Extracted from The Lufkin Daily News (Lufkin, TX)
Tuesday, September 14, 2004

Elwin V. Seago

Services for Elwin V. Seago, 79, of Corrigan, will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the First Baptist Church of Corrigan, with Reverend Frank Hood and Reverend James Sheorrock officiating. Interment will follow in the Damascus Cemetery in Polk County.

Mr. Seago was born May 1, 1925, in Shelby County, Texas, the son of the late Lillie (Emmons) and Halford Seago. He passed away Sunday, September 12, 2004, at his residence in Corrigan.

Mr. Seago was a forester, and had worked for Southland Paper Mill for 22 years. He was a resident of Corrigan for 51 years. He was a 1951 graduate of Stephen F. Austin State University, with a Bachelor of Forestry Degree. Mr. Seago loved to fish and hunt, and loved sports, especially the Corrigan Bulldogs and the Dallas Cowboys. He was a life member of the Disabled American Veterans, a former Director of the Texas Forestry Association, and a member of the Society of the American Forestry Gulf States Section. He was a member and Deacon of the First Baptist Church in Corrigan.

Survivors include his wife, Christine Seago of Corrigan; sons and daughters-in-law, Harold and Renee' Seago of Corrigan, John and Cathy Seago of Willis and Terry and Mary Helen Seago of Bryan; daughter and son-in-law, Dianne and L.D. Rumfield of Flower Bluff; grandchildren, Vickie Graeber, Dayna Rumfield, Chris Seago, Lucus Rumfield, Allona Sloan, J.R. Seago, Joel Seago, Julie Warner, Stacey Ferguson and Clint Payne; 14 great grandchildren; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives.

Mr. Seago was preceded in death by his brothers, Melvin Seago and Garland Seago; and sisters, Madie Koonce and Gertrude Ryan.

Pallbearers will be Chris Seago, Lucus Rumfield, J.R. Seago, Joel Seago, Jonathan Graeber, David Warner, Clint Payne and Ricky Ferguson.

Honorary pallbearers will be Edward Ray, Jacob Sherman, Billy Mack Cockrell, Leroy Wright, O.L. McCarty, B.Z. Masters, Grimes Fortune and Ernest Rowe.

Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, 5604 Old Bullard Road, Suite 106, Tyler, Texas 75703.