Burial: Garden of Memories Memorial Park
Age: 88
Residence: Lufkin, Texas
Father: Edwin Mantooth
Mother, Sara Annie Atkinson
Education: Graduated Lufkin High School in 1927. Bachelor of Science degree from Stephen F. Austin State University in 1930.
Occupation:
-teacher, she taught fourth, fifth and sixth grades at Central Ward School
-co-owner, W. C. Royle Typewriter Co., for 40 years
-tour director for two travel agencies
Member: First Christian Church, 80 years. She was appointed chairman of the Historical committee, whose mission was to prepare a history of the First Christian Church, and to organize a celebration for the first century of the Christian Church in Lufkin
Civic and literary pursuits
-organizing president of the Literary Club of Lufkin, formed in 1930
-past president of Lufkin Rotary Anns, member for over 50 years
-charter member of the Lufkin Genealogical Society in 1965
-organizing president of the Mary Hill Mantooth Chapter, Daughters of the Republic of Texas. She was instrumental in naming this chapter, and its namesake was her paternal grandmother, whose family settled in the Republic of Texas in 1839.
-Lufkin High School Alumni Association
Genealogical Organizations she was a member of:
-Anthony Smith Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution
-Daughters of the Republic of Texas
-James Haggar Chapter, Colonial Dames of the XVII Century (Nacogdoches Chapter, past president)
-East Texas Colony Texas Division Magna Charta Dames
-Jamestowne Society
-Society of King William The conqueror 1066-1086, King of England
-Order of the Crown of Charlemagne, Holy Roman Emperor
Married: Willie Calvin Royle in 1972
Survivors:
Daughter and son-in-law, Janice Ann Royle Jumper Rowe and Ernest E. Rowe, Sr.
Son and Daughter-in-law, William (Bill) Calvin Royle and Phyllis Royle
Grandchildren,
-Julie Jumper-Morris and husband Rocky Morris
Major Charles Andrew Jumper and wife Shari
-Nancy Jumper Herde and husband, Michael
-Laura Moore Royle
-Clark William Royle
-Step-grandchildren, Mary Margaret Rowe Stevens and Ernest E. Rowe, Jr.
Great-grandchildren, Hannah Elizabeth Herde, Isabelle Cassilly Herde, George Jumper Herde, Tyler Jackson Jumper;
Step-great-grandson, Andrew Morris
Sister, Rennie Mae Mantooth Hickman
Nephews,
-John Milton Hickman, Jr. and wife, Robbie
-Robert E. (Bob) Medford and wife Audrey
Great-niece, Mary Jane Medford West and husband Jim and their childre, Rebecca and Scotty
Gipson Funeral Home, directors
Burial: Garden of Memories Memorial Park
Age: 88
Residence: Lufkin, Texas
Father: Edwin Mantooth
Mother, Sara Annie Atkinson
Education: Graduated Lufkin High School in 1927. Bachelor of Science degree from Stephen F. Austin State University in 1930.
Occupation:
-teacher, she taught fourth, fifth and sixth grades at Central Ward School
-co-owner, W. C. Royle Typewriter Co., for 40 years
-tour director for two travel agencies
Member: First Christian Church, 80 years. She was appointed chairman of the Historical committee, whose mission was to prepare a history of the First Christian Church, and to organize a celebration for the first century of the Christian Church in Lufkin
Civic and literary pursuits
-organizing president of the Literary Club of Lufkin, formed in 1930
-past president of Lufkin Rotary Anns, member for over 50 years
-charter member of the Lufkin Genealogical Society in 1965
-organizing president of the Mary Hill Mantooth Chapter, Daughters of the Republic of Texas. She was instrumental in naming this chapter, and its namesake was her paternal grandmother, whose family settled in the Republic of Texas in 1839.
-Lufkin High School Alumni Association
Genealogical Organizations she was a member of:
-Anthony Smith Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution
-Daughters of the Republic of Texas
-James Haggar Chapter, Colonial Dames of the XVII Century (Nacogdoches Chapter, past president)
-East Texas Colony Texas Division Magna Charta Dames
-Jamestowne Society
-Society of King William The conqueror 1066-1086, King of England
-Order of the Crown of Charlemagne, Holy Roman Emperor
Married: Willie Calvin Royle in 1972
Survivors:
Daughter and son-in-law, Janice Ann Royle Jumper Rowe and Ernest E. Rowe, Sr.
Son and Daughter-in-law, William (Bill) Calvin Royle and Phyllis Royle
Grandchildren,
-Julie Jumper-Morris and husband Rocky Morris
Major Charles Andrew Jumper and wife Shari
-Nancy Jumper Herde and husband, Michael
-Laura Moore Royle
-Clark William Royle
-Step-grandchildren, Mary Margaret Rowe Stevens and Ernest E. Rowe, Jr.
Great-grandchildren, Hannah Elizabeth Herde, Isabelle Cassilly Herde, George Jumper Herde, Tyler Jackson Jumper;
Step-great-grandson, Andrew Morris
Sister, Rennie Mae Mantooth Hickman
Nephews,
-John Milton Hickman, Jr. and wife, Robbie
-Robert E. (Bob) Medford and wife Audrey
Great-niece, Mary Jane Medford West and husband Jim and their childre, Rebecca and Scotty
Gipson Funeral Home, directors
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