Obituary of Jessie B. Steel

Services for Jessie B. "J.B." Steel, 82, Troup, are scheduled for 4:00 pm Tuesday, June 28 at the Cottle Funeral Home chapel, Troup with the Reverend Ronnie Glover officiating. Burial will be in the Whitehouse Cemetery. Mr. Steel died Friday, June 24, 2011, in a Tyler hospital. He was born October 20, 1928, in Tyler to the late William Blake Steel and Sylvia Ann Hawkins Steel. He was employed by Fant Milling in Tyler for 16 years and retired from Brookshire's following 31 years employment. Mr. Steel was a member of the Bible Baptist Church, Overton. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by two sisters, Naomi Lusk and Dorothy Buckelew. Survivors include his wife, Linda F. Steel, Troup; sons and daughters-in-law, W.A. and Dottie Steel, Red Springs, Blake and Edwina Steel, Indianapolis, Indiana and Bobby and Penny Steel, Tyler; daughters and sons-in-law, Cynthia and Harvey Staples, Whitehouse and Linda and Ronald Green, Sulphur, OK; two stepsons and a stepdaughter-in-law, Lewis Varcasia, Morton, Arkansas and Joseph and Lara Varcasia, San Diego, California; a stepdaughter, Mary Varcasia, Tyler; 17 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Ronald Green, Blake Staples, Michael Steel, John Parsons, Kevin Pryor and Phillip Cloke. Honorary Pallbearers will be Daniel Johnson and Harvey Staples. The Family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5:00 pm until 7:00 pm, Monday, June 27.