Fite II, LaDell "Woo"   
	
Services for LaDell Fite II will be held at noon Saturday, 
February 17, 2007, at the Lewis Chapel CME Church, with the 
Rev. Travis Stinson officiating. Burial will follow in Grace 
Hill Cemetery, under the special care of the Bigham Mortuary 
of Longview. LaDell went to be with the Lord on February 8, 
2007, after a short illness. LaDell was born February 28, 
1952, in Longview, Gregg County, Texas, to LaDell Fite Sr., 
who preceded him in death, and Anna Lee Williams. At an early 
age, he united with the Growing Valley Baptist Church, under 
the leadership of the late Rev. R.B. Bradley. He later united 
with the Lewis Chapel CME Church. LaDell's education commenced 
at Janie Daniel Elementary School, and he later graduated from 
Mary C. Womack in 1970. He then attended Paul Quinn College 
and Prairie View A&M University and obtained a B.S. in pre-med, 
biology, chemistry and education. He was a member of Phi Beta 
Sigma Fraternity, Beta Kappa Chi National Science Society and 
Alpha Kappa Mu National Honor Society. LaDell was named to 1987 
Outstanding Young Men of America, Dallas Pan Hellenic Council 
and a Longview Independent School District teacher. LaDell 
leaves to cherish his memory a very special and loving mother, 
Anna Lee Cobbins; sisters, Nelwyn Palmer, Gayelois Thomas, 
Annette Summers, Janice Rice and Patrica Brown; brothers, Farley 
L. Fite, Michael Fite, David Fite, Jeffery Fite and Wendell Fite; 
special aunts, Dorothy M. Bell, Perryline Fite and Zelma L. 
Collins; a host of nieces, nephews and cousins; and many friends. 
The family would like to especially thank Dr. Anita Scribner and 
her staff as well as Good Shepherd Medical Center's fifth floor 
intensive care unit. The family will receive friends from 7-8:30 
p.m. this evening, February 16, 2007, at the Bigham Mortuary.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 2/16/2007.