Will Allen Richey, 90, of Beaumont, died Saturday, February 1, 2014, at Village Creek Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Lumberton. A native of Converse, Louisiana, he was born on February 19, 1923, to Effie Drucilla Allen Richey and Herbert Rohelia Richey.

He was a 1941 graduate of South Park High School and a 1949 graduate of the University of Houston. He was a United States World War II Air Force veteran. Will was ordained a Deacon in 1957 with First Baptist Church in Cheek.

Survivors include his son, Dale Allen Richey and his wife, Deborah, of Kountze; daughter, Carol Lynn Pounders and her husband, Johnny, of Lumberton; granddaughters, Tammy Renee Richardson, Andrea Tiner, Stephanie Caraway, Amanda Coplen, and Kimberly Woods; grandson, James Brittan Seaman; and nineteen great-grandchildren.

He is preceded in death by his wife of sixty-eight years, Rose Marie Richey; sister, Dorothy Hodges; brother, Herbert “June” Richey; and grandson, Michael Dale Richey.