Frank Box

April 24, 2008 01:33 am

— Deacon Frank Box, 79, of Dawson passed away Monday, April 21, 2008, at his residence.
Visitation will be held from noon to 8 p.m. Friday at M.R. Smith Parlor for Funerals.
Services will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Hopewell Baptist Church in Dawson with Pastor Monroe Allen officiating. Interment will follow at Farmerville Cemetery in Dawson.
Pallbearers will be Roy Tennison, G.C. Younger, Joe Kirven, Lewis Simpson, Bennie Coleman Jr. and Roosevelt Kimbrough. Honorary pallbearers will be deacons of Hopewell Baptist Church.
Mr. Box was born June 15, 1928, in Palestine.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Catherine “Cat” Box; one sister and five brothers.
Those left to cherish his memories are his sister, Vivan Black (Larry) of Fort Worth; granddaughter, Wanda Tennison (Roy) of Dawson; grandson, Lewis Simpson (Sammie) of Dawson; niece, Linda Black of Fort Worth; great-niece, Vivan Wrenn of Fort Worth; two stepdaughters, Perlean Fountain and Charlie Mae Whitaker of Dallas; a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; special cousins, Johnny and Willie Dell Gooden of Los Angeles, Calif.; special friend, G.C. Younger of Dawson; and several generations of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.
Arrangements by M.R. Smith Parlor for Funerals. ∞