Petra McLendon, 88 years, of Beaumont passed away, Saturday, May 22, 2004 at Park Place Medical Center in Port Arthur.
A gathering of family and friends will be from 5-8 pm Monday, May 24, 2004 at Broussard’s Mortuary 505 12th. St. Nederland, TX. Funeral Services will be at 10:00 am Tuesday, May 25, 2004 at Broussard’s Chapel in Nederland with Reverend James Blackwell officiating. Interment will follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Nederland.
Petra was born January 25, 1916 in Edna, Texas and had been a resident of the Beaumont area for the past forty-five years. She was affiliated with the Southpark Baptist Church in Beaumont. She and her late husband Bruce McLendon were avid antique collectors. She was a former resident of Collier Park Retirement Center and the Gulf Health Care Center.
Survivors include her children, Larry McLendon and wife, Jannyce of Kirbyville, Barbara Freeman of Nederland, Joe Wayne McLendon and wife, Cindy of Nederland, Sandra Kay Fleming and husband, Phillip of Gallup, NM, Patti Taylor of Vidor, Gary McLendon and wife, Sharon of Mauriceville, Mary Francis Ogle and husband, Russ of Fort Collins, CO. Also surviving are fourteen grandchildren, Charles McLendon, Candace McLendon, Casandra McLendon, Jeffrey Freeman, Matthew Freeman, Angela McLendon, Jarod McLendon, Cheves Fleming, Kati Fleming, Kim Coston, Joshua Taylor, Hanah McLendon, Blake McLendon, and Zach Ogle. Also six great grandchildren, Trevor McLendon, Justin McLendon, Emily Freeman, Kari Freeman, Penelope Kim, and Jarec McLendon; six sisters, Juanita Rodriguez of Victoria, Mary Allen of ElPaso, Alice McElwain of Dayton, OH, Sandra Barrera of Wisconsin and Eva Rodriguez of Victoria; and one brother, Jim Farias of Wisconsin.
Mrs. McLendon was preceded in death by her husband, Bruce McLendon; two sons-in-law, Chalmuf Freeman and Jerry Taylor; three brothers, Frank, Wallace, and Albert Farias.
For those desiring memorial contributions may be directed to the American Diabetes Association P.O. Box 22864 Beaumont, Texas 77726-2864.
“I AM NOT WHAT I HAD HOPED TO BE;
I AM NOT EVEN WHAT I WANTED TO BE;
BUT, BY GOD’S LOVE AND CHRIST’S GRACE,
I AM NOT WHAT I WAS.”
