Elvin Warren's Obituary
Service for Elvin Warren, 84 of Lufkin will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, April 15, 2023, at New Life Church of Lufkin, located 4707 Fm Rd 843, Visitation will be on Saturday, 12' Noon till time of service at the New Life Church of Lufkin. Burial will follow in the Davis Memorial Garden.
Elvin Warren passed away on April 4, 2023, at his home, in Lufkin, Texas. He was born on March 6, 1939, to Elbert and Ethel Atmore Warren in Crockett, TX, where he was raised 7th of 11 children.
At an early age he joined St. Matthews Baptist Church and attended William High School in Crockett. Around the age of 16, he moved to Kountze TX, where he worked as a laborer at the Sawmill and in his later years, he drove trucks for Stetka Gas, until he retired. Elvin met and married the late Inez Gilder of Kountze, TX. During their union, they were blessed with three children, Lynwood Earl, Carl, and Terry Warren. He later married Wanda Edwards Davis, of Lufkin, TX on July 27, 2019, mother of Sabrina Johnson. Elvin was a loving husband, father, brother, uncle, and grandfather of many. He loved each and every one with all that was within him.
He was preceded in death by his parents Elbert and Ethel Warren, Sister: Pauline White Brothers: Sammy LetEarl, James, and Charles Ray. Children: Shanta Cole and Tralan Cole.
Loving Survivors: Wife: Wanda Warren of Lufkin, TX; Sons: Lynwood E Warren, Carl L. Warren and Rodney Cole of Kountze, TX, Michael G Coffey (Caroline) and John A Robinson (Nannette) of Beaumont, TX, Terry Warren (Jo) of Dallas, TX. Elvin Warren, Jr. of Oakland, CA; Daughters: Sue Coffey of Kountze, TX, Linda Christy of Boca Raton FL, Leasie Warren of Muskogee, OK, Sabrina Warren Johnson (Johnny) of Austin, TX, Quashana Warren Williams of Kountze, TX, Sonja Warren of Oakland, CA; Sisters: Bobbie Bacon (Selester), Ora Jean Reagans Love, Joyce Williams of Crockett, TX and Shirley White (Norris) of Houston, TX, Special Nephew: David Lee Warren of Kountze, TX; and a host of grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends.
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