Ouida Rhea White

Services for Rhea White, 80, of Lufkin, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, December 27, 2013 at Grace Baptist Church, with Bro. Elton Musick and Bro. Horace Fletcher officiating. Interment will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park.

Mrs. White was born December 30, 1932 in West Columbia, Texas, the daughter of the late Daisy Bell (Nesbett) and F. C. Burford. She passed away Tuesday, December 24, 2013 in a local hospital.

Mrs. White was a homemaker and loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great grandmother. She was very family oriented and highly regarded among her peers. She was a member of Grace Baptist Church, which she loved and was very active. She loved her dog “Little Man”. She also enjoyed sewing.

Survivors include her husband, John White of Lufkin; daughters and sons-in-law, Susan and LaMar Williams and Paula and Freddie Sullivan, all of Lufkin; grandsons, Heath Ryan Allen and James Sutton; great-granddaughter, Naomi Rhea Allen; great-grandson, Lance William Allen; great-great grandson, Bentley I. Shane Nash; stepsisters, Ruby Jeanette Hargrave and Elvelyn Able; and a number of other family members.

In addition to her parents, Mrs. White was preceded in death by her sisters, Ruby Eversole, Elsie McCagg, and Dorothy Armstrong; and brothers, Sam Burford and Jessie Burford.

Pallbearers will be Heath Allen, Michael Dunn, Lance Allen, Brad Douglas and Naomi Rhea Allen.

The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Thursday evening at Gipson Funeral Home.

Condolences may be offered at www.gipsonfuneralhome.com

Services have been placed in the trust of Gipson Funeral Home