Kerr, LaVern T.  
 	
Services for LaVern T. Kerr, 76, of Longview, will be 10 a.m. Monday, 
October 9, 2006, at Wesley McCabe United Methodist Church, with the 
Rev. Christi R. Conway officiating. Burial will follow in Hallsville 
Cemetery. Arrangements are by Welch Funeral Home. Mrs. Kerr died 
October 5, 2006, at a local medical center. Born April 8, 1930, in 
Summit, Ark., she was an active member of Wesley McCabe United 
Methodist Church. Survivors include her husband, Kenneth Kerr; sons, 
Jim and Russ Narramore; daughter, Anita Narramore Hurst; and sister, 
Pam Rice. Visitation will be 2 p.m. Sunday, October 8, 2006, at the 
funeral home. An online registry may be signed at www.news-journal.com, 
by clicking on the obituaries link.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 10/7/2006.

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Kerr, LaVern T. 
  	
Services to honor LaVern Tolliver Kerr of Longview, will be Monday, 
October 9, at 10 a.m., at Wesley McCabe UMC, with the Rev. Christi R. 
Conway officiating. Burial will follow at Hallsville Cemetery under 
the direction of Welch Funeral Home. LaVern departed this life on 
October 5, 2006. She was born in Summit, Arkansas, April 8, 1930. 
She moved to Diana, Texas, in 1952 and to Longview in 1971. LaVern 
was an active member of Wesley McCabe UMC, serving as a volunteer 
in the Terrific Tuesday Children's program, Sunday school teacher, 
Meals on Wheels and church librarian. She was a member of the Grace 
Emmaus Community. LaVern was recently serving as chaplain of the 
Longview Chapter 610, Order of the Eastern Star, of which she had 
been a member for 34 years. She was past matron of the Starlight 
Chapter 1016, Order of the Eastern Star of Longview. She served as 
an officer for many associations including: Longview Legal 
Secretaries, Texas Press Women, Daughters of the Nile and American 
Business Women's Association. She was also a member of the Longview 
Celtic Society, East Texas Square Dance Association and National UM 
Campers. Early in her career, she was employed by KFRO Radio and 
retired from Gregg County, where she was employed in several 
capacities within the district clerk, county sheriff and county 
commissioner offices. Her passions were spending time with her 
family, square and round dancing, reading, gardening, camping, 
sewing and traveling. Her love for her family and friends was 
exceeded only by her love for The Lord Jesus Christ. Mrs. Kerr is 
survived by her husband of 35 years, Kenneth H. Jr.; her sister, 
Pamela Tolliver Rice and husband, Rick; her sons, Jim Narramore and 
wife, Debbie, and Russell Narramore and wife, Reba; her daughter, 
Anita Narramore Hurst and husband, Sebastian; her grandchildren, 
Keri Narramore McDonald and Mikhail Hurst; and numerous nieces and 
nephews. She is also survived by her stepchildren, Master Sgt. Cheri 
Johnson, Cindi Nance, Becki Kinch, Kenneth Kerr III and their spouses. 
Also surviving LaVern are her stepgrandchildren, Nanci Smith, Staff 
Sgt. Eric Kerr, Stephanie, Brittanie, Jackie and Jennie Kinch, Cynthia 
Sexton, and Emily and Thomas Nance; and six great-grandchildren. 
Memorials in LaVern's honor may be made to Wesley McCabe UMC, Scottish 
Rite Children's Hospital of Dallas, or Longview Chapter 610, Order of 
the Eastern Star. An online registry may be signed at 
www.news-journal.com, by clicking on the obituaries link.

Published in the Longview News-Journal from 10/7/2006 - 10/8/2006.