Woodrow Talbert, 92, of Orange, died Wednesday, June 1, 2011, in Houston.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, June 4, 2011, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Leo Anderson, pastor of the Apostolic Church in Orange. A private burial will follow at King Cemetery in Hartburg.
Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Born in Zwolle, Louisiana on September 20, 1918, he was the son of Ranse and Jessie Pruitt Talbert. A former resident of Zwolle and Deweyville, he had been a resident of Orange for 80 years.
He was a ship fitter with Bethlehem Steel retiring in 1981, following 21 ½ years of employment. He had been a member of Boilermaker?s Local 587 for 42 years and North Orange Pentecostal Church for 20 years.
Preceded in death by his first wife, Mattie Inman Talbert, Mr. Talbert is survived by his wife, Carol Talbert; daughter, Priscilla Alexander of Houston; sons, Samuel Talbert of Orange, Fred Talbert of Pasadena; grandchildren, Melissa Talbert of Pasadena, Angella Muschalek of Baytown, Darlene Brown of Houston, Jason Alexander of Austin, Dulcie Alexander of Houston, Aaron Nelson Talbert of Dallas; six great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.