Mary Etta Carrington, 83 of Double Bayou passed away April 26, 2004 at the Winnie Community Hospital.
Funeral Services will be Friday, April 30, 2004, 2:00 p.m. at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Double Bayou under the direction of Broussard’s 134 W. Buccaneer, Winnie with burial in Martha Godfrey Cemetery, Double Bayou.
Mary retired from Houston Independent School District as head custodian in 1986 and spent her time helping neighbors and friends in her community. In 1996, Mary resided in the Golden Charm Nursing home in Liberty, Texas and spent her remaining years at the Arboretum Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Winnie where she made many new friends.
She is preceded in death by her parents, brothers, Lazarus, Cecil, Lee and Dale, sisters, Alice Carrington, Melee Ola White and Helen North, nephew Wilbur Carrington. She leaves to cherish her precious memory her nieces, Lydia Carrington of Double Bayou, Alda Bea White of Double Bayou, Gwen Carrington of Charlotte, NC, nephews Modesto “Butch” White and wife Bertha of Double Bayou, Cecil Travis Carrington and wife Debra of Stowell, Alvin Ray Carrington and wife Sandra of Baytown, and Calvin D, Carrington and wife Rose Marie of Double Bayou. She is also survived by her adopted daughter, Violet Lewis of Houston and adopted grandchildren, Trina and Derek Lewis both of Houston, and a goddaughter, Ms. Aisha Preston of Houston.
