Patsy Jean Whitmire, 59, of Silsbee, died Wednesday, June 17, 2015.  She was born on April 29, 1956, in Pascagoula, Mississippi, to Helen Turner Dunaway and Robert W. Dunaway, Sr. 

Survivors include her daughter, Jennifer Lynn Tackett of Evadale; grandchildren, Breann Tackett and Devin Tackett; mother, Helen Dunaway of Silsbee; and siblings, Larry Charles Dunaway and his wife, Kathi, of Call; and Janice Plaunty and her husband, Albert, and Keith Dunaway and his wife, Melinda, all of Silsbee.  She is preceded in death by her father, Robert W. Dunaway, Sr.; husband, John E. Whitmire; and brother, Robert W. Dunaway, Jr.

A gathering of Mrs. Whitmire’s family and friends will be from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Friday, June 19, 2015, at Broussard’s, 490 Cemetery Road, Silsbee.  Her funeral service will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, June 20, 2015, at Broussard’s, with interment to follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont.