Janie Lillian Hough

Janie Lillian Hough, 100, of Silsbee, died Saturday, January 14, 2017. She was born on May 10, 1916, in Sonora, to Corabel Rhiddlehoover and John Madison Green. Mrs. Hough was a teacher for thirty-seven years at Silsbee I.S.D.

Survivors include her children, Harry Hough of Maryville, Tennessee and Barbara Jane Hough Gulley and her husband, Mike, of Silsbee; grandchildren, Don Hough, Jr. of Seabrook, Kim Hough of Galveston, Larry Hough of Knoxville, Tennessee, Grady Hough and his wife, Nancy, of Reston, Virginia, Dell Whitney of Silsbee, Janie Boyd and her husband, Jason, of Conroe, Julie Williams and her husband, Erik, of Crowley; great-grandchildren; Holly Hough, Matthew Hough, Marie Hough, and Macie Hough, Justin Whitney, Shane Whitney, Jonah Boyd, Sadie Boyd, Breanna Williams, Bradley Williams, Brayden Williams; and sister, Joe Anna Birdwell-Logan of Canton. She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Don L Hough; grandsons, Bert Whitney and John Hough; and sister, Mary Lou Wagstaff.

A gathering of Mrs. Hough’s family and friends will begin at 12:00 p.m., Wednesday, January 18, 2017, with her funeral service at 2:00 p.m., at Broussard’s, 490 Cemetery Road, Silsbee. Her interment will be 11:00 a.m., Thursday, January 19, 2017, at Isabell ChapelCemetery, Mount Enterprise.

Memorial contributions may be made to First Baptist Church of Silsbee, 350 Highway 96 South, Silsbee, Texas 77656; American Cancer Society, #4 Bayou Brandt, Suite B, Beaumont, Texas 77704; or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tennessee 38105.