Mildred Reese Beaver

A memorial service for Mildred Reese Beaver, 91, of Lufkin, will be held at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 12, 2016 in the Henderson Chapel in the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Dr. Jerome Brimmage and Rev. Steven W. Fieldcamp officiating. There will be a reception at the church following the service.

Mrs. Beaver was born June 28, 1924 in Palestine, Texas, to the late Bennie Jordan Reese and Wilma Doris Butler Reese. She passed away on Thursday, January 7, 2016.

Survivors include her husband, Bill Beaver of Lufkin; daughter, Susan Beaver Cardwell and son-in-law, Horace M. Cardwell, III (Trey) of Lufkin; daughter, Pam Beaver Fieldcamp and son-in-law, Steven W. Fieldcamp of Liberty Hill, Texas; grandchildren, Susan Elizabeth Fieldcamp, Stefanie Jordan Fieldcamp, and Catherine Fieldcamp Bowen and her husband, Martin C. Bowen (Marty); great-grandchildren, Lilah Blaine Bowen, Rhett Fieldcamp Bowen, and Martin Coleman Bowen, III; and brother, James A. Reese and his wife Carol of Wortham, Texas.

Mildred lived in Elkhart, Texas the first 5 years of her life. Her family moved to Wortham, Texas in 1931 and she graduated from Wortham High School in 1940. She attended Southwest Texas State University and graduated from Sam Houston Teacher College in 1944 with a B.A. degree in accounting. After graduation she worked for Humble Oil Co. in Houston, Texas and then went to New York City where she worked for a chemical company during the latter part of World War II. She married William W. Beaver from Mexia, Texas in Portland, Oregon on May 22, 1945. They resided in Mexia, Texas for 17 years. There she was active in many organizations and church activities. The family moved to Lufkin, Texas in 1962 where she and her husband became very active in the Lufkin community while he opened the new Lufkin State School. She was President of the Lufkin Rotary Anns, President of the Historical and Literary Society, and a volunteer at the Lufkin State School and Memorial Hospital. She had many hobbies: dancing, clogging, bridge, golfing, tennis, painting, cooking and entertaining, traveling, and enjoying friends and family. She was also a lifelong member of the Methodist Church.

We would like to thank the staffs at PineCrest Retirement Community and Hospice in the Pines for their care and support of our family.

In lieu of flowers, please make memorial contributions in her memory to First United Methodist Church, 805 Denman Avenue, Lufkin, TX 75901; or to a charity of your choice.

Condolences may be offered at www.gipsonfuneralhome.com

Services have been placed in the trust of Gipson Funeral Home.