Carrington, Claudia Dill

A private family interment service will precede memorial 
services for Claudia Mae Carrington, 92, of White Oak, 
which will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, January 24, 2007, at 
White Oak Baptist Church, with the Reverend Noah Lee 
officiating. Claudia Mae Carrington was born April 6, 
1914, in East Bernard, Texas, to Claude Dill and Ethel 
Mae Lavendusky. Mrs. Carrington graduated as valedictorian 
of East Bernard High School in 1930. She received bachelors 
and master's degrees from the University of Texas, where 
she was employed as a student assistant in the School of 
Education. She was a member of the Lambda Delta and Pi 
Lambda Theta honorary societies. In 1939, Claudia married 
E. B. Carrington, a high school teacher, who later served 
as superintendent of White Oak ISD and mayor of White Oak. 
She taught school 27 years: two years in Yoakum, one year 
at Pine Tree, and 24 years at White Oak, where she taught 
kindergarten, second grade, third grade, and fifth grade. 
She was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma, an honorary teachers' 
society. Claudia was a member of White Oak Baptist Church, 
where she taught adult Sunday school classes for 37 years. 
She was an active member of the White Oak Community Club and 
the Senior Citizens Club of White Oak. She was preceded in 
death by her parents, Ennis, her husband of 58 years; 
daughter, Martha Nell; son, Ennis B. Carrington Jr.; sister, 
Ethel Fretz; and brother, Claude B. Dill Jr. She is survived 
by son and daughter-in-law, Joe and Shelley Carrington of 
White Oak; daughters and sons-in-law, Rosanne and Vernon Root 
of Austin, and Sue and James King of White Oak. She is also 
survived by grandchildren, Larry Root and wife, Martha of 
Dripping Springs, Kirk Root and wife, Lori of Austin, Leanne 
Rybicki of Manvel, Stephanie Hunter and husband, Rodney of 
White Oak, Laurie Pilcher and husband, Brian of White Oak, 
Brian King and wife, Jacy of Nacogdoches, and Travis and 
Brent Carrington of White Oak; and 10 great- grandchildren. 
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial 
contributions be made to White Oak Baptist Church or White 
Oak Education Foundation. The family will greet friends from 
5-7 p.m. this evening, January 23, 2007, at the funeral home. 
A memorial guestbook may be signed online at www.raderfh.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 1/23/2007.