Funeral services for Barbara Draper, 63, of Lufkin, will be February 19, 2017 at the Rusk First Baptist Church, under the direction of Wallace-Thompson Funeral Home, Rusk, Texas. Burial will follow at Old Palestine Cemetery, Alto, Texas.
Ms. Draper passed away February 15, 2017. She was born September 25, 1953 to William Draper and the late Kathryn Draper in Rusk, Texas.
She graduated from Rusk High School Class of 1972 and went on to Howard Payne University where she studied to be a Recreational Therapist. She went on to get her Master's Degree. She devoted her career to making life better for mentally challenged individuals, and was a strong advocate and supporter of Special Olympics in Texas. She retired from Lufkin State School in 2012. Barbara was the quintessential strong Texas woman who lived with courage and compassion. She lived out her faith in Christ, devoted to caring for others. She survived a devastating disease in her early 30s that ravaged her health, but her fighting spirit kept her going. She loved to travel, do woodworking, and give special gifts to her 8 nieces and nephews, and 13 great nieces, nephews and extended family members. She was that "favorite Aunt" who everyone adored.
She is predeceased by her mother, brother David Draper, and nephew, Brian Suttles.
She is survived by her father, sisters and brothers-in-law, Patricia and Tommy Harrison, Bedford, Debra and Kerry Suttles; sister-in-law, Meredith Draper and her husband Jim Tarrant; nephews, Collin and Sabrina Harrison, Luke and Angie Harrison, Shaun and Ashley Suttless; nieces, Leslie Harrison and Justin Pollard, Meagan Suttles and Chris Cummings, Kathryn (Katy) Draper and Michael Burbank, Amy Draper and Zach Olsen, and special friends Connie, Tiffany, and Ashton.
Published in The Lufkin Daily News on Feb. 19, 2017
Ms. Draper passed away February 15, 2017. She was born September 25, 1953 to William Draper and the late Kathryn Draper in Rusk, Texas.
She graduated from Rusk High School Class of 1972 and went on to Howard Payne University where she studied to be a Recreational Therapist. She went on to get her Master's Degree. She devoted her career to making life better for mentally challenged individuals, and was a strong advocate and supporter of Special Olympics in Texas. She retired from Lufkin State School in 2012. Barbara was the quintessential strong Texas woman who lived with courage and compassion. She lived out her faith in Christ, devoted to caring for others. She survived a devastating disease in her early 30s that ravaged her health, but her fighting spirit kept her going. She loved to travel, do woodworking, and give special gifts to her 8 nieces and nephews, and 13 great nieces, nephews and extended family members. She was that "favorite Aunt" who everyone adored.
She is predeceased by her mother, brother David Draper, and nephew, Brian Suttles.
She is survived by her father, sisters and brothers-in-law, Patricia and Tommy Harrison, Bedford, Debra and Kerry Suttles; sister-in-law, Meredith Draper and her husband Jim Tarrant; nephews, Collin and Sabrina Harrison, Luke and Angie Harrison, Shaun and Ashley Suttless; nieces, Leslie Harrison and Justin Pollard, Meagan Suttles and Chris Cummings, Kathryn (Katy) Draper and Michael Burbank, Amy Draper and Zach Olsen, and special friends Connie, Tiffany, and Ashton.
Published in The Lufkin Daily News on Feb. 19, 2017
Funeral services for Barbara Draper, 63, of Lufkin, will be February 19, 2017 at the Rusk First Baptist Church, under the direction of Wallace-Thompson Funeral Home, Rusk, Texas. Burial will follow at Old Palestine Cemetery, Alto, Texas.
Ms. Draper passed away February 15, 2017. She was born September 25, 1953 to William Draper and the late Kathryn Draper in Rusk, Texas.
She graduated from Rusk High School Class of 1972 and went on to Howard Payne University where she studied to be a Recreational Therapist. She went on to get her Master's Degree. She devoted her career to making life better for mentally challenged individuals, and was a strong advocate and supporter of Special Olympics in Texas. She retired from Lufkin State School in 2012. Barbara was the quintessential strong Texas woman who lived with courage and compassion. She lived out her faith in Christ, devoted to caring for others. She survived a devastating disease in her early 30s that ravaged her health, but her fighting spirit kept her going. She loved to travel, do woodworking, and give special gifts to her 8 nieces and nephews, and 13 great nieces, nephews and extended family members. She was that "favorite Aunt" who everyone adored.
She is predeceased by her mother, brother David Draper, and nephew, Brian Suttles.
She is survived by her father, sisters and brothers-in-law, Patricia and Tommy Harrison, Bedford, Debra and Kerry Suttles; sister-in-law, Meredith Draper and her husband Jim Tarrant; nephews, Collin and Sabrina Harrison, Luke and Angie Harrison, Shaun and Ashley Suttless; nieces, Leslie Harrison and Justin Pollard, Meagan Suttles and Chris Cummings, Kathryn (Katy) Draper and Michael Burbank, Amy Draper and Zach Olsen, and special friends Connie, Tiffany, and Ashton.
Published in The Lufkin Daily News on Feb. 19, 2017
Ms. Draper passed away February 15, 2017. She was born September 25, 1953 to William Draper and the late Kathryn Draper in Rusk, Texas.
She graduated from Rusk High School Class of 1972 and went on to Howard Payne University where she studied to be a Recreational Therapist. She went on to get her Master's Degree. She devoted her career to making life better for mentally challenged individuals, and was a strong advocate and supporter of Special Olympics in Texas. She retired from Lufkin State School in 2012. Barbara was the quintessential strong Texas woman who lived with courage and compassion. She lived out her faith in Christ, devoted to caring for others. She survived a devastating disease in her early 30s that ravaged her health, but her fighting spirit kept her going. She loved to travel, do woodworking, and give special gifts to her 8 nieces and nephews, and 13 great nieces, nephews and extended family members. She was that "favorite Aunt" who everyone adored.
She is predeceased by her mother, brother David Draper, and nephew, Brian Suttles.
She is survived by her father, sisters and brothers-in-law, Patricia and Tommy Harrison, Bedford, Debra and Kerry Suttles; sister-in-law, Meredith Draper and her husband Jim Tarrant; nephews, Collin and Sabrina Harrison, Luke and Angie Harrison, Shaun and Ashley Suttless; nieces, Leslie Harrison and Justin Pollard, Meagan Suttles and Chris Cummings, Kathryn (Katy) Draper and Michael Burbank, Amy Draper and Zach Olsen, and special friends Connie, Tiffany, and Ashton.
Published in The Lufkin Daily News on Feb. 19, 2017
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