Lucy Mae Cherry

Services for Lucy Mae Cherry, 83, of Lufkin, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, April 15, 2013 in the Gipson Funeral Home Chapel, with Reverend Horace Fletcher officiating. Interment will follow in the Old Union Cemetery.

Mrs. Cherry was born May 8, 1929 in Etoile, Texas, the daughter of the late I. V. (Murray) and William Dell Barnett. She passed away Thursday, April 11, 2013 in a local hospital.

Mrs. Cherry was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She was the co-owner of Cherry’s Handy Dandy Grocery on Kurth Drive for more than 30 years. Her passion was working in her yard. She loved her family, especially the grandchildren (she probably enjoyed the great-grandchildren the most), and she enjoyed the family Sunday dinners. Mrs. Cherry was a member of Keltys First Baptist Church.

Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Willard Wayne and Sandra Jean Cherry of Lufkin; daughter, Pamela Cara Manley; daughter and so-in-law, Brenda Gale and Thomas Wayne Ford; son-in-law, Ray Glenn Manley of Lufkin; 7 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; 3 great-great grandchildren; sisters, Willie Odean Lunsford and Bobbie Jean Morton, both of Lufkin; brother and sister-in-law, Thomas Edward and Glinda Barnett of Beaumont; and a number of nieces, nephews, and other family members.

In addition to her parents, Mrs. Cherry was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Willard Alexander Cherry; brother, William Dell Barnett; and sister, Annie Louise Barnett.

Memorial contributions in Mrs. Cherry’s memory may be made to the American Heart Association, 7272 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX 75231; or to the Susan G. Komen Foundation, 5005 Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway, Dallas, TX 75244.

Pallbearers will be Tracey Manley, Brent Manley, Chris Hooks, Bradley Haskins, Pete Mayfield, and Tye Cook.

Honorary pallbearers will be Brian Cherry, Carson Hooks and Briar Manley.

Condolences may be offered at www.gipsonfuneralhome.com

Services have been placed in the trust of Gipson Funeral Home