Viola Marie Whitmire, 87, of Fannett, died Thursday, April 24, 2008 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital Beaumont.
She was a native of Bessmay, Texas and life long resident of the Beaumont area.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Claude Whitmire; daughter, Carmen Behymer and her husband Abe; parents, Ida Crockett Cochran and Thomas Eben Cochran; and four brothers.
She is survived by her daughters, Linda Johnson and husband Robert and Betty Neffendorf and husband Lee all of Fannett; grandchildren, Lynn Johnson, Terry Neffendorf, Beth Bell, Mary Cathryn Seeley, Wayne Johnson and Amanda Johnson; ten great grandchildren, Crystal Davis, Michael Johnson, Candace Bell, Johsua Johnson, Andrew Bell, Laura Keller, Allen Taylor, James Seeley, Will Johnson, and Grant Johnson; and five great grandchildren, Jessie Davis, Samuel Davis, Alexis Johnson, Hannah Keller and Michael Keller.
Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, April 26, 2008 at Broussard’s Chapel, 1605 North Major Drive, Beaumont with burial to follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. A gathering of family and friends will begin 5:00 p.m. Friday, April 25, 2008 at the mortuary.
