Loraine “MawMaw” Fridelle

Daisy Loraine Fridelle, 93, of Beaumont, passed away on March 21, 2021, at St. Elizabeth Hospital.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, March 26, 2021, at Westgate Memorial Baptist Church in Beaumont. Burial will follow at 2:00 p.m., at Zavalla Cemetery in Zavalla, Tx.

Visitation will be held from 10:00 – 11:00 a.m., March 26, 2021, at Westgate Memorial Baptist Church.

Born in Gillett, Tx, on July 9, 1927, she was the daughter of John William Lewis and Annie Virginia (Townsend) Lewis. Loraine was a homemaker and a talented seamstress. She was a charter member of Westgate Memorial Baptist Church. Loraine was the Salutatorian of French High School Class of 1935. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and friend. Loraine was a big-hearted caretaker for many people during her life and will be deeply missed by all those who had the pleasure to know her.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Linwood Fridelle; parents, John and Annie Lewis; grandmother, Alice Townsend; son, Donald Gene Fridelle; siblings, Aline Crenshaw, Margie Tobey, Johnnie V. Murphy, and Raymond Lewis.

She is survived by her children, Billy Fridelle and wife Chris, Betty Sue Holman and husband Paul; daughter-in-law, Karen Fridelle; grandchildren, Patricia Fridelle, Heather Wyble, Josh Fridelle, Wayne Fridelle, Sarah Tiller, Donna Rankin, Angie Dickerson, Hilary Riley, Kyle Holman, Cody Holman; 17 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.