Martha Elizabeth Sorrell

Martha Elizabeth Sorrell, 77, of Nederland passed away Tuesday, January 4, 2011, at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. Martha is a native and lifelong resident of the Port Arthur and Nederland area. She retired as an insurance biller with Christus St. Mary Hospital in Port Arthur. She was a member of St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Nederland where she served as Eucharistic minister.Martha is preceded in death by her sisters Willette Johnson and Glenda Blanchard, also her brother Robert quotBobbyquot Sorrell. She is survived by her sisters Wilma McGuffee and her husband Slagle of Jena, Louisiana, Wilda Brunson and her husband James of Spring, Trudy Wright and her husband Ted of Livingston, and Sandra Broussard and her husband Glenn of Nederland her brother George Henry Sorrel, Jr. and his wife Sandra of Friendswood.A Mass of Christian burial will be 10 am Saturday, January 8, 2011, at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Nederland with Msgr. Dan Malain officiating. Interment will follow at Calvary Cemetery in Port Arthur under the ion of Melancon39s Funeral Home, 1605 Ave. H in Nederland. A gathering of family and friends will be from 5 to 8 pm on Friday with a scriptural rosary to be recited at 6 pm at the funeral home.