Elsie Rae Creel Roberts

Elsie Rae Creel Roberts, 81, of Orange, passed away on December 5, 2014, at her home.

Funeral services will be 10:00am, Monday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Mark Legendre of Mainstreet Church of Christ in Vidor. Graveside service will be 1:00pm, Monday, at Meadows Cemetery in Merryville, Louisiana.

Visitation will be from 3:00pm to 5:00pm, Sunday at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City.

Born in Noble, Louisiana, on April 29, 1933, she was the daughter of Louis P. Colton and Elizabeth Anne (Kegley) Colton. Elsie was a member of West Orange Church of Christ. She loved quilting, canning, and gardening. Elsie enjoyed spending time outdoors hunting and fishing. She always took care of others and put her children and family first. The family would like to thank the staff of Gentiva Hospice in Beaumont for all of their wonderful care.

She was preceded in death by her first husband, Wallace G. Creel; her second husband Upton K. Roberts; her two sisters, Opehlia Harger and Lucille Parker; and her parents, Louis and Elizabeth Colton.

Elsie is survived by her four daughters, Rebecca Anne “Becky” Creel Wilcox and husband Earl, of Mauriceville, Peggy Elizabeth Creel Erwin and husband Alvin, of Kountze, Cynthia Rae “Cindy” Creel Rascoe and husband David, of Bridge City, and Sherry Jeanette Creel LeBlanc and husband Carl, of Bridge City; eight grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren; two great-great grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews; and her two brothers, Woodrow Colton and Charles “Buddy” Colton.

Serving as pallbearers will be Garrett Wilcox, Wesley LeBlanc, John Erwin, John Erwin Jr., Alan Rascoe, and Dustin Creager. Honorary pallbearers are Baylor LeBlanc, Dawson Creager, and Gaven Wilcox.