Elouise Baxter Hall, age 88, of Nacogdoches, Texas passed away on Tuesday, July 4, 2023.
Elouise Baxter was born a week before Christmas in 1934, during what most would consider the Great Depression. She was born in Nat, Texas. Her mother, Hazel Baxter, gave birth to Elouise in a house that John Baxter, her father, built.
It was a good house, but it did not have the amenities we know today. Of course there was no internet, no television, and no telephone. There would be no electricity until young Elouise was in high school. The house did not have multiple bathrooms. In fact, there were no bathrooms in the house, but there was a perfectly good outhouse which everyone in the family used.
There was no refrigerator, but there was an ice box. Every week a big block of ice went into the ice box to keep cool the few things that would fit. The Baxter family had a smoke house where they smoked meat to preserve it and stored bacon in salt for the same reason.
The Baxter family went to the Nat Baptist Church, where Elouise and her big sister, Helen, were members of a gospel singing group. Helen Baxter was the eldest, followed by Jerry Bob, Elouise, J.W., Lynda, and John Ray. Three boys and three girls.
Elouise went to school in Nat. Yes, there was a school in Nat. She walked to school every day. She started school a year early because she wanted to go so badly and pestered her parents until they gave in. When she was in high school, she started attending school in Cushing, Texas in the old rock high school there. She was in the F.H.A., 4-H Club, and the Girls' Choir. She was President of her class in 1948 and played the lead in the class plays in her junior and senior years. She graduated from Cushing High School in 1951.
While she was in high school, Elouise worked in an ice cream parlor in Baytown in the summer. During the school year she worked as a waitress at the Hospital Café on Mound Street and at the college coffee shop on North Street in Nacogdoches. Then she got a job working at the snack bar at the Main Theater in Nacogdoches. One night she sold some popcorn to a Nacogdoches Dragon football player named B.M. Hall, Jr. He lived in Melrose. They started dating and fell in love. They got married in Nacogdoches on June 2, 1953. Their relationship would be tumultuous. They married twice and divorced twice, reconciling a third time before B.M,'s death in 2006.
Their first-born, Bart, arrived in 1954 in Nacogdoches. Shortly after that they moved to Pasadena Texas, just southeast of Houston, to get jobs in the refineries and save enough money to buy some land near Nacogdoches so they could raise cattle. That is what B.M. wanted to do and Elouise wanted to help him do it. Elouise worked at Ethyl Corporation as a receptionist and then a secretary (she trained at Nacogdoches Business College after high school). B.M. started out doing manual labor and then got a job in the lab at Phillips Petroleum.
At first Elouise's family lived in a trailer park in Pasadena, but later they were able to buy a house on Oleander Street. In Pasadena Elouise gave birth to two more sons, John in 1956 and Jerry Frank in 1959.
By 1968, Elouise and BM had saved enough money for the down payment on 140 acres of land near Lilbert, Texas in Nacogdoches County. So they took their three boys and moved back to East Texas. The boys went to school in Cushing, where Elouise had graduated years before.
Through the years, Elouise was a devoted and loving mother to her three boys. Her love and support was unconditional and seemingly unlimited.
Elouise worked as a salesperson for Kraft Foods all over East Texas and worked in the office at Lone Star in Nacogdoches. She worked outside the home for all but a few years of her pre-retirement life.
Elouise lived in Nacogdoches County for the rest of her life, and that is where most of her family and friends are, although her boys all live in the Houston area. All three boys maintained close relationships with their mother.
Elouise's life touched many people in many ways. She was a beautiful, kind, generous woman. She always tried to look at the bright side of things, even when it was difficult to do. And she tried to help others. She worked hard. She worked hard at work and she worked hard at home. She worked hard for the people she loved.
She will be missed.
Elouise is survived by her three sons, Bart, John, and Jerry, as well as three grandchildren: Bart Hall, Amy Richardson, and Jeremy Hall, plus four great grandchildren: Danielle Gilbreath, Brandi Argo, Jenna Williams, and Colin Cash Richardson, and finally one great great grandchild, Adelyn Argo.
Cason Monk-Metcalf Funeral Directors
Elouise Baxter was born a week before Christmas in 1934, during what most would consider the Great Depression. She was born in Nat, Texas. Her mother, Hazel Baxter, gave birth to Elouise in a house that John Baxter, her father, built.
It was a good house, but it did not have the amenities we know today. Of course there was no internet, no television, and no telephone. There would be no electricity until young Elouise was in high school. The house did not have multiple bathrooms. In fact, there were no bathrooms in the house, but there was a perfectly good outhouse which everyone in the family used.
There was no refrigerator, but there was an ice box. Every week a big block of ice went into the ice box to keep cool the few things that would fit. The Baxter family had a smoke house where they smoked meat to preserve it and stored bacon in salt for the same reason.
The Baxter family went to the Nat Baptist Church, where Elouise and her big sister, Helen, were members of a gospel singing group. Helen Baxter was the eldest, followed by Jerry Bob, Elouise, J.W., Lynda, and John Ray. Three boys and three girls.
Elouise went to school in Nat. Yes, there was a school in Nat. She walked to school every day. She started school a year early because she wanted to go so badly and pestered her parents until they gave in. When she was in high school, she started attending school in Cushing, Texas in the old rock high school there. She was in the F.H.A., 4-H Club, and the Girls' Choir. She was President of her class in 1948 and played the lead in the class plays in her junior and senior years. She graduated from Cushing High School in 1951.
While she was in high school, Elouise worked in an ice cream parlor in Baytown in the summer. During the school year she worked as a waitress at the Hospital Café on Mound Street and at the college coffee shop on North Street in Nacogdoches. Then she got a job working at the snack bar at the Main Theater in Nacogdoches. One night she sold some popcorn to a Nacogdoches Dragon football player named B.M. Hall, Jr. He lived in Melrose. They started dating and fell in love. They got married in Nacogdoches on June 2, 1953. Their relationship would be tumultuous. They married twice and divorced twice, reconciling a third time before B.M,'s death in 2006.
Their first-born, Bart, arrived in 1954 in Nacogdoches. Shortly after that they moved to Pasadena Texas, just southeast of Houston, to get jobs in the refineries and save enough money to buy some land near Nacogdoches so they could raise cattle. That is what B.M. wanted to do and Elouise wanted to help him do it. Elouise worked at Ethyl Corporation as a receptionist and then a secretary (she trained at Nacogdoches Business College after high school). B.M. started out doing manual labor and then got a job in the lab at Phillips Petroleum.
At first Elouise's family lived in a trailer park in Pasadena, but later they were able to buy a house on Oleander Street. In Pasadena Elouise gave birth to two more sons, John in 1956 and Jerry Frank in 1959.
By 1968, Elouise and BM had saved enough money for the down payment on 140 acres of land near Lilbert, Texas in Nacogdoches County. So they took their three boys and moved back to East Texas. The boys went to school in Cushing, where Elouise had graduated years before.
Through the years, Elouise was a devoted and loving mother to her three boys. Her love and support was unconditional and seemingly unlimited.
Elouise worked as a salesperson for Kraft Foods all over East Texas and worked in the office at Lone Star in Nacogdoches. She worked outside the home for all but a few years of her pre-retirement life.
Elouise lived in Nacogdoches County for the rest of her life, and that is where most of her family and friends are, although her boys all live in the Houston area. All three boys maintained close relationships with their mother.
Elouise's life touched many people in many ways. She was a beautiful, kind, generous woman. She always tried to look at the bright side of things, even when it was difficult to do. And she tried to help others. She worked hard. She worked hard at work and she worked hard at home. She worked hard for the people she loved.
She will be missed.
Elouise is survived by her three sons, Bart, John, and Jerry, as well as three grandchildren: Bart Hall, Amy Richardson, and Jeremy Hall, plus four great grandchildren: Danielle Gilbreath, Brandi Argo, Jenna Williams, and Colin Cash Richardson, and finally one great great grandchild, Adelyn Argo.
Cason Monk-Metcalf Funeral Directors
Elouise Baxter Hall, age 88, of Nacogdoches, Texas passed away on Tuesday, July 4, 2023.
Elouise Baxter was born a week before Christmas in 1934, during what most would consider the Great Depression. She was born in Nat, Texas. Her mother, Hazel Baxter, gave birth to Elouise in a house that John Baxter, her father, built.
It was a good house, but it did not have the amenities we know today. Of course there was no internet, no television, and no telephone. There would be no electricity until young Elouise was in high school. The house did not have multiple bathrooms. In fact, there were no bathrooms in the house, but there was a perfectly good outhouse which everyone in the family used.
There was no refrigerator, but there was an ice box. Every week a big block of ice went into the ice box to keep cool the few things that would fit. The Baxter family had a smoke house where they smoked meat to preserve it and stored bacon in salt for the same reason.
The Baxter family went to the Nat Baptist Church, where Elouise and her big sister, Helen, were members of a gospel singing group. Helen Baxter was the eldest, followed by Jerry Bob, Elouise, J.W., Lynda, and John Ray. Three boys and three girls.
Elouise went to school in Nat. Yes, there was a school in Nat. She walked to school every day. She started school a year early because she wanted to go so badly and pestered her parents until they gave in. When she was in high school, she started attending school in Cushing, Texas in the old rock high school there. She was in the F.H.A., 4-H Club, and the Girls' Choir. She was President of her class in 1948 and played the lead in the class plays in her junior and senior years. She graduated from Cushing High School in 1951.
While she was in high school, Elouise worked in an ice cream parlor in Baytown in the summer. During the school year she worked as a waitress at the Hospital Café on Mound Street and at the college coffee shop on North Street in Nacogdoches. Then she got a job working at the snack bar at the Main Theater in Nacogdoches. One night she sold some popcorn to a Nacogdoches Dragon football player named B.M. Hall, Jr. He lived in Melrose. They started dating and fell in love. They got married in Nacogdoches on June 2, 1953. Their relationship would be tumultuous. They married twice and divorced twice, reconciling a third time before B.M,'s death in 2006.
Their first-born, Bart, arrived in 1954 in Nacogdoches. Shortly after that they moved to Pasadena Texas, just southeast of Houston, to get jobs in the refineries and save enough money to buy some land near Nacogdoches so they could raise cattle. That is what B.M. wanted to do and Elouise wanted to help him do it. Elouise worked at Ethyl Corporation as a receptionist and then a secretary (she trained at Nacogdoches Business College after high school). B.M. started out doing manual labor and then got a job in the lab at Phillips Petroleum.
At first Elouise's family lived in a trailer park in Pasadena, but later they were able to buy a house on Oleander Street. In Pasadena Elouise gave birth to two more sons, John in 1956 and Jerry Frank in 1959.
By 1968, Elouise and BM had saved enough money for the down payment on 140 acres of land near Lilbert, Texas in Nacogdoches County. So they took their three boys and moved back to East Texas. The boys went to school in Cushing, where Elouise had graduated years before.
Through the years, Elouise was a devoted and loving mother to her three boys. Her love and support was unconditional and seemingly unlimited.
Elouise worked as a salesperson for Kraft Foods all over East Texas and worked in the office at Lone Star in Nacogdoches. She worked outside the home for all but a few years of her pre-retirement life.
Elouise lived in Nacogdoches County for the rest of her life, and that is where most of her family and friends are, although her boys all live in the Houston area. All three boys maintained close relationships with their mother.
Elouise's life touched many people in many ways. She was a beautiful, kind, generous woman. She always tried to look at the bright side of things, even when it was difficult to do. And she tried to help others. She worked hard. She worked hard at work and she worked hard at home. She worked hard for the people she loved.
She will be missed.
Elouise is survived by her three sons, Bart, John, and Jerry, as well as three grandchildren: Bart Hall, Amy Richardson, and Jeremy Hall, plus four great grandchildren: Danielle Gilbreath, Brandi Argo, Jenna Williams, and Colin Cash Richardson, and finally one great great grandchild, Adelyn Argo.
Cason Monk-Metcalf Funeral Directors
Elouise Baxter was born a week before Christmas in 1934, during what most would consider the Great Depression. She was born in Nat, Texas. Her mother, Hazel Baxter, gave birth to Elouise in a house that John Baxter, her father, built.
It was a good house, but it did not have the amenities we know today. Of course there was no internet, no television, and no telephone. There would be no electricity until young Elouise was in high school. The house did not have multiple bathrooms. In fact, there were no bathrooms in the house, but there was a perfectly good outhouse which everyone in the family used.
There was no refrigerator, but there was an ice box. Every week a big block of ice went into the ice box to keep cool the few things that would fit. The Baxter family had a smoke house where they smoked meat to preserve it and stored bacon in salt for the same reason.
The Baxter family went to the Nat Baptist Church, where Elouise and her big sister, Helen, were members of a gospel singing group. Helen Baxter was the eldest, followed by Jerry Bob, Elouise, J.W., Lynda, and John Ray. Three boys and three girls.
Elouise went to school in Nat. Yes, there was a school in Nat. She walked to school every day. She started school a year early because she wanted to go so badly and pestered her parents until they gave in. When she was in high school, she started attending school in Cushing, Texas in the old rock high school there. She was in the F.H.A., 4-H Club, and the Girls' Choir. She was President of her class in 1948 and played the lead in the class plays in her junior and senior years. She graduated from Cushing High School in 1951.
While she was in high school, Elouise worked in an ice cream parlor in Baytown in the summer. During the school year she worked as a waitress at the Hospital Café on Mound Street and at the college coffee shop on North Street in Nacogdoches. Then she got a job working at the snack bar at the Main Theater in Nacogdoches. One night she sold some popcorn to a Nacogdoches Dragon football player named B.M. Hall, Jr. He lived in Melrose. They started dating and fell in love. They got married in Nacogdoches on June 2, 1953. Their relationship would be tumultuous. They married twice and divorced twice, reconciling a third time before B.M,'s death in 2006.
Their first-born, Bart, arrived in 1954 in Nacogdoches. Shortly after that they moved to Pasadena Texas, just southeast of Houston, to get jobs in the refineries and save enough money to buy some land near Nacogdoches so they could raise cattle. That is what B.M. wanted to do and Elouise wanted to help him do it. Elouise worked at Ethyl Corporation as a receptionist and then a secretary (she trained at Nacogdoches Business College after high school). B.M. started out doing manual labor and then got a job in the lab at Phillips Petroleum.
At first Elouise's family lived in a trailer park in Pasadena, but later they were able to buy a house on Oleander Street. In Pasadena Elouise gave birth to two more sons, John in 1956 and Jerry Frank in 1959.
By 1968, Elouise and BM had saved enough money for the down payment on 140 acres of land near Lilbert, Texas in Nacogdoches County. So they took their three boys and moved back to East Texas. The boys went to school in Cushing, where Elouise had graduated years before.
Through the years, Elouise was a devoted and loving mother to her three boys. Her love and support was unconditional and seemingly unlimited.
Elouise worked as a salesperson for Kraft Foods all over East Texas and worked in the office at Lone Star in Nacogdoches. She worked outside the home for all but a few years of her pre-retirement life.
Elouise lived in Nacogdoches County for the rest of her life, and that is where most of her family and friends are, although her boys all live in the Houston area. All three boys maintained close relationships with their mother.
Elouise's life touched many people in many ways. She was a beautiful, kind, generous woman. She always tried to look at the bright side of things, even when it was difficult to do. And she tried to help others. She worked hard. She worked hard at work and she worked hard at home. She worked hard for the people she loved.
She will be missed.
Elouise is survived by her three sons, Bart, John, and Jerry, as well as three grandchildren: Bart Hall, Amy Richardson, and Jeremy Hall, plus four great grandchildren: Danielle Gilbreath, Brandi Argo, Jenna Williams, and Colin Cash Richardson, and finally one great great grandchild, Adelyn Argo.
Cason Monk-Metcalf Funeral Directors
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
