Extracted from The Baytown Sun (Baytown, TX)
Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Hattie Beatrice Pounds

Hattie Beatrice Pounds went to be with her Lord and Savior Monday, October 23, 2006. She was born July 3, 1914 in San Augustine County, TX to Willis F. McBride and Nannie Emmons McBride. Hattie grew up in San Augustine, TX and married Floyd I. D. Pounds on August 8, 1936. They made their new home in a small saw mill town that was known as Ewing, TX. In 1942 they moved to Baytown, TX. Hattie was a member of Central Baptist Church for over 50 years. She was a homemaker and she enjoyed camping, fishing, sewing, gardening, cooking, grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Hattie was preceded in death by her parents, Willis and Nannie McBride; brother, W. F. McBride Jr.; sisters, Orene Pounds and Christene McBride; and husband, Floyd I. D. Pounds. She is survived by her sons, I. D. Pounds and wife Gayle of Hilltop Lakes, TX and Billy Pounds and wife Phyllis of Baytown, TX; like a daughter, Patsy Pearce and husband John of Denton, TX; sisters, Katherine Miks and husband J. B. of Baytown, TX and Dixie Walker and husband Ray of Pasadena, TX; grandchildren, Tammy Becker and husband Brian of Waco, TX, Kyle Pounds and wife Brenda of Katy, TX, and Holly Cummings and husband Alan of Baytown, TX; great grandchildren, Brittany Becker, Meagan Becker, Blake Becker, McKenna Becker, Emma Pounds, Abby Pounds, and Kate Pounds.

Her family will receive friends at Navarre Funeral Home Wednesday from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Funeral services will be held at Navarre Funeral Home Thursday, October 26, 2006 at 10:00 a.m. with Rev. Billy Joe Tate officiating. Burial will follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery.

To view the online obituary or to post a tribute for the family, go to www.navarrefuneralhome.com.

Arrangements are under the direction of Navarre Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 2444 Rollingbrook Dr., Baytown, TX, 77521, (281) 422-8111.