Funeral services for Mrs. Alva Harris Ingram, age 95 of the Woods Community in Panola County, Texas, will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, October 24, 2008, at Jimerson-Lipsey Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Jesse Harris and Reverend Jim Bradley officiating. Interment will follow in Woods Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday at the funeral home. Mrs. Ingram passed away on Monday night, October 20, 2008, at her home in the Woods Community.

Alva Harris Ingram was born on January 18, 1913, in Beckville, Texas, the last of nine children born to Alford and Elizabeth Shaw Harris. Mrs. Ingram graduated from Beckville High School with the class of 1931. She married Wallace Vincent Ingram on January 2, 1933, in Beckville, Texas and together they celebrated 52 years of marriage before his death on March 27, 1985. Mrs. Ingram lived all of her life in Panola County and was a member of Woods United Methodist Church. She was also preceded in death by her parents; six brothers, Reverend Edward James Harris, Matthew Harris, Reverend Chester Eugene Harris, Dallas D. Harris, Willie Gay Harris, and Odus Joseph Harris; and two sisters, Tommie Pearl Harris and Ettie Bell Harris.

Mrs. Ingram is survived by two sons, Don V. Ingram and wife Julie of Dallas, Texas and Steve B. Ingram and wife Alice of Longview, Texas; five grandchildren, Alice Ingram Mattox and husband Michael of Little Rock, Arkansas, Tiffany J. Ingram of Austin, Texas, Brandyce Ann Ingram of Los Angeles, California, Stephen B. Ingram, Jr. of Brea, California, and Suzanne Ingram Lizza and husband Allen of Longview, Texas; and two great-granddaughters, Ali Ingram Mattox of Little Rock, Arkansas and Ashley Nicole Lizza of Longview, Texas. Numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and many friends also survive Mrs. Ingram.

Serving as pallbearers are Ralph Funk, Jim Nisbett, Jerry Harris, Michael W. Mattox, Allen Lizza, and Stephen B. Ingram, Jr. Serving as honorary pallbearers are Dallas Harris, Reverend Bill Harris, Robert Nisbett, and Claris B. Haden.

Mrs. Ingram was quite active in the Woods United Methodist Church and other community services related to the church. If desired, memorials may be made to the Woods United Methodist Church, Post Office Box 511, Carthage, Texas 75633 or the Woods Cemetery Association, c/o Mrs. Kittie Pitts, 342 County Road 410, Gary, Texas 75643.


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