon and their
two infant daughters, her husband who she married on November 4, 1939, Paul A
Bourliea, daughter; Joe Hazel Bourliea Stonecipher and one son, Terry Lee Matthew
Bourliea, two brothers, Harry Broussard and Willie Broussard and three sisters, Bernice
Rogers, Evalina Owens and Lena Mae Taylor. She is survived by her daughters, Eula
Campbell of Orange and Mary Ann Staudt and husband Sidney of Greenville, SC; and
son Larry James Bourliea and wife Rita of Orange; nineteen grandchildren; 31 great
grandchildren and nine great great grandchildren; brother, Irving Broussard and wife
Gertrude of Orange.
January 9, 2009
Tommy Glenn Bray, 76, of Deweyville, died on January 7, 2009. Funeral services will
be Saturday, January 10, 2009, at 10 a.m. at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Rev.
David Millner of Calvary Baptist Church in West Orange and Rev. Harold Nazworth will
officiate. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. Mr. Bray
was born on April 28, 1932, in Timpson, TX, to Thomas and Ethelda Mosley Bray. He
worked as an electrician with IBEW Local 479 and a veteran of the US Army serving in
the Korean War. He was a member of VFW in Starks, LA, and the Masonic Lodge. He
was preceded in death by his parents and daughter, Sabrina Bray Hill. He is survived by
his wife of 51 years, Darlene Bray, daughters, Becky Bray Flurry and husband Rufus and
Renee Bray Martin, all of Orange; five grandchildren and three great grandchildren; one
brother; James Bray of Orange.
Ethel Lee Wills, 68, died January 6, 2009 in Port Arthur, TX. Mrs. Wills was a resident
of Orange for over 50 years. She was a member of Mount Olive Baptist Church. She
was employed at Gary's Coffee Shop for about 30 years. Home going celebration will
be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the New Beginning Ministry Outreach Church located at 1512
15h Street in Orange, TX. Pastor Gerald Patterson will officiate. Interment will follow
at Magnolia Cemetery under the direction of Colonial Memorial Chapael. She was
married to the late Atric Wills. She leaves to cherish her memories sons, Knogs Atric
Wills, Jr. (Corine) Orange, TX; Willie Wills (Gloria) Houston, TX, Lorance Wills
(Sandra) St. Paul Minnesota, Ronnie Wills of Huskvarna, Sweden. She is proceded in35
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