Whitmire

TEMPLE—Lillian Ruth Whitmire, 98, of Rockdale died peacefully surrounded by family Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021, at her residence in Temple.

Private services will be held at a later date.

She was born May 26, 1923, in Port Arthur to Wayne Slater and Oma McCombs Slater.

She married Hoyt Whitmire on Nov. 17, 1941, at First Baptist Church of Port Arthur.

Mrs. Whitmire was a resident of Rockdale from 1952 until 2014, when she then moved to Temple.

She worked in the Rockdale School District as a teachers aide and executive secretary to five superintendents.

She was a member of St. John’s United Methodist Church in Rockdale.

Mrs. Whitmire loved her grandchildren, sewing, gardening and painting.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Olen Hoyt Whitmire.

Survivors include a son, Kenneth Whitmire and wife Kimberly of Franklin, NC; two daughters, Janet Anderson of Alpine, Karen Matous and husband Wesley of Belton; five grandchildren, Kerry Lynn Sagebiel-Murphy and husband John of DeKalb, Chris Sagebiel and wife Elizabeth of Austin, Amy Bolin and husband Mike of Seguin, Kyle Matous and wife Torrie of Washington, DC, Allison Matous and fiancé James Winters of Austin; and three great-grandchildren, Dylan Hestand of Moore, OK, Jameson Sagebiel of Austin, Charles Matous of Washington, DC.