MEMORIAL CEMETERY
ANDERSON COUNTY, TEXAS

Born:  11 December 1900 - Grapeland, Houston, Texas Died:  30 June 1997  - Memorial Mother Francis Hospital - Palestine, Anderson, Texas Father:  Tobe Rusher Mother:  Sally A. Lacy Spouse:  James Willis

Services for Mabel Willis, 98, of Palestine, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Grant Chapel AME Church with the Revs. R.C. Emanuel and O.W. Wilson officiating.  Burial will be in Memorial Cemetery under the direction of McCoy Funeral Home. Mrs. Willis died Monday at Memorial Mother Frances Hospital after a lengthy illness. She was born in Grapeland on Dec. 11, 1898, to Tobe and Sally Lacy Rusher.  She attended Houston County schools and was a member of Grant Chapel AME Church for many years. She is survived by her sisters, Bulah Brown of Palestine, Minnie Parker, Bernett Harris and Geraldine Patton, all of Crockett, and Ollie Mae Hopkins of San Francisco, Calif.; and brothers, the Rev. Odell Rusher and Harvey Rusher of Houston, and Albert Rusher of Los Angeles, Calif.

Birth Place:  Grapeland, Texas Parents:  Tobe and Sally A. Rusher Education:  Grapeland Public School Church Affiliation:  Grant Chapel AME Church, Palestine, Texas Marriage:  James Willis, deceased Demise:  Monday, June 30, 1997 Those who will cherish her memory: Sisters:  Mrs. Bulah Brown of Palestine, Mrs. Mamie Parker, Mrs. Bernett Harris, and Mrs. Geraldine Patton of Crockett, Texas, Mrs. Ollie Mae Hopkins of San Francisco, California; Brothers:  Rev. Odell Rusher, Mr. Harvey Rusher of Houston, Texas, Mr. Albert Rusher of Los Angeles, California; a host of nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends.

The pictures and images used on the Memorial Cemetery pages were
furnished by the Anderson County Historical Commission and the pages
were compiled by Beverly Bailey Odom and Scott Fitzgerald.

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