Barbara J. Poe

Barbara Jo Orlando Poe Barbara Poe, 64, of Lumberton, TX passed away on April 9, 2007, at Christus Hospital-St. Elizabeth in Beaumont. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at Infant Jesus Catholic Church in Lumberton on Thursday, April 12, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. with Father Michael Baluyog officiating. Visitation will be held on Wednesday from 4:00 - 8:00 p.m. at the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home with a Rosary recited at 6:00 p.m. Ms. Poe was a dedicated school bus driver for the Lumberton Independent School District with over twenty five years of service. She loved all children and at times worked three jobs to support her seven children. She was the home room mother for all of her children and coached her daughters softball teams. Barbara Jo also loved to cook. She used her cooking talents as a way for her family to spend time together. Ms. Poe is survived by her children, Tammy Russell and husband, Louie of Buna, Angela Fussell and husband, Scott of Silsbee, Mary Jo Dempsey of Victoria, Larry Poe, Jr., and wife, Tammy of Lumberton, Amanda Swanson of Beaumont, Paulette Foret of Lumberton, and Travis Poe of Houston; twelve grandchildren; two great-grandchildren and her brothers, Joseph Orlando, Jr. and wife, Elaine of Kountze, David Orlando and wife, Sherry of Sour Lake and Donald Orland and wife, Margaret of Beaumont. She was preceded in death by her parents Joseph and Estell Watson Orlando and sister Mary Katherine ?Kay? Snider.