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Submitted: 6/15/18 • Approved: 6/21/18 • Last Updated: 11/6/21 • R1227513-G1227511-S3
John
May 28, 1909 - July 15, 1982
Inez
July 14, 1915 - January 19, 2015
Lillian Inez Saxton Gifford, 99, of Spadra, passed away in Gladewater, Texas. She was born July 14, 1915 to William Henry (Dickey) and Mary Willie Elmira (Booher) Saxton of Spadra. She
was a lifelong resident of Spadra and Johnson County and attended Hartman High School. She was a member of Spadra Methodist Church, often serving as Sunday School teacher. Inez belonged to the Clarksville Order of Eastern Star. She was a loving, kind, and adventurous woman, always ready to help others or learn something new. She and her family moved to California and Texas several times but always came home to Spadra. She was a Rosie the Riveter in the shipyards of California for a time. Inez loved working at various dress shops and groceries in town before finishing beauty school while in her fifties. She operated a shop in her home for 30 years. She enjoyed quilting both at home and with her friends at Spadra Methodist Church, also gardening, sewing, visiting with family and friends. She loved playing games of all kinds and worked crossword puzzles. She is greatly missed here but we are so happy that she has finally got to go home to be with all her loved ones that are waiting to welcome her. She is preceded in death by her husband, John Edward Gifford; parents, brothers, Roy Spainhour, Barney Spainhour, Ralph Saxton; sisters, Ruth Spainhour McClaren, Lois Saxton Bland. She is survived by her children, Billie Sue Gifford of Russellville, Joe Gifford of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Carol Phillips of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Judy Rofkahr of Gladewater, Texas; grand -children, Andrea Pearson, Jamie Phillips, Mark Phillips, Paula Cothran Phillips, Vicky Rofkahr, Holly Gifford, Tim Gifford, and Michael Gifford; 14 great-grandchildren; 7 grandchildren; lots of nephews, nieces, family and friends.
Jamie Phillips, Mark Phillips, Al Cothran, Chase Cothran, Wesley Pearson, and Mark Pearson serving as Pallbearers.
Contributed on 6/15/18 by billsully060
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