Oma Mcdonald Futch

Oma McDonald Futch, 90, of Lufkin, died Wednesday in Lufkin.

Born May 5, 1924 to early Angelina Countians Will and Ina McDonald, Mrs. Futch entered life eternal on November 12, 2014, having succumbed to progressively deteriorating health. A private graveside service to celebrate her life will be held with only her immediate family in attendance, in accordance with her wishes. She will be interred at Whitehouse Cemetery in Lufkin, Texas. Services are entrusted to Carroway Funeral Home.

She was the fourth child in a family of eight children, and her early years were spent on their ancestral farm in the Fairview Community. She was a 1942 graduate of Lufkin High School and also of Satterwhite Business College. She married her husband, John L. Futch, in 1945, and together they built Futch Sign Company and reared their three children as they all worked together in the family business. She resided all of her life in Lufkin and Angelina County.

Mrs. Futch was a charter member of Trinity Baptist Church, and she was respected in the community as a businesswoman and loved by her family and friends. True to the name given her by her parents, “Oma,” the German word for “grandmother,” found her greatest pleasure in her grandchildren and great grandchildren. They were the delight of her life, and she enjoyed spending as much time as possible with both generations of her cherished Grands , taking them on several memorable trips throughout the years of her retirement and making her home always available to them.

She is survived by three children, Johnny Futch and his wife, Pat; Joan Futch and Lyle Witherell; and Jan Futch and her husband, Walter. Her grandchildren are Robin Futch, Randy Futch, Renda Miller and her husband, Wes. Great-grandchildren are Blake Ponson, Lincoln Miller, Lexington Miller, Lochren Miller and Loxleigh Miller. Her husband of sixty-nine years, John Lewis Futch, preceded her in death in March 2014. Her sisters, Trudie Drinkard, Sarah Massingill, and Lavada Patrick, have also gone before her, leaving J. W. McDonald, R. L. McDonald, Robert McDonald, and Nolie Kimball as surviving siblings.

Her family requests that any who desire to leave memorial gifts in her honor consider the Trinity Baptist Church Building Fund, Lufkin’s Salvation Army Adult Day Care Center, or the Christian fellowship or charity of personal choice. Also, Heart to Heart Hospice gave our mother excellent and compassionate care during her last week of life, and we wish to extend our sincere gratitude to her team of nurses.

Carroway Funeral Home, Lufkin, directors