Josephine Radetzky Lang

Services for Josephine Radetzky Lang, 93, of Jacksonville, are scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, at Autry Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. David Hallum officiating. Burial will be in Vinson Cemetery.

Mrs. Lang died April 12, 2007, in Tyler. She was born to Frederick and Mary Seffel Radetzky, Aug. 29, 1913 in Henderson County. She retired from Hunts Electronics in Dallas. She and her husband William Lang moved to Jacksonville and made this their home. She was a member of Afton Grove Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Frederick and Mary Seffel Radetzky; her brothers, Frederick Walter and Ben Radetzky; her sister, Mary Landry, Caroline Holmes and Gertrude Wood; her niece, Mary Green; and her nephew, Fred Ransavall.

Survivors include her husband, William “Bill” Lang of Jacksonville; her sister, Genevieve McGee of Palestine and several nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers were Wayne Jones, Eddie Smith, Charles Dickerson, Frank Diamont, Joe Musick and Brent Smith.

Visitation was Monday 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Afton Grove Baptist Church Building Fund.

Information from the Cherokeean Herald.

April 18, 2007