Quinn, Wendell Houston "Ponnie"   	 

Funeral services for Wendell Houston "Ponnie" Quinn, 75, of Longview, will 
be 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 5, 2007, at Trinity Baptist Church in Lakeport, 
with Dr. Gary Orr officiating. Burial will follow at Summerfield Cemetery, 
on land donated by his grandfather. Mr. Quinn went to be with the Lord 
Saturday morning at a local hospital.

Mr. Quinn was born October 17, 1931, in Gregg County, Texas, to William H. 
and Martha Whitehurst Quinn. He was married to Nell Toon Felts Quinn 
November 27, 1972. He was a kind-hearted, generous and loving Christian man 
who always went out of his was to help anyone in need. Mr. Quinn was a 
longtime member of Trinity Baptist Church and was retired from LeBus 
Manufacturing, where he had many friends. He was an avid gardener and loved 
small animals. He left behind his latest love, "Sweet Pea," his apricot toy 
poodle.

Mr. Quinn was preceded in death by his wife, Nell, November 14, 2004; his 
son, Steve Quinn; his parents, William Quinn and Martha Quinn Gibson; his 
sister, Betty Rizer; his brothers; Troy and Nuel Quinn; nephew, Terry Rizer; 
and his niece, Michelle Passafuime Harshbarger.

He is survived by his children, David Gilbert Quinn and Kathy Dickerson; his 
half sister; Diane Harshbarger, nephews and their wives, David and Linda Toon, 
Michael and Michelle Toon, Roger and Gaile Toon, Carlos and Linda Toon, 
Richard and Lela Quinn, Larry and Beverly Quinn and Todd and Carla Harshbarger; 
his nieces and their husbands, JoAnn and Glenn Green, Martha Phillips, Betty 
and David Hestand, Reba Toon, Judy Toon, Carolyn and Lowell Daughtry, Barbara 
King, Janice and John Dudley, Nancy and Gary Burgess, Margaret and Bob Landman, 
Elaine and David White and Tina and Phillip Procell; special friends, Dan and 
Bobbie Thuma, Rita Amos and her daughter, Kelly; as well as many other family 
and friends.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home at 6 p.m. today, June 4, 
2007.

Memorials may be made to the Youth Ministry of Trinity Baptist Church, P.O. 
Box 8286, Longview, TX 75607.

An online registry may be signed at www.news-journal.com, by clicking on the 
obituaries link.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 6/4/2007.