Funeral services for Janis Gayle Howard Thompson, 49, of Beaumont, will be at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, December 29, 2007 in the Charles S. Kelley Memorial Chapel at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home with burial following in Claybar Haven of Rest Cemetery in Beaumont. Her family will receive guests from 6-8:00 p.m. on Friday.

Janis was born July 29, 1958 in Woodville, Texas to Artis and Mary Lee Howard and passed away December 24, 2007 in Beaumont. After spending her childhood years traveling across the United States and overseas with her family she spent a lot of her adult life in Evadale, Texas before moving to Beaumont. She loved her two sons more than anything else in the world and was very proud of them.

Preceded in death by her father, Artis Howard and former husband, Marty Taylor, she is survived by her sons, Justin Taylor and Will Thompson both of Beaumont; mother, Mary Lee Howard of Beaumont; sister, Sharon Santos of Beaumont; brother and sister-in-law, Chuck and Melissa Howard of Evadale; three nieces, Dearra, Camilla and Camryn; one nephew, Jeremiah; grandmother, Ethel Howard of China; four aunts and many cousins including a very special cousin to her, Becky Melvin. Also surviving her are five very special friends, Melinda Gibson, Esther Drake, Christi Jackson, Betsy Sullivan and Patsy Mahan.