Roberta Byrd Warden

Services for Roberta Byrd Warden, 92, of Lufkin, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, August 3, 2013 in the Gipson Funeral Home Chapel, with Reverend Horace Fletcher officiating. Interment will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park.

Mrs. Warden was born August 13, 1920 in Beaumont, Mississippi, the daughter of the late Demaris (Herring) and Thee Onor Byrd. She passed away Tuesday, July 30, 2013 in a local hospital.

Mrs. Warden was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She was a retired LVN and liked to work. She enjoyed quilting, sewing, and baking. She was famous for her tomato gravy, the way Thee Onor liked it. She always remembered everyone’s birthdays with cards, and loved babies. She loved coffee…and was always looking for someone to drink coffee with. Mrs. Warden really enjoyed getting her hair fixed. She was a member of Herty Baptist Church for more than 30 years, and enjoyed her Ladies’ Rebekah Class at the church.

Survivors include her daughters, Evelyn Lamar of Arcadia, Texas and Cathryn Hill of Goodrich, Texas; grandchildren, Dwayne Thomas Hill and wife Marilou of Stafford, Virginia and Greg Hill and wife Melanie of Lufkin, Texas; great-granddaughters, Lisel Hill, Sarah Hill, Kristina Hill, Alexandra Hill, Whitney Hill, Jessica Hill and Briana McClendon; brothers and sisters-in-law, Melvin and Betty Jean Byrd of Gulfport, Mississippi and Virgil and Darla Byrd of Georgia; sisters, Nellie Rae Ward of Metairie, Louisiana, Nola Mae Jelks of Hamilton, Alabama, Mabel Neal and husband Charles of Raymond, Mississippi, Velma Walker of Elizabethton, Tennessee and Elaine Duncan of Gulfport, Mississippi; and a number of nieces, nephews, other family members and friends.

In addition to her parents, Mrs. Warden was preceded in death by her husband, Leo Warden in 2007; brothers, Alton, Glenn and Burney Byrd; and sister, Neysa Turner.

Pallbearers will be Greg Hill, Dwayne Hill, Bubba Loggins, J. D. Laird, Deryl Conrad and Paul Wayne Byrd.

Memorial contributions in Mrs. Warden’s memory may be made to the American Cancer Society, 212 Gene Samford Drive, Lufkin, TX 75904.

The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Friday evening at Gipson Funeral Home.

Condolences may be offered at www.gipsonfuneralhome.com

Services have been placed in the trust of Gipson Funeral Home