Honora Mary (Masters) Jacobs

Funeral services for Honora Mary (Masters) Jacobs, 97, of Lufkin will be held Thursday, January 12, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Dr. Jerome Brimmage officiating. Entombment will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park Phase II Mausoleum.

Honora passed to her reward Monday, January 9, 2017, in Lufkin, Texas. She was a loving and devoted wife, mother and grandmother.

Honora was born January 16, 1919, in East Cleveland, Ohio, the eldest daughter of Walter Everett Masters of Bessville, Missouri, and Catherine Mary (Weisbarth) Masters of Cleveland, Ohio. Honora is descended from Oliver Masters, born 1813, a Missouri pioneer and first County Surveyor for Bollinger County, Missouri; his father, John, and grandfather, Nicholas Jacob Masters, came from North Carolina in 1810. Her ancestors originally came from Scotland and settled in Maryland in 1670. On her mother’s side, she was of German-Irish descent.

Honora came to Lufkin with her husband, Frederic W., in 1950 from Ashtabula, Ohio, with their two children, Frederic Clayton, age 5, and Gary Nicholas, age 2. Their third son, Philip Joseph, was born in Lufkin in 1951.

Honora received her education in Cleveland, Ohio, Potosi, Missouri, and Euclid, Ohio. Upon graduation from high school in Mentor, Ohio, she was employed in various occupations, including as a fashion model, and later in the manufacture of florescent light bulbs and as an advertising model for the General Electric Company, until she and her husband, Frederic, were married on January 17, 1942, in Cleveland. After marriage she worked as a secretary and switchboard operator for the Columbus Visiting Nurse Association in Columbus, Ohio.

Honora was very active in the First United Methodist Church in Lufkin where she served as Youth Superintendent and taught first and fourth grade Sunday school classes. She and her husband were Methodist Youth Fellowship (MYF) counselors at the old church. She helped design the first Chrismon Tree for the church and created many of the ornaments for it. She was very skilled and active in arts and crafts and made many creations for the United Methodist Women’s annual bazaar, having chaired or co-chaired that event many times. She was a member of the Seekers Class for over 50 years.

Besides being a craftswoman, she was an accomplished artist, both in watercolor and oil paints, and worked also with ceramics. She was an avid collector of both antique and modern dolls. Honora was a member of the Lufkin Service League, was active in and served as President of the Dogwood Garden Club and the Kiwanis Kianns. She was a member of the Lufkin Art Guild and the Spools.

She is survived by three sons: Frederic Clayton of Denver, Colorado, Gary Nicholas (Jonathan) of Austin, Texas, and Philip Joseph of Pioneer, Tennessee. Also, three grandchildren of Austin, Texas: Loren Elias Jacobs (and wife Andrea), Keturah Mary Christmas (and husband Patrick), and Anja Louise Jacobs (and partner Perry Huff). Also, three great-grandchildren of Austin, Texas: Finley Porter Jacobs, Alessandra Elise Christmas, and Jasper Andrew Christmas. She is also survived by two younger sisters and a brother, and numerous nephews and nieces.

Pallbearers will be Robert Eckerman, Loren Jacobs, Fred Preston, Lawrence Sparks, Wade Laird, Thomas Paxson, and Pedro Tinajero.

Honorary pallbearers will be Patrick Christmas, Sam Griffin, Jr., Charles Poland, Gordon Henley, Perry Huff, and Thomas Moore.

Donations in her memory may be sent to the First United Methodist Church, 805 E. Denman Avenue, Lufkin, Texas 75901, or to the Scholarship Fund of the Lufkin Kiwanis Club, P.O. Box 326, Lufkin, Texas 75902.

The family will welcome friends and loved ones from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Wednesday evening at the funeral home.

Memories and condolences may be added, and live webcasting of the services may be viewed at www.carrowayfuneralhome.com .

Carroway Funeral Home, Lufkin, directors.