Bernice Lounsberry, 95, of Beaumont passed away Wednesday, February 10, 2010, in Orange at Loving Care that is owned by her great granddaughter.
Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, February 13, 2010, at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel. Interment will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
A gathering of family and friends will be from 6-8 p.m., Friday, February 12, 2010 at the funeral home.
Mrs. Lounsberry was born on May 16, 1914 in Dequincy, LA to John and Theresa Smith. She lived in Beaumont since 1938. She started to work after her children started school at Bell Oil Co, Sears, Newberry's and TGY. She retired when her beloved husband, Jack Lounsberry retired at age 62.
She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Jack Lounsberry in 1988; son and daughter-in-law, Don and Janelle Lounsberry; daughter, Janette Lyons; grandsons, Michael Frederick and Wallace Lyons, Jr.; grand daughter, Sandra Darrough; sisters, Edith Smith, Bessie Royer and Jewel Fauss and brothers, Wilmar, Gilbert, Floyd and Wesley Smith.
Those left to cherish her memory are her daughter, Joy Lynn Fredrick and husband, Jack of Beaumont; brother, Winfred Smith and wife, Yvonne of Beaumont; son-in-law, Wallace Lyons; grandchildren, Debbie Moore, Jimmy Lyons and wife, Valerie, Melissa Fredrick, Tammy Francois and husband, Lloyd, Vicky Patterson and husband, York and Carmen Vogt; 15 great grandchildren; 21 great great grandchildren; many nieces and nephews and her beloved dog, Buffy.