Extracted from The Houston Chronicle (Houston, TX)
Tuesday, December 15, 1998

LOLA MAE STEPHENSON

LOLA MAE STEPHENSON, 91, born May 16, 1907, Cushing, Texas, died December 12, 1998 at Rusk Nursing Home. She lived in Houston for many years. She currently resided in Rusk. She was a member of Broadway Baptist Church in Houston.

She was preceded in death by her daughter, Marjorie Leared, and two grandsons, Kenneth Leared and Donnie Crump.

She is survived by her husband of 42 years: Vernon Stephenson of Rusk, son and daughter-in-law Ray and Sharon Crump of Rusk, three brothers: Tommy McCarty of Houston, Don B. McCarty of Whitehouse, and Homer McCarty of Tyler, Texas. Grandchildren: Steve Crump, Michael Crump, Larry Learaed, Nanette Merritt, 8 great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

Visitation: 6 p.m.-8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Service: 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, Renfro Memorial Chapel, December 15, 1998. Rev. Charles Nunnally officiating.

Interment: Salem Cemetery, Rusk.

Pallbearers: Steve Crump, Michael Crump, Al Erxleben, Don B. McCarty, Dale Leared and Don McCarty.

Boren-Conner Funeral Home, Jacksonville, 903-586-2213.