Iola Mae Weatheread's Obituary
. Passed away March 1, 2008 in Mesquite, TX. She was born September 21, 1926 in Colorado City, TX to Marvin Chapell and Emma Lou Reed Cox. She was preceded in death by her parents and brother, Herman Lee Cox. Iola is survived by her husband of sixty-one years, Olen Weatheread; seven children, Olen Ray Weatheread and wife Jeanelle, Gary Wayne Weatheread and wife Linda, Lenora Mae Brown and husband Stephen, Roy Tim Weatheread and wife Sheryl, Reba Faye Blakey, Martha Lynn Smith and husband Philip, and Paula Jean Mendez and husband Oscar; 13 grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren; 2 brothers, Calvin Cox and wife Nell, Tommy Cox and wife Greita; 2 sisters, Audell Odom and husband Roy, and Faye Hathcock and husband Tom. Visitation will be 6-8pm, Tuesday, March 4, 2208 at Emmanuel Pentecostal Church. Service will be held at 10:00am, Wednesday, March 5, 2008 at Emmanuel Pentecostal Church, 1200 Poplar, Mesquite, TX 75149. Interment to follow in Restland Memorial Park.
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