Funeral services for Evelyn Loree Amerine Philmon, 93, of Lufkin will be held in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in the Pine Grove Cemetery in the Barnum Community in Polk County, Texas.
Mrs. Philmon was born December 23, 1921 in Barnes, Texas (Polk County) to the late Richard Lee and Cora Colita (Harrison) Amerine and went to be with the Lord on October 27, 2015 after a brief illness at St. Catherine’s Village in Madison, Mississippi where she had moved to be closer to her children.
Mrs. Philmon graduated in 1939 from Chester High School in Tyler County, Texas. During her early years at home she worked at the W.T. Carter Company Store until she married her husband, Doyle O. Philmon in 1942. After raising her children she worked and retired from Howard’s Discount Stores in Lufkin, Texas. She was a devout Christian and faithful member of Calvary Baptist Church, in Lufkin. She loved her Lord, her church, her Sunday school class and teacher, and gospel music.
Survivors include her sons, Doyle O. Philmon, Jr. (Tonya) and Jerry Lee Philmon; grandsons, Doyle O. (Trey) Philmon III, Charles Philmon, Max Philmon and Winston Philmon; great grandchildren, Alexis, Allen, Cora and Lilah; sister-in-law, Opal Handley; several nephews, nieces, and numerous other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 45 years, Doyle Oscar Philmon; parents; brothers, Earl Amerine, Carroll Amerine, and Clarence Amerine; sister and brother-in-law, Thelma and Waskom Havis; sister, Susie Griffin; sisters-in-law and special friends, Evelyn Amerine and Bonnie Amerine.
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Edited - full obit can be obtained from Carroway Funeral Home, Lufkin, directors, Oct 28, 2015.
Mrs. Philmon was born December 23, 1921 in Barnes, Texas (Polk County) to the late Richard Lee and Cora Colita (Harrison) Amerine and went to be with the Lord on October 27, 2015 after a brief illness at St. Catherine’s Village in Madison, Mississippi where she had moved to be closer to her children.
Mrs. Philmon graduated in 1939 from Chester High School in Tyler County, Texas. During her early years at home she worked at the W.T. Carter Company Store until she married her husband, Doyle O. Philmon in 1942. After raising her children she worked and retired from Howard’s Discount Stores in Lufkin, Texas. She was a devout Christian and faithful member of Calvary Baptist Church, in Lufkin. She loved her Lord, her church, her Sunday school class and teacher, and gospel music.
Survivors include her sons, Doyle O. Philmon, Jr. (Tonya) and Jerry Lee Philmon; grandsons, Doyle O. (Trey) Philmon III, Charles Philmon, Max Philmon and Winston Philmon; great grandchildren, Alexis, Allen, Cora and Lilah; sister-in-law, Opal Handley; several nephews, nieces, and numerous other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 45 years, Doyle Oscar Philmon; parents; brothers, Earl Amerine, Carroll Amerine, and Clarence Amerine; sister and brother-in-law, Thelma and Waskom Havis; sister, Susie Griffin; sisters-in-law and special friends, Evelyn Amerine and Bonnie Amerine.
Pallbearers will be...
Honorary pallbearers will be...
Edited - full obit can be obtained from Carroway Funeral Home, Lufkin, directors, Oct 28, 2015.
Funeral services for Evelyn Loree Amerine Philmon, 93, of Lufkin will be held in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in the Pine Grove Cemetery in the Barnum Community in Polk County, Texas.
Mrs. Philmon was born December 23, 1921 in Barnes, Texas (Polk County) to the late Richard Lee and Cora Colita (Harrison) Amerine and went to be with the Lord on October 27, 2015 after a brief illness at St. Catherine’s Village in Madison, Mississippi where she had moved to be closer to her children.
Mrs. Philmon graduated in 1939 from Chester High School in Tyler County, Texas. During her early years at home she worked at the W.T. Carter Company Store until she married her husband, Doyle O. Philmon in 1942. After raising her children she worked and retired from Howard’s Discount Stores in Lufkin, Texas. She was a devout Christian and faithful member of Calvary Baptist Church, in Lufkin. She loved her Lord, her church, her Sunday school class and teacher, and gospel music.
Survivors include her sons, Doyle O. Philmon, Jr. (Tonya) and Jerry Lee Philmon; grandsons, Doyle O. (Trey) Philmon III, Charles Philmon, Max Philmon and Winston Philmon; great grandchildren, Alexis, Allen, Cora and Lilah; sister-in-law, Opal Handley; several nephews, nieces, and numerous other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 45 years, Doyle Oscar Philmon; parents; brothers, Earl Amerine, Carroll Amerine, and Clarence Amerine; sister and brother-in-law, Thelma and Waskom Havis; sister, Susie Griffin; sisters-in-law and special friends, Evelyn Amerine and Bonnie Amerine.
Pallbearers will be...
Honorary pallbearers will be...
Edited - full obit can be obtained from Carroway Funeral Home, Lufkin, directors, Oct 28, 2015.
Mrs. Philmon was born December 23, 1921 in Barnes, Texas (Polk County) to the late Richard Lee and Cora Colita (Harrison) Amerine and went to be with the Lord on October 27, 2015 after a brief illness at St. Catherine’s Village in Madison, Mississippi where she had moved to be closer to her children.
Mrs. Philmon graduated in 1939 from Chester High School in Tyler County, Texas. During her early years at home she worked at the W.T. Carter Company Store until she married her husband, Doyle O. Philmon in 1942. After raising her children she worked and retired from Howard’s Discount Stores in Lufkin, Texas. She was a devout Christian and faithful member of Calvary Baptist Church, in Lufkin. She loved her Lord, her church, her Sunday school class and teacher, and gospel music.
Survivors include her sons, Doyle O. Philmon, Jr. (Tonya) and Jerry Lee Philmon; grandsons, Doyle O. (Trey) Philmon III, Charles Philmon, Max Philmon and Winston Philmon; great grandchildren, Alexis, Allen, Cora and Lilah; sister-in-law, Opal Handley; several nephews, nieces, and numerous other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 45 years, Doyle Oscar Philmon; parents; brothers, Earl Amerine, Carroll Amerine, and Clarence Amerine; sister and brother-in-law, Thelma and Waskom Havis; sister, Susie Griffin; sisters-in-law and special friends, Evelyn Amerine and Bonnie Amerine.
Pallbearers will be...
Honorary pallbearers will be...
Edited - full obit can be obtained from Carroway Funeral Home, Lufkin, directors, Oct 28, 2015.
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