Services for Opal Rainey McBeth, 102, of Longview, will be 10 a.m. Monday, February 9, 2009, at Winterfield United Methodist Church, 2616 Tryon Road, in Longview, with the Rev. Rita Sims officiating. Burial will be 2 p.m. in Union Chapel Cemetery in Douglasville, Texas. Mrs. McBeth died Friday. February 6, 2009, at a local medical center.
Mrs. McBeth was born April 24, 1906, in the Cusseta Community of Cass County, Texas, to Dewey Henry Rainey Sr. and Caroline Channell Rainey. She was the oldest of their six children. She attended school in Cass County and then attended North Texas State Teacher's College in Denton. In the 1920s, Mrs. McBeth taught school in Lone Oak, Mount Sterling and Liberty Hill in Northeast Texas. She married Emil McBeth on December 27, 1927. He preceeded her in death in April 1945.
She moved to Longview in 1956 to attend BMI and worked as a bookkeeper for Longview Lumber Co. until her retirement.
A lifelong member of the Methodist Church, Mrs. McBeth was the oldest living member of Winterfield United Methodist Church, where she taught Sunday school for many years. Until age 95, Mrs. McBeth quilted twice a week with other ladies from the church. The money they earned from this project went back into the church for church needs. These were some of the happiest years of her life.
Opal was a true matriarch. She loved her family dearly and invested herself by teaching, listening and encouraging the children around her. She is remembered as being creative, industrious and generous, with a wonderful sense of humor and strong determination. She handmade a quilt for each member of her family, including grandchildren, nieces, nephews, great-grandchildren and great-nieces and great-nephews. Each of these masterpieces is a treasured reminder of a special lady who touched their lives with love and humor. Just as with her quilts, she pieced together a warm and useful life reflecting the beauty of the Creator.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. McBeth was preceded in death by her parents; her brothers and a sister-in-law, D.H. Rainey Jr. and Meltry Rainey and James R. Rainey; and sisters and brothers-in-law, Anna and Lowry Brabham, Carrie V. and F.C. Dodd and Marguerite and Randall Smith.
She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Virginia and Roscoe Northcutt; her grandsons and their wives, Mike and Carolyn Northcutt and John and Donya Northcutt, all of Longview; her great- grandchildren, Bump and Amy Northcutt of Houston and Journi and Dalton Northcutt of Longview; her great-great-grandson, John Robert Northcutt of Houston; her sister-in-law, Audrey Rainey of Longview; and her nieces and nephews, Beverly Rainey, Jackie Self, Steve Rainey and Becky Butler of Longview, Celeste Parker of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Byron Dodd of Portland, Linda Seipp of Dawsonville, Georgia, Charles Brabham of Hughes Springs, J.R. Smith of Burleson and Melissa Wray of Plano.
Mrs. McBeth was born April 24, 1906, in the Cusseta Community of Cass County, Texas, to Dewey Henry Rainey Sr. and Caroline Channell Rainey. She was the oldest of their six children. She attended school in Cass County and then attended North Texas State Teacher's College in Denton. In the 1920s, Mrs. McBeth taught school in Lone Oak, Mount Sterling and Liberty Hill in Northeast Texas. She married Emil McBeth on December 27, 1927. He preceeded her in death in April 1945.
She moved to Longview in 1956 to attend BMI and worked as a bookkeeper for Longview Lumber Co. until her retirement.
A lifelong member of the Methodist Church, Mrs. McBeth was the oldest living member of Winterfield United Methodist Church, where she taught Sunday school for many years. Until age 95, Mrs. McBeth quilted twice a week with other ladies from the church. The money they earned from this project went back into the church for church needs. These were some of the happiest years of her life.
Opal was a true matriarch. She loved her family dearly and invested herself by teaching, listening and encouraging the children around her. She is remembered as being creative, industrious and generous, with a wonderful sense of humor and strong determination. She handmade a quilt for each member of her family, including grandchildren, nieces, nephews, great-grandchildren and great-nieces and great-nephews. Each of these masterpieces is a treasured reminder of a special lady who touched their lives with love and humor. Just as with her quilts, she pieced together a warm and useful life reflecting the beauty of the Creator.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. McBeth was preceded in death by her parents; her brothers and a sister-in-law, D.H. Rainey Jr. and Meltry Rainey and James R. Rainey; and sisters and brothers-in-law, Anna and Lowry Brabham, Carrie V. and F.C. Dodd and Marguerite and Randall Smith.
She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Virginia and Roscoe Northcutt; her grandsons and their wives, Mike and Carolyn Northcutt and John and Donya Northcutt, all of Longview; her great- grandchildren, Bump and Amy Northcutt of Houston and Journi and Dalton Northcutt of Longview; her great-great-grandson, John Robert Northcutt of Houston; her sister-in-law, Audrey Rainey of Longview; and her nieces and nephews, Beverly Rainey, Jackie Self, Steve Rainey and Becky Butler of Longview, Celeste Parker of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Byron Dodd of Portland, Linda Seipp of Dawsonville, Georgia, Charles Brabham of Hughes Springs, J.R. Smith of Burleson and Melissa Wray of Plano.
Services for Opal Rainey McBeth, 102, of Longview, will be 10 a.m. Monday, February 9, 2009, at Winterfield United Methodist Church, 2616 Tryon Road, in Longview, with the Rev. Rita Sims officiating. Burial will be 2 p.m. in Union Chapel Cemetery in Douglasville, Texas. Mrs. McBeth died Friday. February 6, 2009, at a local medical center.
Mrs. McBeth was born April 24, 1906, in the Cusseta Community of Cass County, Texas, to Dewey Henry Rainey Sr. and Caroline Channell Rainey. She was the oldest of their six children. She attended school in Cass County and then attended North Texas State Teacher's College in Denton. In the 1920s, Mrs. McBeth taught school in Lone Oak, Mount Sterling and Liberty Hill in Northeast Texas. She married Emil McBeth on December 27, 1927. He preceeded her in death in April 1945.
She moved to Longview in 1956 to attend BMI and worked as a bookkeeper for Longview Lumber Co. until her retirement.
A lifelong member of the Methodist Church, Mrs. McBeth was the oldest living member of Winterfield United Methodist Church, where she taught Sunday school for many years. Until age 95, Mrs. McBeth quilted twice a week with other ladies from the church. The money they earned from this project went back into the church for church needs. These were some of the happiest years of her life.
Opal was a true matriarch. She loved her family dearly and invested herself by teaching, listening and encouraging the children around her. She is remembered as being creative, industrious and generous, with a wonderful sense of humor and strong determination. She handmade a quilt for each member of her family, including grandchildren, nieces, nephews, great-grandchildren and great-nieces and great-nephews. Each of these masterpieces is a treasured reminder of a special lady who touched their lives with love and humor. Just as with her quilts, she pieced together a warm and useful life reflecting the beauty of the Creator.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. McBeth was preceded in death by her parents; her brothers and a sister-in-law, D.H. Rainey Jr. and Meltry Rainey and James R. Rainey; and sisters and brothers-in-law, Anna and Lowry Brabham, Carrie V. and F.C. Dodd and Marguerite and Randall Smith.
She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Virginia and Roscoe Northcutt; her grandsons and their wives, Mike and Carolyn Northcutt and John and Donya Northcutt, all of Longview; her great- grandchildren, Bump and Amy Northcutt of Houston and Journi and Dalton Northcutt of Longview; her great-great-grandson, John Robert Northcutt of Houston; her sister-in-law, Audrey Rainey of Longview; and her nieces and nephews, Beverly Rainey, Jackie Self, Steve Rainey and Becky Butler of Longview, Celeste Parker of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Byron Dodd of Portland, Linda Seipp of Dawsonville, Georgia, Charles Brabham of Hughes Springs, J.R. Smith of Burleson and Melissa Wray of Plano.
Mrs. McBeth was born April 24, 1906, in the Cusseta Community of Cass County, Texas, to Dewey Henry Rainey Sr. and Caroline Channell Rainey. She was the oldest of their six children. She attended school in Cass County and then attended North Texas State Teacher's College in Denton. In the 1920s, Mrs. McBeth taught school in Lone Oak, Mount Sterling and Liberty Hill in Northeast Texas. She married Emil McBeth on December 27, 1927. He preceeded her in death in April 1945.
She moved to Longview in 1956 to attend BMI and worked as a bookkeeper for Longview Lumber Co. until her retirement.
A lifelong member of the Methodist Church, Mrs. McBeth was the oldest living member of Winterfield United Methodist Church, where she taught Sunday school for many years. Until age 95, Mrs. McBeth quilted twice a week with other ladies from the church. The money they earned from this project went back into the church for church needs. These were some of the happiest years of her life.
Opal was a true matriarch. She loved her family dearly and invested herself by teaching, listening and encouraging the children around her. She is remembered as being creative, industrious and generous, with a wonderful sense of humor and strong determination. She handmade a quilt for each member of her family, including grandchildren, nieces, nephews, great-grandchildren and great-nieces and great-nephews. Each of these masterpieces is a treasured reminder of a special lady who touched their lives with love and humor. Just as with her quilts, she pieced together a warm and useful life reflecting the beauty of the Creator.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. McBeth was preceded in death by her parents; her brothers and a sister-in-law, D.H. Rainey Jr. and Meltry Rainey and James R. Rainey; and sisters and brothers-in-law, Anna and Lowry Brabham, Carrie V. and F.C. Dodd and Marguerite and Randall Smith.
She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Virginia and Roscoe Northcutt; her grandsons and their wives, Mike and Carolyn Northcutt and John and Donya Northcutt, all of Longview; her great- grandchildren, Bump and Amy Northcutt of Houston and Journi and Dalton Northcutt of Longview; her great-great-grandson, John Robert Northcutt of Houston; her sister-in-law, Audrey Rainey of Longview; and her nieces and nephews, Beverly Rainey, Jackie Self, Steve Rainey and Becky Butler of Longview, Celeste Parker of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Byron Dodd of Portland, Linda Seipp of Dawsonville, Georgia, Charles Brabham of Hughes Springs, J.R. Smith of Burleson and Melissa Wray of Plano.
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