Katherine Belle Lanier, 72, of Silsbee, joined Jesus Friday, January 22, 2015.  She was born on July 31, 1943, in Yerington, Nevada, to Kathleen Chapman Summers and Richard Summers.

Survivors include her husband, Clifford Lanier; children, Clifford Eric Lanier and his wife, Melanie, and Vivian Hansen, all of Silsbee; and Tina Maria Gomez and her husband, Mark, and Calvin Lanier, all of Gretna, Louisiana; grandchildren, Monique Lanier of Panama City, Florida; Grant Kegley of Beverly, Ohio; Robert Fields of New Orleans, Louisiana; and Gavin Gomez, Collin Lanier, and Mallory Gomez, all of Gretna, Louisiana; great-grandchildren, Christina Gray of Panama City and Hayden Kegley of Beverly, Ohio; and sister, Theresa Franklin of Tucson, Arizona.  She is preceded in death by her parents.

Her committal was handled by Broussard’s Crematorium, Beaumont.