Rose Ella Forsythe

Funeral services for Rose Ella Forsythe, 81, of Lufkin will be held Wednesday, March 5, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Blackie Cranford officiating. Interment will follow in the Whitehouse Cemetery.

Mrs. Forsythe was born January 23, 1933 in Gary, Texas to Samuel Ernest and Julia Merle (Heaton) Blake, and died Sunday, March 2, 2014 in a local hospital.

Mrs. Forsythe was a lifetime resident of Lufkin. She retired from Lufkin-Conroe Telephone Exchange (Consolidated) following 25 years of service as an operator. She also worked as a photographer for the House of Photography. She was a clothes designer, was a member of the Lufkin Art Guild, was an oil painter and sculptor, and was past President of the Angelina County Master Gardeners. Mrs. Forsythe was a member of the Pleasant Grove Community Church, where she had taught Sunday school and served as church pianist.

Survivors include her son, Wendell Forsythe of Lufkin; daughter and son-in-law, Regina and Danny Bridges of Lufkin; grandchildren and spouses, Deidra and Wendell Turner, Trent and Mecka Crawford, Will and Misty Forsythe, Clay Forsythe, Wendelynn Rose and Bobby Warren, Daniel Bridges, Jr., Paula and Calvin Smith, and Anne Marie and Justin Anderson; 15 great-grandchildren; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Pete and Sylvia Forsythe, George and Louise Rowe, and Bruno Barry; sisters-in-law, Myrtice Forsythe and Dorothy Forsythe; in-laws, Karen Hooper, James Crawford, and Terri Beth Houghtaling; and numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Robert Earl Forsythe; sister, Mary Ellen Barry; and parents-in-law, Reverend Willard and Roberta (Franklin) Forsythe.

Pallbearers will be Cole Turner, Trent Crawford, Daniel Bridges, Jr., Bobby Warren, Will Forsythe and Clay Forsythe.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Angelina County Master Gardeners, 2201 S. Medford Drive, Lufkin, Texas 75901.

Memories and condolences may be added at www.carrowayfuneralhome.com.

Carroway Funeral Home, Lufkin, directors.