Lela May Whitmire

Lela May Whitmire, 95, passed away October 27, 2012 at her home. She was born in Huxley, Shelby County, Texas on June 13, 1917 to the late Ben and Beulah Brittian Dockens.Funeral services will be held at Melancons Funeral Home in Nederland on November 1, 2012 at 10:00 a.m., Rev. Don Bean officiating. Interment will follow at Oak Bluff Memorial Park in Port Neches. A gathering of family and friends will be held on Wednesday, October 31, 2012 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.Lela is survived by her daughter, Susan Whitmire of Nederland nieces, Patsy Burns of McKinney, Shirley Skinner and husband, Stanley of Tyler, Ann Meadows and husband, Cathey of Livingston, and Betty Lockins and husband, John of Pasadena nephews, Earl Stanley and wife Oleita of Lufkin and Harold Stanley and wife, Ingrid several greatnieces and nephews sisterinlaws, Dollie Foster of Beaumont, Dorothy McGowan of Houston, and Lois Dockens of Livingston.The family would like to thank June Bobo, Myrtle Harris, and Odysse Hospice for their special care they gave to Lela.