Juanita Banning, 80, of Sour Lake, died Tuesday, November 7, 2006 at her residence. She was born November 27, 1925 to John and Luddie Oxley in Hornebeck, Louisiana.
Juanita was a resident of Sour Lake for the last fifty years. She was a homemaker and faithful member of First United Pentecostal Church in Sour Lake.
She is survived by her children: Evelyn Myrick, Carolyn Haygood, Debbie Frazier, Donna Pricer, Bobby Kelley, and E.J. Kelley all of Sour Lake; Billy Kelley of Beaumont, and Sherry Craigen of DeRidder, Louisiana; twenty-one grandchildren; thirty-six great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband George Banning and two grandchildren.
Funeral service will be 11:00 A.M., Thursday, November 9, 2006 at First United Pentecostal Church in Sour Lake, under the direction of Broussard’s in Kountze, with Reverend M.D. Miller officiating. Burial will follow at Rosedale Cemetery in Sour Lake. A gathering of family and friends will be Wednesday, November 8, 2006 from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. also at the church.