Extracted from The Orange Leader (Orange, TX)
Tuesday, August 3, 1999

E.E. ``Gene'' Saxon

E.E. ``Gene'' Saxon, 86, of Orange died Sunday at Sunbridge Care and Rehabilitation Center in Pinehurst. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange with the Rev. Nancy Ross officiating.

Visitation will begin at 1 p.m. on Wednesday at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange.

Mr. Saxon was a native of Trinity and had lived in the Orange area for the past 56 years. He was retired as the owner/operator of Saxon Grain and Garden Center. He was also a member of the Lions and Kiwanis Clubs and a former president of the Stark High Tiger Booster Club.

Survivors include his wife, Jean Malone Saxon of Orange; one son, Michael Malone Saxon of Karnes City; two grandchildren, Cassandra Saxon of Houston and Susanna Saxon of Goliad; and one great-grandson, William Michael Koliba.