Lou Ellen Sibley

b. 20 June 1909, d. 28 June 2004
  • Lou Ellen Sibley was born on 20 June 1909 in Tekonsha, Calhoun County, Michigan.
  • She married Langston Goree Wood Jr., son of Langston Goree Wood and Annie Agnes Madeley, on 21 July 1936.
  • Lou Ellen Sibley became a widow at the 24 January 1981 death of her husband Langston Goree Wood Jr.
  • Lou Ellen Sibley died on 28 June 2004 at age 95 in Richardson, Dallas County, Texas.
  • She was interred at Rosewood Cemetery, Humble, Harris County, Texas.
  • The following appeared on 30 June 2004 in The Dallas Morning News: Lou Ellen Sibley Wood, age 95, passed away June 28, 2004 in Richardson, Texas. Lou Ellen was born June 20, 1909, in Tekonsha, Michigan, and grew up in the town of Humble, Texas, during the oil boomtown days. She graduated from Texas University in 1931. She taught English and drama in the public schools in Humble and Navasota, Texas, until she married L. G. Wood in 1936. She was a member of the Methodist church all her life and was active in community service during all the years that she was in good health. She was a member of Spring Valley United Methodist Church, Dallas, TX since 1987. Lou Ellen was preceded in death by her husband, L.G. Wood, who died in 1981. She is survived by daughter Elizabeth Kilgore and her husband Doug, granddaughter Doris Lake and husband Robert, great-grandchildren John, Robyn, and Scott Lake, grandson Walter Robinson and wife Debra, and by her grandsons and their families who became part of her family late in her life: Darren and Dawn Kilgore and their children Katie and Mitch Kilgore, Brett and Julie Kilgore and their son Collin Kilgore. The funeral service will be held at Spring Valley United Methodist Church on July 1, 2004, at 11:00 AM. Burial will be at Rosewood Cemetery in Humble, Texas. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Spring Valley United Methodist Church Foundation, 7700 Spring Valley Rd., Dallas, TX 75254 or to The Visiting Nurse Association of Texas for Hospice Care, 1400 W. Mockingbird Lane, Suite 500, Dallas, TX, 75247.
  • Last Edited: 5 Feb 2012

Family: Langston Goree Wood Jr. b. 8 April 1909, d. 24 January 1981