Lois Hales Hurd

Services for Lois Hales Hurd, 95, of Lufkin, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, April 11, 2015 in the Elwyn M. Gipson Memorial Chapel in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park, with Bro. Rick Williams officiating. Interment will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park.

Mrs. Hurd was born April 12, 1919 in Angelina County, Texas, the daughter of the late Bessie (Parten) and Albert Clinton Hales. She passed away Wednesday, April 8, 2015 in a local hospital.

Mrs. Hurd graduated from high school in Houston, attended cosmetology college, and become a cosmetology instructor. She studied art under several artists in Houston and was the co-owner of a photography studio. She worked in the photo lab for NASA, retouching pictures of the Moon and other NASA photos until her retirement in 1980. After retirement, she continued restoring old pictures and continued painting. She was a local professional artist and had a passion for painting, and loved to travel. She was a member of the Church of Christ. She was a lifetime member of the VFW, past president of the Ladies Auxiliary, and was also instrumental in erecting the Veterans’ Memorial Wall in Diboll. Mrs. Hurd was a member of the Angelina Art Guild and the American Business Association.

Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Karen and Ronnie Coleman of Conroe; grandchildren, Leslie Coe (Josh) and Lori Rodewald (Alex); great-grandson, A. J. Rodewald; sisters, Margueriette Kessinger of Diboll and Louise McCall (David) of Orangeburg, South Carolina; nieces, Vicki Karnes, Teresa Johnson, Kathy Stephens, Joyce Crager; special friend, Sherry Votaw; nephews, Roy Hales, George Emmet Kessinger, Donnie Kessinger, Albert Glenn Kessinger, Ronald McCall, Robert David McCall, Richard McCall, and David Karnes; and numerous cousins, other family members.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Eddie Hurd; sister, Alice Karnes; brothers, Hersey Hales and Freddie Lee Owens; nephew, James Ellis Kessinger.

Pallbearers will be Josh Coe, Ronnie Coleman, Will Lewis, David Karnes, Derek Billingsley, Roy Hales, Johnny Dale Johnson.

The family will receive friends from noon until service time on Saturday at the Elwyn M. Gipson Memorial Chapel in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park.

Condolences may be offered at www.gipsonfuneralhome.com

Services have been placed in the trust of Gipson Funeral Home.