Kerr, LaVern T.  
 	
Services for LaVern T. Kerr, 76, of Longview, will be 10 a.m. 
Monday, October 9, 2006, at Wesley McCabe United Methodist 
Church, with the Rev. Christi R. Conway officiating. Burial 
will follow in Hallsville Cemetery. Arrangements are by Welch 
Funeral Home. Mrs. Kerr died October 5, 2006, at a local medical 
center. Born April 8, 1930, in Summit, Ark., she was an active 
member of Wesley McCabe United Methodist Church. Survivors 
include her husband, Kenneth Kerr; sons, Jim and Russ Narramore; 
daughter, Anita Narramore Hurst; and sister, Pam Rice. Visitation 
will be 2 p.m. Sunday, October 8, 2006, at the funeral home. An 
online registry may be signed at www.news-journal.com, by 
clicking on the obituaries link.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 10/7/2006.

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Kerr, LaVern T. 
  	
Services to honor LaVern Tolliver Kerr of Longview, will be 
Monday, October 9, at 10 a.m., at Wesley McCabe UMC, with the 
Rev. Christi R. Conway officiating. Burial will follow at 
Hallsville Cemetery under the direction of Welch Funeral Home. 
LaVern departed this life on October 5, 2006. She was born in 
Summit, Arkansas, April 8, 1930. She moved to Diana, Texas, in 
1952 and to Longview in 1971. LaVern was an active member of 
Wesley McCabe UMC, serving as a volunteer in the Terrific 
Tuesday Children's program, Sunday school teacher, Meals on 
Wheels and church librarian. She was a member of the Grace Emmaus 
Community. LaVern was recently serving as chaplain of the 
Longview Chapter 610, Order of the Eastern Star, of which she had 
been a member for 34 years. She was past matron of the Starlight 
Chapter 1016, Order of the Eastern Star of Longview. She served 
as an officer for many associations including: Longview Legal 
Secretaries, Texas Press Women, Daughters of the Nile and American 
Business Women's Association. She was also a member of the 
Longview Celtic Society, East Texas Square Dance Association and 
National UM Campers. Early in her career, she was employed by 
KFRO Radio and retired from Gregg County, where she was employed 
in several capacities within the district clerk, county sheriff 
and county commissioner offices. Her passions were spending time 
with her family, square and round dancing, reading, gardening, 
camping, sewing and traveling. Her love for her family and friends 
was exceeded only by her love for The Lord Jesus Christ. Mrs. Kerr 
is survived by her husband of 35 years, Kenneth H. Jr.; her sister, 
Pamela Tolliver Rice and husband, Rick; her sons, Jim Narramore and 
wife, Debbie, and Russell Narramore and wife, Reba; her daughter, 
Anita Narramore Hurst and husband, Sebastian; her grandchildren, 
Keri Narramore McDonald and Mikhail Hurst; and numerous nieces and 
nephews. She is also survived by her stepchildren, Master Sgt. 
Cheri Johnson, Cindi Nance, Becki Kinch, Kenneth Kerr III and their
spouses. Also surviving LaVern are her stepgrandchildren, Nanci 
Smith, Staff Sgt. Eric Kerr, Stephanie, Brittanie, Jackie and Jennie 
Kinch, Cynthia Sexton, and Emily and Thomas Nance; and six 
great-grandchildren. Memorials in LaVern's honor may be made to 
Wesley McCabe UMC, Scottish Rite Children's Hospital of Dallas, or 
Longview Chapter 610, Order of the Eastern Star. An online registry 
may be signed at www.news-journal.com, by clicking on the obituaries 
link.

Published in the Longview News-Journal from 10/7/2006 - 10/8/2006.