Services for Rose Ella Forsythe, 81, of Lufkin will be held in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel, Lufkin. Interment will follow in the Whitehouse Cemetery.
Mrs. Forsythe was born January 23, 1933 in Gary, Texas to Samuel Ernest and Julia Merle (Heaton) Blake, and died Sunday, March 2, 2014 in a local hospital.
Mrs. Forsythe was a lifetime resident of Lufkin. She retired from Lufkin-Conroe Telephone Exchange (Consolidated) following 25 years of service as an operator. She also worked as a photographer for the House of Photography. She was a clothes designer, was a member of the Lufkin Art Guild, was an oil painter and sculptor, and was past President of the Angelina County Master Gardeners. Mrs. Forsythe was a member of the Pleasant Grove Community Church, where she had taught Sunday school and served as church pianist.
Survivors include:
* her son, Wendell Forsythe
* her daughter and son-in-law, Regina and Danny Bridges
* grandchildren and spouses, Deidra and Wendell Turner, Trent and Mecka Crawford, Will and Misty Forsythe, Clay Forsythe, Wendelynn Rose and Bobby Warren, Daniel Bridges, Jr., Paula and Calvin Smith, and Anne Marie and Justin Anderson
* 15 great-grandchildren
* brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Pete and Sylvia Forsythe, George and Louise Rowe, and Bruno Barry
* sisters-in-law, Myrtice Forsythe and Dorothy Forsythe
* in-laws, Karen Hooper, James Crawford, and Terri Beth Houghtaling
* numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives
She was preceded in death by:
* her parents
* her husband, Robert Earl Forsythe
* sister, Mary Ellen Barry
* parents-in-law, Reverend Willard and Roberta (Franklin) Forsythe
Carroway Funeral Home, Lufkin, directors
* obit edited
Mrs. Forsythe was born January 23, 1933 in Gary, Texas to Samuel Ernest and Julia Merle (Heaton) Blake, and died Sunday, March 2, 2014 in a local hospital.
Mrs. Forsythe was a lifetime resident of Lufkin. She retired from Lufkin-Conroe Telephone Exchange (Consolidated) following 25 years of service as an operator. She also worked as a photographer for the House of Photography. She was a clothes designer, was a member of the Lufkin Art Guild, was an oil painter and sculptor, and was past President of the Angelina County Master Gardeners. Mrs. Forsythe was a member of the Pleasant Grove Community Church, where she had taught Sunday school and served as church pianist.
Survivors include:
* her son, Wendell Forsythe
* her daughter and son-in-law, Regina and Danny Bridges
* grandchildren and spouses, Deidra and Wendell Turner, Trent and Mecka Crawford, Will and Misty Forsythe, Clay Forsythe, Wendelynn Rose and Bobby Warren, Daniel Bridges, Jr., Paula and Calvin Smith, and Anne Marie and Justin Anderson
* 15 great-grandchildren
* brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Pete and Sylvia Forsythe, George and Louise Rowe, and Bruno Barry
* sisters-in-law, Myrtice Forsythe and Dorothy Forsythe
* in-laws, Karen Hooper, James Crawford, and Terri Beth Houghtaling
* numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives
She was preceded in death by:
* her parents
* her husband, Robert Earl Forsythe
* sister, Mary Ellen Barry
* parents-in-law, Reverend Willard and Roberta (Franklin) Forsythe
Carroway Funeral Home, Lufkin, directors
* obit edited
Services for Rose Ella Forsythe, 81, of Lufkin will be held in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel, Lufkin. Interment will follow in the Whitehouse Cemetery.
Mrs. Forsythe was born January 23, 1933 in Gary, Texas to Samuel Ernest and Julia Merle (Heaton) Blake, and died Sunday, March 2, 2014 in a local hospital.
Mrs. Forsythe was a lifetime resident of Lufkin. She retired from Lufkin-Conroe Telephone Exchange (Consolidated) following 25 years of service as an operator. She also worked as a photographer for the House of Photography. She was a clothes designer, was a member of the Lufkin Art Guild, was an oil painter and sculptor, and was past President of the Angelina County Master Gardeners. Mrs. Forsythe was a member of the Pleasant Grove Community Church, where she had taught Sunday school and served as church pianist.
Survivors include:
* her son, Wendell Forsythe
* her daughter and son-in-law, Regina and Danny Bridges
* grandchildren and spouses, Deidra and Wendell Turner, Trent and Mecka Crawford, Will and Misty Forsythe, Clay Forsythe, Wendelynn Rose and Bobby Warren, Daniel Bridges, Jr., Paula and Calvin Smith, and Anne Marie and Justin Anderson
* 15 great-grandchildren
* brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Pete and Sylvia Forsythe, George and Louise Rowe, and Bruno Barry
* sisters-in-law, Myrtice Forsythe and Dorothy Forsythe
* in-laws, Karen Hooper, James Crawford, and Terri Beth Houghtaling
* numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives
She was preceded in death by:
* her parents
* her husband, Robert Earl Forsythe
* sister, Mary Ellen Barry
* parents-in-law, Reverend Willard and Roberta (Franklin) Forsythe
Carroway Funeral Home, Lufkin, directors
* obit edited
Mrs. Forsythe was born January 23, 1933 in Gary, Texas to Samuel Ernest and Julia Merle (Heaton) Blake, and died Sunday, March 2, 2014 in a local hospital.
Mrs. Forsythe was a lifetime resident of Lufkin. She retired from Lufkin-Conroe Telephone Exchange (Consolidated) following 25 years of service as an operator. She also worked as a photographer for the House of Photography. She was a clothes designer, was a member of the Lufkin Art Guild, was an oil painter and sculptor, and was past President of the Angelina County Master Gardeners. Mrs. Forsythe was a member of the Pleasant Grove Community Church, where she had taught Sunday school and served as church pianist.
Survivors include:
* her son, Wendell Forsythe
* her daughter and son-in-law, Regina and Danny Bridges
* grandchildren and spouses, Deidra and Wendell Turner, Trent and Mecka Crawford, Will and Misty Forsythe, Clay Forsythe, Wendelynn Rose and Bobby Warren, Daniel Bridges, Jr., Paula and Calvin Smith, and Anne Marie and Justin Anderson
* 15 great-grandchildren
* brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Pete and Sylvia Forsythe, George and Louise Rowe, and Bruno Barry
* sisters-in-law, Myrtice Forsythe and Dorothy Forsythe
* in-laws, Karen Hooper, James Crawford, and Terri Beth Houghtaling
* numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives
She was preceded in death by:
* her parents
* her husband, Robert Earl Forsythe
* sister, Mary Ellen Barry
* parents-in-law, Reverend Willard and Roberta (Franklin) Forsythe
Carroway Funeral Home, Lufkin, directors
* obit edited
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