Jean Carroll Lout, 83, of Buna, passed away Tuesday, July 24, 2012, at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. She was born on July 20, 1929, in the Aiken community of Shelby County, Texas, to Beulah Williams Carroll and Jack W. Carroll.

Jean lived many years in Shelby County and was a 1947 graduate of Center High School.  After her marriage to Bert Lout, they lived in Nederland from 1951 until 1966 when they relocated to Buna, Texas and resided there for forty-five years.

Family was very important to Jean.  She was a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, as well as a caring daughter and sister.  Jean was also a dedicated Christian and enjoyed fellowship with her church family at Word of Life Church in Silsbee.  She was a great cook and enjoyed working in her yard and flower beds and enjoyed being a homemaker.

Survivors include her daughters, Vickie Richards Bond of West Columbia and Carolyn Lout Marquart and her husband, John of Lumberton; grandchildren, Kent Crawford and his wife, Jennifer, of Fort Worth; Jason Crawford and his wife, Tannis Mattson, of Cypress; Melanie Marquart Meriwether and her husband, David, of Beaumont; and Jared Marquart of Lumberton; great-grandchildren, Landon and Olivia Crawford, Mattison and Skyler Mattson, and Carson, Parker, and Violet Meriwether; sisters, Jackie Rathbun and her husband, Skeet; and Mary Harris, all of Center; and special aunt, Eugenia “Sang” Carroll Fuller, of Martinsville. She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Bert Lout; brother, William E. Carroll; and brothers-in-law, Bernard Lout and Morgan Harris.

A gathering of Mrs. Lout’s family and friends will be from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Thursday, July 26, 2012, at Broussard’s, 490 Cemetery Road, Silsbee.  Her graveside service will be 12:00 p.m., Friday, July 27, 2012, at Rather Cemetery, FM 139 at Highway 87, Shelbyville.