Naomi Lerlene Ellington

Services for Naomi Ellington, 87, of Lufkin, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, September 30, 2020 in the Gipson Funeral Home Chapel, with Keith Woolf and David Holland, Jr. officiating. Interment will follow in the Berry Cemetery.

Mrs. Ellington was born January 9, 1933 in Moffet, Texas, the daughter of the late Flossie (Nerren) and Robert Jones. She passed away Saturday, September 26, 2020 in a Lufkin hospital.

Mrs. Ellington was a loving wife for more than 73 years, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was a loving Mimi to her family. She enjoyed cooking, sewing and reading.

Survivors include her husband, E. W. (PeeWee) Ellington of Lufkin; daughters, Barbara Phelps of Huntington, Donna Johnson and husband Roy of Lufkin, JoAnn McGough , Susan Nerren and husband Joe, all of Huntington; son, Robert Ellington of Huntington; grandchildren, Cody, Angela and husband Jason, Clay, Mike and wife April, Chad, Matt and wife Melissa, Stephanie and husband David, Anthony, Alicia and husband Dusty, and Scott; 22 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents, Mrs. Ellington was preceded in death by her sisters, Sylvia Jones, Robbie Mae Grimes, Edna Lee Jones and Lois Strickland.

Mrs. Ellington’s grandsons will serve as pallbearers.

Honorary pallbearers will be Dusty Bock and Jason Williams.

The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday evening at the funeral home.

Condolences may be offered at www.gipsonfuneralhome.com

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