Middleton, Lorene Brumley

KILGORE - Graveside services for Lorene Brumley Middleton will be at 
10 a.m. Saturday, November 3, 2007, at Lakeview Memorial Gardens in 
Longview. Arrangements are under the direction of Rader Funeral Home 
of Kilgore.

On October 30, 2007, Lorene Brumley Middleton, beloved wife, mother, 
grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt and friend, went to her heavenly 
home to be with her Savior as well as join her husband, Tom; parents; 
daughter, Marcia; and grandson, Rusty, who preceded her in death.

Lorene, who was born in 1922, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, moved to Kilgore when 
she was eight. After graduating from Kilgore High School and Kilgore 
Junior College, she married Tom Middleton Jr. Together, they raised 
their four children, Marcia, Merry, Mark and Mickey. She then attended 
East Texas State University and received her bachelor's and master's 
degrees, with a library science certification. Lorene then served as 
the Kilgore Junior College librarian for 23 years and retired in 1985.

Lorene was involved in many civic organizations, including the Texas 
Epsilon Delta chapter of Phi Sigma Alpha, where she served as the vice 
president and was elected as the "Sweetheart of 1988." She was also a 
lifelong member of the First Presbyterian Church and a lifetime member 
of The Texas Library Association of University Women and the Sabine 
Parent Teachers Association, where she served as President.

She is survived by her daughter, Merry and Mike Moores of Henderson; 
son, Mark and Cindy Middleton of Conroe; son, Mickey and Cindi of Lake 
Charles, La.; grandchildren; great-grandchildren; nieces; nephews; and 
many other family members and lifelong friends.

If you wish to make a memorial donation in honor of Lorene Middleton, 
please do so to M.D. Anderson Cancer Research: The University of Texas 
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030; or 
1-800-392-1611; or

giving@mdanderson.org.

Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. this evening, November 2, 2007, at 
the funeral home.

Please leave online condolences at www.raderfuneralhome.com.

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