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December 24, 1915 –  November 4, 2015  Funeral Services for Lena Belle Christopher, 99, of Collinsville will be held Saturday, November 7, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at Meador Funeral Home Chapel with Ricky Patterson officiating. Interment will follow at Collinsville Cemetery. Visitation will be held Friday, November 6, 2015 from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. at the funeral home. She died November 4, 2015 at Wilson N. Jones Hospital with her family by her side.She was born to Ray Phillips, Sr. and Ida May (Wilson) Phillips on December 24, 1915 at McComb, Texas. She graduated from Whitesboro High School in 1933 and attended North Texas College. She married Hubert Rector December 24, 1939 and Doyle Christopher on May 4, 1968 and worked for the Whitesboro Sewing Factory and then worked the assembly line for Texas Instruments and retired from TI in 1969. She was of the Baptist faith and in her early years, taught the young people’s class at Miller Memorial Baptist Church. She loved her family, flower gardening, dancing, sewing and playing Skipbo with her brother, Leon.
She is survived by her daughter, Doris Ann King, and husband, Wayne of Collinsville; step-daughter, Shirley Denton of Collinsville; grandchildren, Kimberly Kyle of Collinsville, Jacque Endres and husband, Monte of Denton, Cynthia Kays of McKinney, Julie Benson of Frisco, Karey Kyle and wife, Pamela of Wichita Falls and Jonathan Beau White of Ft. Worth; step-grandchildren, Patti Sebastian of Dallas, and Terry Denton of Collinsville; 11 great-grandchildren; 7 great-great grandchildren; sister-in-laws, LaFara Phillips of New Mexico, Martha Flowers of Collinsville and Jeanette Christopher of Whitesboro; as well as several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husbands, Hubert Rector and Doyle “Buddy” Christopher; daughter, Mary Beth White; sisters, Ruth Phillips and Doris Sutton and brothers, Leon and Ray Phillips, Jr.
Pallbearers will be great-grandsons; Derek Kays, Micheal Kays, Hayden Kyle, Hunter Kyle, Tanner Benson, and Michael Cochran. Honorary pallbearers will be Monte Endres and Mark Kays.
A special “thanks” to Debbie Mitchell and Adelia Martinson for their loving care the past years.
In lieu of flowers, the family request memorial contributions to the Collinsville Cemetery Association, c/o Roger Kerr, P. O. Box 323, Collinsville, Texas 76233.
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