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September 07, 2010

Services for LaBelle McAfee, 89, Overton, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 8, at the Overton Missionary Baptist Church with Revs Bryan Ethridge, Wade Duck, and Atwell Hankins officiating. Burial will be in Overton City Cemetery under the direction of Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home, Overton.

Mrs. McAfee died Friday, Sept. 3, 2010, in Longview. She was born Nov. 17, 1920, in Arp to the late John and Nellie Dickerson Brasfield and lived all her life in the Arp and Overton area.

She married Claude O. McAfee March 2, 1940, in Overton. For 10 years, she worked for Hall-Barrett Drug Store. Mrs. McAfee had also worked as a bookkeeper for George Herron Contractors, and was a longtime staff member at Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home. She was an active member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Hall Brothers VFW Post #9185, Overton.

Mrs. McAfee was a member of the Overton Missionary Baptist Church, where she served as bookkeeper. She was a marvelous cook and loved to share with her many friends and family. She was a wonderful artist and enjoyed making ceramics and crocheting. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend to all who knew her.

She was preceded in death by a son, Claude Wesley McAfee on March 1, 1970; as well as by her brothers and sisters, J. W. Brasfield, J. C. Brasfield, Grady Paul Brasfield, Ruby Lee Hanson, Loraine Brasfield, Nell Copeland, Dixie Walker and Bonnie Richardson.

Survivors include her devoted husband of 70 years, Claude O. McAfee of Overton; two daughters and sons-in-law, Elsie and Larry Hollis of Sweeney and Betty and Jerry Clark of Brownsville; six grandchildren, Bobby Pearson, Teri Mayfield, Tammy Mullins, Patrick Clark, Scott Hollis and Laura Vineyard; 12 great-grandchildren; a great-great-grandchild; numerous nieces and nephews; and a host of friends.

Pallbearers will be grandsons, Jerry Mayfield, Lee Mayfield, Colby Pearson, Johnathan Pearson, Bobby Pearson, Patrick Clark and Jason Clark.

Honorary pallbearers will be Larry Hollis, Jerry Clark, Bob Webb, Steve York, and the members of Hall Brothers VFW Post #9185.


Buried:
Overton City Cemetery

Lillian married MCAFEE, Claude Odis on 2 Mar 1940 in Overton, Texas. Claude was born on 19 Sep 1918 in Red Level, Rusk County, Texas, United States of America; died on 10 May 2015 in Overton, Rusk County, Texas, United States of America; was buried in Overton, Rusk County, Texas, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]