Graveside service for Will "Cotton" Mettlen, 72, of Wells, was at 10 a.m. Thursday at Shooks Bluff Cemetery with Robert Spencer officiating under the direction of Gipson Funeral Home of Lufkin. Mr. Mettlen died April 16. He was born Nov. 8, 1934, in Lufkin to the late Henry Gordon and Willie Beatrice Lee Mettlen.
Mr. Mettlen died April 16, 2007. He was born Nov. 8, 1934, in Lufkin to the late Henry Gordon and Willie Beatrice Lee Mettlen. He was a lifelong resident of Angelina County and was a self-employed logger for many years.
Preceding him in death were his wife, Alice Zora Ann Mettlen, in 2002.
Survivors include six daughters, Hazel Wallace, Evelyn Spencer and Judy Soignet, all of Pollok, Barbara Luther of Vidor and Amy Frazier and Kathrine Mettlen Allen, both of Wells; three sons, Larry Mettlen, Kenneth Mettlen and Jerry Mettlen, all of Wells; grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews and other relatives.
Pallbearers were William Spencer, Daniel Mettlen, Roger Soignet, Steven Mettlen, Jessie Wallace and J.R. Allen.
April 25, 2007
Information from the Cherokeean Herald.