Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 61, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 1, 1993 Page: 3 of 42
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THE POLK COUNTY ENTERPRISE, SUNDAY AUGUSt 1,1993 - PAGE 3A
OBITUARIES
Mary Elizabeth "Bessie1* Elam
LIVINGSTON - Funeral serv-
ices for Mary Elizabeth "Bessie"
Elam, 87, of Livingston were held
Sunday, July 25, 1993 from the
Pace Funeral Home Chapel with
Bro. Orval Barger officiating, as-
sisted by Bro. David Butters. Inter-
ment followed in Big Sandy
Cemetery at Dallardsville.
Mrs. Elam was bom August 17,
1905 to Juliet Frasco Williford and
William Wilson Hendrix.
She died Friday, July 23,1993 in
the Polk County Memorial Hospi-
tal.
Mrs. Elam grew up in Big San-
dy, attended the Livingston schools
and married Elbert Elvin Elam on
January 21, 1921 in Livingston. To
this union, two children were bom,
one of whom survives.
Mrs. Elam worked as a grovery
clerk for many years. She also
worked as a child care provider
from 1969 to 1981. She was a
member of the First Baptist Church
of Livingston and was also a mem-
ber of the Eastern Star. She loved
little children and kept the nursery
at the First Baptist Church for
many years.
She was preceded in death by her
parents, William Wilson and Juliet
Frasco Hendrix; her husband, El-
bert Elvin Elam, in 1969; and a
daughter, Evelyn Elam, in 1925 at
the age of 13 months.
Survivors include daughter, Lois
Richard "Dick" F. Wilson
LIVINGSTON — Memorial Martin Trenton Wilson and Irma N.
services for Richard "Dick" F. Wil- Hawthorn. He married Patricia
son, 58, of Livingston, were held Modglin on May 5, 1955 in Fair-
Saturday, July 31, 1993 in the banks, Alaska.
Cochran Funeral Home Chapel He retired from Witco Chemical
with the Rev. Royce Pennington of- in 1987 and was former owner of a
ficiating. Shipley Doughnut Shop in League
City for several years before mov-
Mr. Wilson died Wednesday, Ju- ing to Livingston. He was a mem-
ly 28, 1993 in his residence ■ in ber of Woodridge Baptist Church,
Livingston.
Indian Hills Fishing Gub, National
He was bom July 27, 1935 to American Legion and NRA.
Clyde Herring
JENNINGS - Funeral services
for Clyde Herring, 81, were held
Tuesday, July 27, 1993 in the First
United Methodist Church in Lake
Charles, La. with the Revs. Ken
Bowman and Clyde Averett of-
ficiating. Burial followed in Oak-
lawn Cemetery in Welsh.
Mr. Herring died Sunday, July
25, 1993 in a Lake Charles hospi-
tal.
A native of Livingston, he lived
in Jennings for 30 years. An Army
veteran of World War II, he retired
as a production superintendent for
Shell Oil Co. after 35 years of serv-
ice.
He was a 50-year member and
past master of Welsh Masonic
Lodge 232, member and past
patron of Jennings Chapter 9, Order
of Eastern Star and a 32nd Degree
Mason.
He was a member of First United
Methodist Church, serving in the
Men’s Upper Room Bible Class
and on the church administrative
board for many years.
Survivors include his wife, Mar-
guerite "Mugs” Thomas Herring;
two brothers, Hugh Henry Herring
of Wichita, Kan. and Woodrow
Herring of Houston.
Miguez Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Brenntsen Beaudeaux
VINTON - Funeral services for
Brenntsen Beaudeaux, 9, of Vinton,
La., were held Thursday, July 29,
1993 at tire Hixson Funeral Home
in Vinton.'La. with burial following
in Big Woods Cemetery.
Mr. Beaudeaux died Wednesday,
July 28,1993 in New Orleans, La.
Survivors include his parents,
Brent Beaudeaux of Vinton, La.
and Kelly Beaudeaux Gates of
Livingston; two sisters, Kristy
Beaudeaux of Moss Bluff, La. and
Amandia Beaudeaux of Livingston;
maternal grandparents, Charles and
Gean McKinney of Ragley; pater-
nal grandmother, Lou Ella
Beaudeaux of Vinton, La.; maternal
great grandfather, Oren Kelly of
Dallas; and numerous uncles, aunts
and cousins.
Hixson Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Alma Elizabeth Chandler
LUFKIN - Funeral services for
Alma Elizabeth Chandler, 82, of
Lufkin, will be held at 2 p.m. today
(Sunday, August 1, 1993) at the
Gipson Funeral Home Chapel with
the Rev. Sam Thomas and Rev.
James Thompson officiating. Inter-
ment followed in the Garden of
Memories Memorial Park.
Mrs. Chandler died Friday, July
30,1993 in Lulkin.
She was bom Feb. 4, 1911 in
Moscow.
Mrs. Chandler had lived in Luf-
kin since 1978 and prior to that she
had resided in Victoria, Orange and
Chester. She was very active in her
church work, having taught the
juniors for many years. She was a
member of First Baptist Church
and had served as president of the
W.M.U.
Mrs. Chandler was a 1936
graduate of Stephen F. Austin
University. She was a member of
Delta Kappa Gamma. She was a
retired teacher and a homemaker.
Mrs. Chandler had taught art at the
elementaiy school level for 30
years at Moscow, Chester Orange
and Victoria. She was also a past
worthy matron of the Order of the
Eastern Star.
Survivors include her husband
O’Hara Chandler of Lufkin, son
and daughter-in-law George and
Martha Chandler of Lufkin and two
grandchildren Kelley Chandler of
Lufkin and Reich Chandler of
Houston.
Pallbearers will be Eddie McFar-
land, WJE. "Bud" Wood, Jack
Chandler, Ish Epperson, Reich
Chandler and Buck Reichert.
Gipson Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
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Mae Rhodes of Livingston; three
grandchildren, Marilyn Elizabeth
and husband Tony Taylor of
Livingston, Emmett Ray Rhodes Jr.
and wife Linda of Katy and Julie
Frances and husband David Arther-
holt of Huntsville; three great
grandchildren, Megan Lee Taylor
of Livingston, Michael Emmett
Taylor of Livingston and Dana
Michelle Arthcrholt of Huntsville;
and a host of other relatives and
many dear friends.
Pallbearers were John
Thompson, Jamie Harrison, Lloyd
Cain, Cliff Pinkard, John Campbell
and Edwin Carter.
Pace Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Survivors include his wife
Patricia Wilson of Livingston;
daughters, Cheryal and husband
Rorey Kuhn of Granada Hills,
Calif, and Vickey and husband Lor-
ren White of League City; 10
grandchildren, Tiffany White,
Richard White, Mica White, Kerry
White, Audrey White, Christopher
White, Amanda Kuhn, Melissa
Kuhn, Hollie Kuhn and Paige
Kuhn; two great grandchildren,
Kyla Marie White and Brittany N.
White; brother-in-law, Jim and
wife Sue Modglin of Metropolis,
111.; sisters-in-law, Jeanie and hus-
band Lloyd Breamer of Metropolis,
111. and Shirley and husband Carl
McFarland of Pearland; and
numerous aunts, uncles and
cousins.
In lieu of flowers, the family has
requested that donations be made to
the American Red Cross.
Cochran Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Harold E. Fancher
LIVINGSTON - Graveside
services for Harold E. Fancher, 66,
of Livingston, will be held at 2 p.m.
today (Sunday, August 1, 1993) in
the Weaver Cemetery in Timpson
with the Rev. Royce V. Pennington
and Gus Barnett officiating.
Mr. Fancher died Friday, July
30, 1993 in Lufkin Memorial
Hospital.
Mr. Fancher was bom March 27,
1927 in Garrison to Dick Hubert
Fancher and Gladys Juny Solomon.
He married Walterine Hudgins on
March 27,1949 in Rosenberg.
Survivors include his wife Wal-
terine Fancher of Livingston; two
sons, Walter Eugene Fancher of
Spokane, Wash, and Richard F.
Fancher of Livingston; two
daughters, Gladys Marie Dennis of
Livingston and Deborah Ann
Lawrence of Houston; two
brothers, Billie Burtis Fancher of
Stockman and Richard Allen
Fancher of Garrison; four sisters,
Lamerl Young of Gary, Audrey
Dunn of Washington, Ruby Schleu
of Beaumont and Lerline Marble of
Chireno; 10 grandchildren, Teresa
Sappington, William Woods, Jason
Clifton, April Slone, Bobby Clif-
ton, Richard Fancher II, Wayne
Lawrence, Christina Lawrence,
John Lawrence and Kevin Fancher.
Cochran Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
COURSE COMPLETED - Emergency
Management Coordinator John McDowell,
County Judge John Thompson and Sheriff
Billy Ray Nelson are shown with the 14 dis-
patchers from Polk and surrounding counties
who participated in "Advanced Techniques
for Communications Operators" July 21-23.
The course was taught by Bill Keller, super-
visor of the police communications facility
of the Texas DPS communications division,
and Clay D. Kennelly, regional liaison of-
ficer of the Texas DPS division of emergen-
cy management.
Home schooling workshop planned
LIVINGSTON - The Deep East
Texas Home Schools Association
(DETHS) is sponsoring a workshop
entitled, "How to Home School
Successfully," on Aug. 13-14 in the
Central Baptist Church Family
Center.
DETHS is a non-profit organiza-
tion which functions as a support
group to home schooling families
in the East Texas area.
An estimated 750,000 children
are taught at home in the United
States today, a publication of the
Home School Legal Association
slates. As a group, home-educated
children score significantly higher
than the national average on stand-
ardized achievement tests and have
a higher level of self-confidence, it
also states.
Well-known home school expert
Hank Tate will address the
validiaty and success of home
education on Aug. 13 from 7-9
p.m. The session is free to anyone
interested in learning more about
home schooling.
The session on Aug. 14, from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m. will consist of six
different topics designed to en-
courage home educators at all
levels of experience. The registra-
tion fee is $20 per family.
For more information, pick up a
registration form at Murphy
Memorial Library or call Darlyn
Cassity at 327-3484.
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White, Barbara. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 61, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 1, 1993, newspaper, August 1, 1993; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth782042/m1/3/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.