Boatner, Nila Allen

KILGORE -- Private family services for Mrs. Nila Avanell 
Allen Boatner, 84, of Longview, will be at the Lakeview 
Mausoleum with the Rev. Father Stephen J. Butts officiating. 
Entombment will follow services. Nila and her twin sister 
were born on March 25, 1922, to Josie Lee Doty Murphy and 
James Benton Allen in Dekalb, Texas. She passed away at her 
home on Friday, January 12, 2007. Mrs. Boatner married Fred 
Leroy Boatner in 1937, and they were married for 65 years 
until his death in 2002. They operated the Frederick-Nila 
Photographic Studio in Longview for many years and 
subsequently owned the Frederick-Nila Art Gallery in 
Longview until their retirement. Nila won many awards for 
her artwork in oils and pastels, and in the '90s, she was a 
regular contributor to the Longview News-Journal with her 
articles "I Remember." She was preceded in death by her 
husband, her parents, and one sister, Oniece Allen Stewart of 
Longview. She is survived by her son, Dr. Lynn Allen Boatner 
and his wife, Martha Alice Goodwin Boatner, of Oak Ridge; 
three grandsons, Mark Boatner and his wife, Ellen, and her 
daughter, Annah Barish, of Oak Ridge, Ivan Boatner and his 
wife, Beth, and their daughter, Margaret Thompson Boatner, of 
Knoxville, Tenn., and Philip Boatner of Oak Ridge, Tenn. She 
is also survived by three nieces, Jo Stewart of Longview, 
Marsha Stewart Taylor of Longview and Nila Nell Foss of 
Martinez, Ga. The family wishes to thank Rene Scott with the 
hospice and also Nila's devoted health care providers, Tanya 
Williams, Anita Harrison and Sharon Sanders who were so kind 
to her. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Texas 
Home Health Hospice of Longview. Please leave online 
condolences at www.Raderfuneralhome.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 1/14/2007.

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Boatner, Nila Allen

KILGORE -- Private family services for Nila Avanell Allen 
Boatner, 84, of Longview, will be at the Lakeview Mausoleum 
with the Rev. Stephen J. Butts officiating. Entombment will 
follow services. Nila and her twin sister were born on March 
25, 1922, to Josie Lee Doty Murphy and James Benton Allen in 
DeKalb, Texas. She passed away at her home on Friday, 
January 12, 2007. Mrs. Boatner married Fred Leroy Boatner in 
1937, and they were married for 65 years until his death in 
2002. They operated the Frederick-Nila Photographic Studio in 
Longview for many years and subsequently owned the 
Frederick-Nila Art Gallery in Longview until their retirement. 
Nila won many awards for her artwork in oils and pastels, and 
in the '90s, she was a regular contributor to the Longview 
News-Journal with her articles "I Remember." She was preceded 
in death by her husband, her parents, and one sister, Oniece 
Allen Stewart of Longview. She is survived by her son, Dr. 
Lynn Allen Boatner and his wife, Martha Alice Goodwin Boatner, 
of Oak Ridge; her twin sister, Ifa Avinell Wardell of Martinez, 
Ga.; three grandsons, Mark Boatner and his wife, Ellen, and her 
daughter, Annah Barish, of Oak Ridge, Ivan Boatner and his 
wife, Beth, and their daughter, Margaret Thompson Boatner, of 
Knoxville, Tenn., and Philip Boatner of Oak Ridge, Tenn. She is 
also survived by three nieces, Jo Stewart Maxwell of Kilgore, 
Marsha Stewart Taylor of Longview and Nila Nell Foss of 
Martinez, Ga. The family wishes to thank Rene Scott with the 
hospice and also Nila's devoted health care providers, Tanya 
Williams, Anita Harrison and Sharon Sanders who were so kind 
to her. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Texas 
Home Health Hospice of Longview. Please leave online 
condolences at www.Raderfuneralhome.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 1/15/2007.