Rodney G. Girlinghouse

Rodney G. Girlinghouse
Rodney G. Girlinghouse, 67, of Crosby, Texas, passed away on May 9, 2017.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, May 13, 2017, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Pastor Eric Barton of City Church Lufkin. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn in West Orange.

Visitation will begin at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange.

Born in China Lake, California, on November 1, 1949, he was the son of Matthew Joshua Girlinghouse and Cynthia (Lavender) Girlinghouse. Rodney was a graduate of Little Cypress High School and went on to graduate from Lamar University. He worked as a firefighter with the Beaumont Fire Department and then began his career as a safety engineer in the oil and construction industry. Rodney loved his family and friends and will be greatly missed by everyone who had the pleasure of knowing him.

He was preceded in death by his mother; and his brother, John Girlinghouse.

He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Charlotte Girlinghouse, of Crosy; father, M.J. Girlinghouse, of Orange; mother-in-law, Thelma Temple, of Huffman; children, Melissa K. Girlinghouse, of Lufkin and Becky Jones and husband Stephen, of Lafayette, LA; grandchildren, Nicole A. Jones, of Lafayette, LA, Victoria A. Tennison, of College Station, and Seth A. Jones, of Lafayette, LA; and his sister, Lynn Marie Fernandez and husband Evelio, of Jacksonville, FL.

Serving as pallbearers will be Stephen M. Jones, Seth A. Jones, Bradley L. Turner, Wayne Harvey, Charles J. DuBois, Jr., and Troy Girlinghouse. Honorary pallbearers are Ralph Girlinghouse, Melvin Girlinghouse, and Charles DuBois.