Olis Houston "Pop" Middleton Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Funeral Services for Olis Houston “Pop” Middleton, 91, of Rusk will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, July 16, 2016, at Wallace-Thompson Funeral Home Chapel under the direction of Wallace-Thompson Funeral Home with Bro. Dan Rankin and Bro. Don Copeland officiating. Burial will follow in Atoy Cemetery. Mr. Middleton was born to the late Raleigh and Anna Middleton on May 14, 1925. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II in the south Pacific as a ship fitter. He enjoyed hunting, vegetable gardening, fishing, and was wonderfully proud of his family. He was a deacon at Atoy Baptist Church and was a lifelong Baptist. He is predeceased by his parents, wife, Lynell Elaine Middleton, brother, Reginald (Red) Middleton, sisters, Claudette Batts, Katie Barnhill, and son, Kenneth Martin. He is survived by wife, Evelyn Middleton, Rusk, TX, son and daugther-in-law, Gary and Debbie Middleton, Tatum, TX, step-daughter, Wilda Garrett, Houston, TX, step-daughter and son-in-law, Janis and Rick Brooks, Rusk, TX, step-son and daughter-in-law, Tommie and Suzie Martin, Nacogdoches, TX, step-daughter and son-in-law, Connie and Robert Catalani, Rusk, TX, step-daughter-in-law, Loeta Martin, Rusk, TX, grandchildren, Carie Middleton, Dayton, TX, Amy and Roy Brace, Tucson, AZ, Jonathan Middleton, Tatum, TX, Timothy and Kaisa Middelton, Greenville, TX, Kenny and Amy Martin, The Woodlands, TX, Amy and Kenneth Honeycutt, Palestine, TX, Ben Parsons, Kilgore, TX, Michael and Megan Brooks, Rockport, TX, Richard and Jamie Brooks, Walstonburg, NC, Jereme and Wendy Martin, Cushing, Deanna and Clint Childers, Pollock, many great-grandchildren and 3 great-great grandchildren. Visitation will be 5:00-7:00 p.m., Friday, July 15, 2015, at the funeral home. Pallbearers will be Mike Tugwell, Ben Parsons, Kenny Martin, Jonathan Middleton, Timothy Middleton, and Michael Brooks.

Olis Houston "Pop" Middleton

May 14, 1925 - July 13, 2016