Ernest “Ernie” Ray Haws, 90, of Conroe passed away on Saturday, June 26, 2010, at Hearthstone Assisted Living Center in Conroe. He was born January 19, 1920, in Jacksonville, Texas to Nancy Cornelia “Cordie” Deaton Haws and Thomas Nathan Haws.
Ernest enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps at the start of World War II as an instructor of survival tactics to pilots, in the event they were shot down over the ocean while on their missions. After the war he met and married the love of his life, Dorothy Canton of Port Arthur, Texas. They recently celebrated sixty-four years of marriage. After the war, he went on to work for Ideco, a division of Dresser Industries and served as chief inspector until his retirement in 1986. His hobbies included gardening, woodworking and fishing in the Galveston Bay with his wife, Dorothy and his five grandsons.
Ernest and Dorothy were charter members of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Beaumont where he served in different capacities throughout the years. He was also a member of the Lumberton Lions Club.
He is survived by his wife, Dorothy Haws of Conroe; daughters, Lynda Robichau and her husband Jack of The Woodlands, Texas and Patricia Lusk of Wylie, Texas; grandsons, John Robichau and his wife Alysia, Jason Robichau and his wife Robbie, Matthew Robichau and his wife Monica, Curt Lusk and Kyle Lusk; great-grandchildren, Jacob Haws Robichau and Brianna Madison Robichau; two sisters, Norma Elliott and her husband Harold of Arlington and Frances Moore of Jacksonville, Texas.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and two brothers, Adel Haws and Thomas Neil Haws.
Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of one's choice.
His funeral service will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, June 29, 2010, at Broussard’s, 2000 McFaddin, Beaumont with burial to follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. A gathering of his family and friends will be from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Monday, June 28, 2010, at Broussard’s.
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