Nathaniel Franklin Sisco

Funeral services for Nathaniel Franklin Sisco, 89, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 19, 2015, in the Cason Monk-Metcalf Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Richard White and the Rev. Gary Davis officiating.

He passed away on Thursday, Jan. 15, in Nacogdoches.

Frank was born March 18, 1925, on the Upper Melrose Road, Nacogdoches, to William Barham Sisco and Fannie Lou Sisco (Gaston), and raised by his loving step mother, Helen Rader Sisco, after his mother’s passing.

Frank attended the two room school at Oak Ridge, east of Nacogdoches, through the sixth grade, and graduated from Nacogdoches High School in 1942, where he was a member of the district champs Dragon football team. He joined the United States Army at the age of 18, serving with the 884th Field Artillery Battalion of the 70th Infantry Division, in the European Theatre of WWII, participating in the liberation of concentration camps in France and Germany. He met the Russians coming from the east.

Frank and his father owned and operated Sisco Feed and Supply for many years. He was very instrumental in the development of the poultry industry in East Texas, and was awarded Ralston Purina’s “tonnage king.” He was the first Plant Manager of the Ralston Purina poultry processing plant, now Pilgrim’s Pride.

Frank was very community minded, having served as board president of the Nacogdoches Booster Club, the Central Appraisal District, the Nacogdoches County Hospital District, NISD, and Fairview Cemetery Association. He also served on the board of the Woden ISD.

Frank loved God and his church. He served as President of the Board of the Fairview United Methodist Church, and the First United Methodist Church, where he taught sixth grade Sunday school for many years.

Frank loved bird hunting, fishing, and most of all he loved his family and friends. He was quick to engage in conversation and always possessed a wonderful sense of humor.

Frank is survived by his loving and caring wife of 35 years, Anna Mae Lee Sisco. He is also survived by his brother, George Sisco, and wife, Alice, of San Angelo, Tx.; son, Stan Sisco, and wife, Paula, of Nacogdoches; grandsons, James Jones of Houston, Will Sisco and wife, Lauren, of Temple, Tx.; and granddaughter, Lacey Sisco, of College Station, Tx.; step-daughters, Anna Rustin and husband, Jimmie, and Doris Morton of Nacogdoches; step-son, Ronnie Joe Smith and wife, Debra of Gary, Tx.; step-grandsons, Brandon Smith of Carthage, Tx, Taylor Buster, Seth Rustin, Kyle Rustin, and Jake Rustin, of Nacogdoches, and Cheyenne Morton of Timpson, Tx.; step-granddaughters, Haley Anderson, and Bailee Rustin of Nacogdoches, and Jennifer Harris and Cristi Cauthorn of Houston, Tx.

He was preceeded in death by his sister, Betty Zou White and brother-in-law, Preston White; daughter, Lynda Ann Kirtland.

Pallbearers will be Taylor Buster, Frank Hughes, Cheyenne Morton, Jake Rustin, Kyle Rustin, Seth Rustin, Will Sisco, and Brandon Smith. Honorary pallbearers are John Hill, Keith Lowery, Lance Lowery, Lenvel Stanaland, and George Wages.

Visitation will be Sunday, Jan. 18, 5 to 7 p.m., at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, donations to Fairview Cemetery Association will be welcomed.

Online memories and condolences may be offered at www.CasonMonk-Metcalf.com.

Arrangements are under the direction of Cason Monk-Metcalf Funeral Directors, located at 5400 North Street in Nacogdoches, Texas.