Ethel Adelle Hargis, 95, of Orange, passed away September 3, 2011, at her residence.
Funeral Services will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, September 6, 2011, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange.
Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday, at the funeral home.
Born in Mt. Pleasant, Texas on September 18, 1915, Ethel was the daughter of Bennie L. Wright and Willie Bessie Moore Wright. She was a longtime member of Park Avenue Methodist Church and a member of the Rose Society. Ethel loved to shop, garden and travel. She was a good homemaker and an excellent seamstress.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Odie Harold Hargis; son, Joe T. Hargis; 2 brothers and 3 sisters. Ethel is survived by her daughter, Jerry Roberts of Orange; son and daughter-in-law, Talmage and Jo Nell Hargis of Orange, and daughter and son-in-law, Hollye and Chuck James of Orange.
She is also survived by her grandchildren, Jessica Hargis, Steven Hargis, Valerie Delano; step-grandchildren, Lori Tatom and Paul Tatom; great-grandchildren, Joshua, Randi and Rhiannon Delano, Corye and Brittni James; four step-great-grandchildren; great great-grandchild, Matthew Delano; sister, Betsy Weatherman of McKinney; and dear friend, Lamoine Galbreath.