Lucille Carver

Graveside services for Emily Lucille Carver, age 93 of Bonham, TX will be held at 2:00 PM on Monday, April 22, 2019 at Restland Memorial Park in Dallas, TX, under the direction of Wise Funeral Home. Officiating will be Rev. Jerry Hayes. Lucille passed away on April 18, 2019. She was born October 16, 1925 in Cooper, TX to Elijah Alfred Jones & Cordie Lee Akard Jones.

Lucille was born the third of eight children, all whom were active at a young age in day to day operations of the family farm. This taught Lucille the importance of hard work and earning a living early on. After graduating from Gober High School in 1943 she moved to Bonham, Texas, to work for the county clerk ' s office. While there, she started attending the First Baptist Church. In 1967 Lucille received her Associates degree in elementary education from Trinidad Jr. State College and went on to earn her Bachelor of Science in elementary education in 1972 from Texas Tech University. Working with children was always a great passion of hers and she has always been a strong role model. Lucille was always an active teacher in various church organizations including Sunday school, Girls Auxiliary, and Bible School, to name a few. She worked as a teacher as well as managed finances for various companies. Even in her retirement she remained active in several senior groups within the church. Travel was her leisurely passion, as Emily has traveled extensively throughout Europe and the United States. She was an avid quilter and enjoys crossword puzzles, cooking, working in her yard, and spending quality time with her family.

Lucille was preceded in death by her parents, Elijah Alfred Jones & Cordie Akard Jones; son, Jeff Carver; sisters, Mozelle McBrayer and Lillian Hawkins; and brother, Caldwell Jones.

Surviving are her two daughters, Mary Jane Stiffler and husband Bob of Plano and Judy Carver Whitlock and husband Dick Whitlock of McKinney; two grandchildren, Andrew Whitlock and Tres Whitlock; four sisters, Verdell Chaney, Inell Donohoe, Elizabeth Vleck and Helen Marchant;  and numerous nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be Dick Whitlock, Bob Stiffler, Andrew Whitlock, Arthur Dean Chaney, Mike Dryden, Randy Marchant.

The family will receive friends and family Monday morning at Wise Funeral Home from 9-11 AM, following with the graveside services at Restland scheduled for 2:00 in Dallas.