Extracted from The Beaumont Enterprise (Beaumont, TX)
Sunday, July 27, 2003

Herbert ``Phillip'' Lofton, 74, of Kountze, died on Saturday, July 26, 2003 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. A native of Louisiana, he was a resident of the Golden Triangle since 1950, and was retired from Gulf Oil after 34 years of service.

Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Monday, July 28, 2003 at Broussard, 700 West Saratoga Hwy, Kountze, followed by a burial at Holland Cemetery. A gathering of family and friends will be Sunday evening, July 27, 2003, from 5:00 until 8:00 p.m. at the Mortuary.

He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Jo Eileen Lofton of Kountze, children Phyllis Buxton and her husband Carl of China, TX, Debbie Kavanagh and her husband Tom of Vero Beach, Florida, and Lonnie Lofton and his wife Lori of Groves; grandchildren, Jake Kavanagh, Gary Ebert, Mary Buxton, Keith Lofton, Chelsy Broussard, Jack Kavanagh, and Jacob Broussard; great grandson, Kaleb Morissette; sisters and brothers, Verna DeYoung, Frankie Lamkin, Dorothy Covington and her husband Jerry, Doris [sic Doyce] Krebs and her husband, Ernie, and Donald Lofton and his wife Mattie.