Guttry, Lala Sutherlin

KILGORE -- Services for Lala Sutherlin Guttry, 99, of 
Kilgore, will be 2 p.m., Tuesday, February 13, 2007, 
at St. Luke's United Methodist Church in Kilgore with 
the Revs. Jerry Turner and Ernie Turnie officiating. 
Interment will follow in the Kilgore Cemetery. Mrs. 
Guttry was born July 18, 1907, in Grand Cane, Louisiana, 
to Agnes McDonald and John Arthur Sutherlin. In 1926, 
she married Carlos Byron Guttry and lived in Harmon, 
Louisiana, until July 1931, when they moved to Kilgore, 
Texas. As a member of St. Luke's Methodist Church and 
a charter member of the Susannah Wesley Sunday school 
class, she held several offices in the United Methodist 
Women and taught Sunday school. She was a member of 
Coterie and Au Courant Clubs in Kilgore and a board 
member and worker for Community Concerts. She was an 
employee of Daiches Jewelry and a dental assistant to 
Dr. W.R. Terrell of Kilgore and Drs. Wade Clendenen and 
W. D. Northcutt III of Longview. She was well known in 
Kilgore and Longview for her friendly personality and 
for the hundreds of loaves of bread she baked for 
shut-ins, friends and relatives. She is survived by a 
son and his wife, Dr. John S. and Lottie Guttry of 
Longview; a sister, Etoile Ailstock of Many, Louisiana; 
a brother and sister-in-law, John B. and Louise Nugent 
of West Palm Beach, Florida; a daughter-in-law, Mary 
Guttry of Carriere, Mississippi; two sisters-in-law, 
Tillie Nugent of Abilene, and Adele Nugent of La Mesa, 
California; grandchildren and spouses, Melinda and 
Patrick Barge of Longview, John D. Guttry of Summerfield, 
Florida, Dr. Robert and Shannon Guttry of Longview, 
Nancy and Errol Wayne Cronin of Picayune, Mississippi, 
Sarah and Eddie Holloway of Picayune, Mississippi, 
Anthony Guttry of Denham Springs, Louisiana and Carlos 
and Linda Guttry of Lake Charles, Louisiana; as well as 
a multitude of great- and great-great-grandchildren. Lala 
will be missed by her family and a large circle of friends. 
Mrs. Guttry is preceded in death by her husband, Carlos 
Byron Guttry; three brothers, Harrison Nugent, Paris 
Nugent and George Sutherlin; a sister-in-law, Pauline 
Sutherlin; and a stepson, Carlos Byron Guttry, Jr. The 
family expresses appreciation to the staff at Summer 
Meadows and to Tanya Williams, her caretaker, for their 
kindness and compassion. The family will receive friends 
Monday, February 12, 2007, from 5-7 p.m. at Rader Funeral 
Home of Kilgore. Memorials may be made to the St. Luke's 
United Methodist Church, 401 E. Main, Kilgore, Texas 75662.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 2/11/2007.