Sherman Democrat
Tuesday, March
10, 1992
page A6
ZONA LEVERETTE
Services for Zona Faye Leverette, 87-year-old retired cafeteria employee of
Sherman, were held at 2 p.m. today in Waldo Funeral Chapel. She died
Sunday at Medical Plaza Hospital. Revs. James Crawford of Calvary
Baptist Church, Sid Hunter, former pastor of Calvary Baptist and Bill Knight of
Hilltop Baptist Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado officiated. Burial
was in the Memorial Park Section of West Hill Cemetery.
Mrs.
Leverette was born in Sherman, the daughter of George Rolen and Stella Killough
Rolen. She attended Bethany schools in Grayson County and on March 21,
1925, married Ottis G. Leverette. She had been employed as a cafeteria cook for
the Sherman Independent School District and retired in 1969 after 13 years of
service, most of the time at Sherman High School. For several summers,
she worked at Camp Rio Roxo, the Camp Fire Camp. She was a charter member
of the Calvary Baptist Church.
Surviving are her son, Ottis G.
"Jim" Leverette of Sherman; daughters, Brenda Nobles of Sherman and
Lillian Hardy of Garland; 10 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Jackie Durley, Mike Bernard, Dan Drake, Mike Nalley, Harold
Wagoner and Raymond Hodge.
Honorary pallbearers were deacons of Calvary
Baptist Church.
Memorials may be made to Calvary Baptist Church.