Helen Louise Seale

b. 21 December 1916, d. 21 March 2003
  • Helen Louise Seale was born on 21 December 1916 in Midway, Madison County, Texas.
  • She married Frederick Hayes Goree, son of William Langston Goree and Harriet Belle Wakefield, and Helen's sister Virgie married Frederick first cousin Pleasant Kittrell Goree III.
  • Helen Louise Seale became a widow at the 19 July 1976 death of her husband Frederick Hayes Goree.
  • Helen Louise Seale died on 21 March 2003 at age 86 in Bryan, Brazos County, Texas.
  • She was interred at Midway Cemetery, Madisonville, Madison County, Texas.
  • The following appeared in a local newspaper: Helen Louise Seale Phillips Goree, 86, of Midway, died Friday in St. Joseph Regional Health Center.
         Helen was born in Midway, Madison County to Elijah "Lige" Joseph and Ida Barrett Seale. The family later moved to Amarillo in the 1930's. She was a member of Midway Church of Christ and was an officer and caretaker of the Midway Cemetery Association for many years.
         She was preceded in death by her parents and both husbands, Audrin Augustus "Jack" Phillips and Frederick Hayes Goree Sr; brothers, Allen Thomas Seale and William Joseph Seale; sisters, Angie Pearl Seale Dye, Ida Virginia "Virgie" Seale Goree.
         Survivors include her son, William "Bill" Audrin (Louise Esther Holland) Phillips of Woodway, TX; sister-in-law, Lucille Goree Randolph of Houston; brother-in-law, William Langston Jr. (Raydoe) Goree of Houston; 2 step-sons, Frederick Hayes Jr. (Jewell) Goree of Bellaire, Frederick Dennis (Charlene) Goree of Crested Butte, CO; 2 step-daughters, Bette June Goree of Bellaire, Dana Lynne Goree of Crested Butte, CO; 2 granddaughters and 4 great-grandchildren; 8 step-grandchildren and 16 step-great-grandchildren and one nephew.
         Funeral services are set for 2:00 p.m. Monday at the Midway Church of Christ. Rev. Ralph Carter and Dr. Regan White will officiate. Burial will follow in the Midway Cemetery.
         J. M. Day Funeral Home Chapel in Madisonville is in charge of arrangements.
  • Last Edited: 18 Jun 2011

Family: Frederick Hayes Goree b. 29 September 1911, d. 19 July 1976