Lilly Mary Arnaud Rensland

Lilly Mary Arnaud Rensland March 28, 1932 - September 23, 2019 "Mawmaw Lilly" was always ready with a welcoming smile, hot coffee and dessert. She celebrated 66 wedding anniversaries with her husband, Bill, with whom she raised four children. She enjoyed visiting with peoplefamily, friends and neighborsand made each person feel special. Lilly took great pride in keeping her home spotlessly clean, maintaining a beautiful garden and making sure no one left her home with an empty stomach. She loved her family above everything and took care to celebrate each child, grandchild and great-grandchild individually on birthdays and on holidays. She would always select a card and write in a personal message (with quotation marks so it was as if she was speaking to the person!). Lilly Renslands love extends through four generations that will remember her as an example of patience and service. Lilly Mary was born to Gussie and Ezola Arnaud of Arnaudville, Louisiana on March 28, 1932. Lilly graduated from Arnaudville High School and went on to attend Port Arthur College studying business. Her college neighbor was Bill Rensland, whom she married on April 18, 1953. Bill and Lilly enjoyed going to dinner theaters, taking short bus trips, camping in their trailer or at their lodge on the lake. She is preceded in death by her parents, Gus and Ezola Arnaud, brothers , Felix, Harry, Wilton, Moise, Wilson, Pete, Neely, and Sister Shirley. She is survived by sisters, Margaret, Gurcie, Betty, and Hilda and two sons, Mark of Garland, Texas and Phillip and Fiance´, Mary of Beaumont, Texas, two daughters, Kathy Ohman and husband, Victor of Fate, Texas, and Jeanine Davis and husband, John, of Nederland, Texas, seven grandchildren Brandon Ohman, Courtney Gill, Shannon Corley, Megan Wallace, Jonathan Davis, Carol Rensland, and Joey Rensland and twelve great-grandchildren Olivia, Selah, Sophia, Christopher, Levi, Silas, Lillian, Spencer, Victoria, David, Ben, and Isabel. A visitation for family and friends will begin at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, September 26, 2019 at Levingston Funeral Home in Port Neches followed by the funeral service at 11:00 a.m. with Reverend J. C. Coon officiating. Entombment will follow at Oak Bluff Memorial Park. Serving as Pallbearers will be Brandon Ohman, Luke Corley, Alan Gill, Matthew Wallace, Joey Rensland, and David Moreno.