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- The Lufkin Daily News (TX)
May 28, 2015
Services for Helen McKee Lacox, aged 98, of Diboll, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, ...
Helen was born December 18, 1916, in Oskaloosa, Iowa, the daughter of the late Floyd E. McKee and Irene Stoner McKee.
She went to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, May 25, 2015 from a local hospital, surrounded by members of her family. The vacant place she left can only be filled by Christ our Lord. She was a beloved wife, mother, sister, grandmother and great grandmother. She cherished her family. She enjoyed traveling, sewing for her family and friends, creating ceramics, flower gardening and working in her yard. She lived in several places during her 98 years, including her childhood home of Nodaway, Iowa, Kansas City, Missouri where her husband built B-25 bombers during WWII, Hammond and Killian, Louisiana and Diboll. While her health allowed, she was an active member of Diboll's First Baptist Church.
She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Gary and Colleen Lacox of Diboll; brother and sister-in-law, Dean and Vette McKee of Baton Rouge, Louisiana; granddaughter, Ama Durham of Portland, Oregon; granddaughter, Traci Lacox and fiancé Bryan Sigmon of Austin, Texas; grandson and wife Christopher and Tonya Lacox of Huntsville, Texas; grandson and wife, Travis and Tracy Lacox of College Station, Texas; and nine great grandchildren, Ryan, Caleb, Brooke, Payton, Logan, Ally, Levi, Avery and Bream. She will always remain in their memories.
In addition to her parents, Helen was preceded in death by her husband, Chester Lacox; daughter, Marvel Lacox Durham; and brother, Jack McKee.
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