Extracted from The Longview News-Journal (Longview, TX)
January 1997

Ernest W. Beall Sr.

Funeral services for Ernest W. Beall Sr. 66, of White oak will be 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22, 1997, at the Lighthouse Church with Brother Tommy Brasher officiating . Burial will be in New White Oak Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Welch Funeral Home of Longview. Mr. Beall died Saturday at his residence. he was born in the Chalk Hill community and was a lifetime East Texas resident, a Baptist, affiliated with the Lighthouse church, and a member of Sheet Metal Workers International, Local No. 361.

He was preceded in death by a brother, James Benjamin Beall. He is survived by his wife, Anita Lopez Beall; two daughters, Anita Elaine Gray of Oak Hill and Margaret Sharlene Falco of Longview; a son, Ernest Wayne Beall Jr. of White Oak; brothers, Lonnie Lee, Billie Jean and William Joe Jr. all of White Oak; sisters, Lola Mae Cobb of Longview and Virginia Maxine McLane of White Oak; 10 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; one aunt, Eunice Wright of White Oak; numerous nieces and nephews and great and great-great-nieces and nephews and cousins.

The family will receive friends at Welch funeral Home at 6 p.m. Tuesday. Memorials may be made to the Lighthouse Church, 5925 W. Marshall Ave., Longview, TX 75604, or to the Longview Cancer Center, 1300 N. Fourth St., Longview, TX 75601.