Dan Lee Whitsitt, 53, of Evadale, left this life on Saturday, January 13, 2007 at Christus Hospital St. Elizabeth in Beaumont, Texas. Dan was born in Kirbyville, Texas. He was a longtime resident of Evadale and a multi-craft mechanic for the paper mill in Orange. He came to know the Lord as his personal savior in April 2005.
Left to cherish his memory are his wife of thirty-one years, Ronda Susan Goats Whitsitt of Evadale; daughters, Autumn Phillips and husband, Daniel of Evadale and Stephanie Hyden and husband, John of Buna; son, Dan Lee Whitsitt, Jr. of Evadale; grandchildren, Kendall Philips, Falon Hyden, Katelyn Whitsitt, and Dan Lee Whitsitt III; parents, Bill and Lucille Whitsitt; brother, Billy Whitsitt; sister, Carolyn Parker; and other family and friends.
Funeral service will be 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, January 17, 2007 at Trout Creek Baptist Church in Kirbyville with burial to follow at Trout Creek Cemetery under the direction of Broussard’s, 490 Cemetery Road in Silsbee. A gathering of family and friends will be Tuesday, January 16, 2007 from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. at the mortuary.
Memorial contributions may be made to Trout Creek Baptist Church, Building Fund, P O Box 614, Kirbyville, Texas 75956 or National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Moyamoya Research, Financial Management Branch, Building 31, Room 8A34, 31 Center Drive, MSC 2540 Bethesda, MD 20892-2540.
