Extracted from The Orange Leader (Orange, TX)
Friday, February 3, 1995

Francis Norman Cole

VIDOR -- The funeral of Francis Norman Cole, 82, of Vidor was to be at 1 p.m. today at Chapel of the Last Supper at Garden of Memories Memorial Park in Lufkin with entombment at Garden of Memories Mausoleum under the direction of Gipson Funeral Home in Lufkin.

He died Wednesday at a Beaumont hospital.

A native of Dayton, he had lived in Beaumont and Vidor area 50 years and was a retired automobile body repairman. He was also formerly employed with Philpott and Kinsel Ford dealership in Beaumont.

Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Arrington Cole of Vidor; one brother, Murphy Cole of Waco; two sisters, June Cole Holbrook of Dayton and Betty Harrison of Vidor; and three grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to the American Lung Association.