Geraldine “Jerrie” Trimble , 86, of Lumberton, a native of Prichard, Alabama and a resident of the southeast Texas area for some 63 years, passed away Sunday, November 7, 2004 at Silsbee Convalescent Center. She was a loving mother and grandmother. Despite her husband’s lengthy illness, she supported the family by sewing custom draperies for many years, and worked at worked as a lab technician during WWII at Gulf Oil. Her children and grandchildren will dearly miss her. She also loved to garden and grow plants.
A gathering of family and friends will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, November 9, 2004 at Broussard’s Mortuary 505 12th. St. Nederland. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 10, 2004 at Broussard’s Nederland Chapel with David Thornhill officiating. Interment and graveside services will follow at Greenlawn Memorial Park in Groves.
Survivors include her daughter, Elizabeth Ann Richards of Lumberton; sons, Kenneth Joseph Trimble of Missouri City, TX, Ryan Trimble and wife, Dorothy of Blanco, TX; four grandchildren, Jason Wade Richards, Jared Lance Richards, Regina Gale Richards, and Tish Ann Reams and husband, Rob. Also surviving is one great grand daughter, Madison Jade Richards. Tish and family are anxiously awaiting the arrival of a new-born, therefore adding another great grand daughter to the family. There are also three sisters surviving, Elizabeth Irene Brist, Bonnie Pearl Cheek, and Claudia Mae Woods; and one brother, Bryant Hicks; and numerous nieces and nephews.
