Covington, Edna Blanche   
	
E. Blanche Covington, of Port Arthur, left her earthly home 
on the morning of January 28, 2007, to join her late husband, 
H. Dave Covington, in her new heavenly home. A celebration of 
her life will be 3 p.m. today, January 30, 2007, at Greggton 
First Baptist Church, with Brother Frank Hodges of Fellowship 
Baptist Church and Brother Bobby E. Moore of Greggton First 
Baptist Church officiating. Interment will follow in Lakeview 
Memorial Gardens Cemetery. She was born August 5, 1920, in 
Mansfield, Louisiana, to Grady and Evie Lee McMichael, who 
preceded her in death. She married Dave Covington in Magnolia, 
Arkansas, and after World War II, moved to Longview, where 
they raised their family and she worked by his side at Dave's 
Body Shop that later became Covington Body & Frame Shop. 
Blanche loved teaching Bible and was loved by her ladies 
Sunday school class and served others at Valley View Baptist 
and Central Baptist churches. She was a member at Greggton 
First Baptist until she moved in 2001 to Port Arthur to be 
near her son and daughter and joined Fellowship Baptist 
Church in Nederland. She loved to crochet and left all of her 
children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren with a 
precious piece of her handiwork. Celebrating her life and 
homegoing are her daughter and son-in-law, Lois and Preston 
Parks of Nederland; son and daughter-in-law, Harvey and Gail 
of Port Arthur; son and daughter-in-law, Homer and B.J. of 
Longview; grandchildren, Paul, Bryce, Kyle, Shannnon, Angela, 
Cassandra, Marcus, Jason, and Shawn; stepgrandson, Christopher 
Parks; 13 great-grandchildren; two precious sisters, Maxine 
Cain of Gunntersville, Alabama, and Pat Craig of Longview; and 
many nieces and nephews. Memorial contributions may be made 
to a charity of choice. The family will receive friends from 
1:30-3 p.m., prior to services, at the church. For those 
unable to attend, online condolences may be offered at 
www.mem.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 1/30/2007.