Luella Lansford Allbright

Luella Lansford Allbright Services for Luella Lansford Allbright, 98, of Longview, will be at 2 p.m. Monday, May 7, 2007, at Rader Funeral Home Chapel, with the Reverend Jerry Turner officiating. Burial will follow in Memory Park Cemetery. Luella passed away Friday, May 4, 2007, at Summer Meadows Nursing Home in Longview. Luella Lansford Allbright was born November 19, 1908, in Crockett, Texas, to Hiram Gersham Lansford and Agnes Lucille McCarty Lansford. She attended Crockett schools, graduating from high school in 1926, complete Crockett Business School, then worked at the First National Bank in Crockett until November 9, 1929, when she married Harry Lee Allbright Sr. and moved to Longview, where they made their permanent home. Affectionately known as ?Mom? to her family, Luella was a marvelous cook and enjoyed sharing the fruits of her labor with family and friends. For years, her Italian cream and pound cakes were spoken for before the bake sales at the First United Methodist Church of Longview, where she had been an active member for more than 77 years, a member of the UMW, the Clyde Hall Sunday School Class and Pioneers. She was also a member of the Longview Women?s Forum for a number of years. After 33 years, Luella retired from the former Longview National Bank now Regions and enjoyed traveling extensively with her brothers as well as groups. Also, an avid Bridge player, she played several times each week. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harry Allbright Sr.; one son, George Roland Allbright; her parents; three brothers; one sister; and one granddaughter. She is survived by two sons and their wives, Harry Lee Allbright Jr. and wife, Gene, and Philip Allbright and wife, Bonnie; a daughter-in-law, Joyce Allbright, all of Longview; a brother, William C. ?Bill? Lansford of Granbury; four grandsons; four granddaughters; five great-grandsons; six greatgranddaughters; and one great-great-grandson. Memorial contributions may be made to First United Methodist Church of Longview, Heartsway Hospice or Texas Home Health Hospice. The family will receive friends from 4-6 p.m. Sunday evening, May 6, 2007, at Rader Funeral Home at 1617 Judson Road.

Luella Lansford Allbright

November 19, 1908 - May 4, 2007