Mary Ann Bland, 88, of Orange, passed from this life on Friday, November 7, 2014 at Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas in Orange.
Born on October 29, 1926 in Orange, Texas to her parents, Joseph Stanton Ellis and Addie Belle (Mosier) Ellis.
She was a lifelong resident of the Orange area. She was a member of the East Congregation of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Orange and a Homemaker. Mrs. Bland enjoyed crafting, ceramics, working in the Christian ministry, visiting with friends and playing cards and games.
Mrs. Bland is preceded in death by her parents; her husband; Jefferson Davis “ Bo “ Bland, Jr.; her son, James Davis Bland; her great granddaughter, Taryn Elle Jones and numerous brothers and sisters.
Those who will most cherish her memory are her daughter, Judy van der Stucken and husband, Rick; her sons, Dale Wayne Bland and Von Bland; her sister, Violet Self; eleven grandchildren; nine great grandchildren; and by numerous members of her extended family and friends.
Interment: She will be laid to rest next to her husband at the Bland Cemetery in Orange, Texas
Dorman Funeral Home, Orange, Texas
Born on October 29, 1926 in Orange, Texas to her parents, Joseph Stanton Ellis and Addie Belle (Mosier) Ellis.
She was a lifelong resident of the Orange area. She was a member of the East Congregation of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Orange and a Homemaker. Mrs. Bland enjoyed crafting, ceramics, working in the Christian ministry, visiting with friends and playing cards and games.
Mrs. Bland is preceded in death by her parents; her husband; Jefferson Davis “ Bo “ Bland, Jr.; her son, James Davis Bland; her great granddaughter, Taryn Elle Jones and numerous brothers and sisters.
Those who will most cherish her memory are her daughter, Judy van der Stucken and husband, Rick; her sons, Dale Wayne Bland and Von Bland; her sister, Violet Self; eleven grandchildren; nine great grandchildren; and by numerous members of her extended family and friends.
Interment: She will be laid to rest next to her husband at the Bland Cemetery in Orange, Texas
Dorman Funeral Home, Orange, Texas
Mary Ann Bland, 88, of Orange, passed from this life on Friday, November 7, 2014 at Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas in Orange.
Born on October 29, 1926 in Orange, Texas to her parents, Joseph Stanton Ellis and Addie Belle (Mosier) Ellis.
She was a lifelong resident of the Orange area. She was a member of the East Congregation of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Orange and a Homemaker. Mrs. Bland enjoyed crafting, ceramics, working in the Christian ministry, visiting with friends and playing cards and games.
Mrs. Bland is preceded in death by her parents; her husband; Jefferson Davis “ Bo “ Bland, Jr.; her son, James Davis Bland; her great granddaughter, Taryn Elle Jones and numerous brothers and sisters.
Those who will most cherish her memory are her daughter, Judy van der Stucken and husband, Rick; her sons, Dale Wayne Bland and Von Bland; her sister, Violet Self; eleven grandchildren; nine great grandchildren; and by numerous members of her extended family and friends.
Interment: She will be laid to rest next to her husband at the Bland Cemetery in Orange, Texas
Dorman Funeral Home, Orange, Texas
Born on October 29, 1926 in Orange, Texas to her parents, Joseph Stanton Ellis and Addie Belle (Mosier) Ellis.
She was a lifelong resident of the Orange area. She was a member of the East Congregation of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Orange and a Homemaker. Mrs. Bland enjoyed crafting, ceramics, working in the Christian ministry, visiting with friends and playing cards and games.
Mrs. Bland is preceded in death by her parents; her husband; Jefferson Davis “ Bo “ Bland, Jr.; her son, James Davis Bland; her great granddaughter, Taryn Elle Jones and numerous brothers and sisters.
Those who will most cherish her memory are her daughter, Judy van der Stucken and husband, Rick; her sons, Dale Wayne Bland and Von Bland; her sister, Violet Self; eleven grandchildren; nine great grandchildren; and by numerous members of her extended family and friends.
Interment: She will be laid to rest next to her husband at the Bland Cemetery in Orange, Texas
Dorman Funeral Home, Orange, Texas
