Extracted from The Bryan-College Station Eagle (Bryan, TX)
Tuesday, October 15, 2002

Sidney W. Middleton Sr.

JASPER, Texas -- Services for Sidney W. Middleton Sr., 75, of Brookeland are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Grapevine Missionary Baptist Church in San Augustine County, Texas.

Burial will be in Dickerson Cemetery.

Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday at the church.

Arrangements are under the direction of Stringer & Griffin Funeral Home in Jasper.

Mr. Middleton died Sunday in Lufkin Memorial Hospital.

He was a native of Pelican, La., and lived in Brookeland since 1986. He was a former resident of Hardin, Texas, and was retired as a painter and sandblaster after 35 years of service.

Survivors include two sons, Sidney W. Middleton Jr. of Iola and Glenn Ray Middleton Sr. of San Augustine; a brother, J.L. ``Shorty'' Middleton of Carrollton, Ga.; six grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.