Vera Young, 80, of Pt. Bolivar, passed away on November 9, at the Plantation Health Care in Lake Jackson.
Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Thursday at Broussard’s Chapel in Winnie with burial to follow in Pt. Bolivar Cemetery. A gathering of family and friends will be Thursday from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the funeral home.
Vera was born on November 11, 1927 in Galveston, and lived all her life in the surrounding area. She was a very accomplished seamstress making all of her own clothes. Vera was a retired Vice President of securities investments with the American National Insurance Company. She also was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star for forty-five years at the La Marque Chapter #979.
Vera is survived by her son, Mansel W. Standley of Pt. Bolivar; daughter, Yvonne Huffhines and her husband, Earle of Jones Creek; sister, Genevieve Monteau of Houston; sister-in-law, Minda Miller New Orleans; grandsons, E. Earle Huffhines IV, Eric Kelly, Everett Huffhines; great-grandchildren, Early Ray Huffhines, Donivan Huffhines, Vera Jade Huffhines, Ashley Huffhines; two great-great-grandchildren and extended family. She was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas M. Miller, Sr. and Vera V. Miller; husband’s, William J. Standley and William J. Young; brother, Thomas M. Miller, Jr. and Wesley E. Miller.
