Funeral services for Mrs. Lorene Metcalf, age 68 of Beckville, Texas, will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, February 15, 2008 at Jimerson-Lipsey Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Bob Scott officiating. Interment will follow in Langley Cemetery near Beckville. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday at the funeral home. Mrs. Metcalf passed away on Wednesday night, February 13, 2008 in Carthage.

Virgie Lorene Sheffield Metcalf was born on March 24, 1939 in Waller County, Texas to Virgil and Luda Clepper Sheffield. Mrs. Metcalf graduated from Overton High School and attended Kilgore College. She married Johnny Rabon Metcalf on March 30, 1962 in Carthage, Texas. Mrs. Metcalf had lived in Beckville most of her adult life and was a member of the New Prospect Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Johnny Rabon Metcalf who passed away on October 7, 1997; two brothers; and one sister.

Mrs. Metcalf is survived by three sons, Johnny Eugene Metcalf, Bill Wiley Metcalf, and James Wesley Metcalf all of Beckville; two sisters, Dorothy Mae Chandler and husband Ray of Bridge City and Irene Williams of Carthage; two brothers-in-law, Bill Metcalf and wife Thelma of Athens and Jewel Metcalf and wife Linda of Attica, New York; and one sister-in-law, Emma Blakeman of Carthage. Numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives, and many friends also survive Mrs. Metcalf.

Serving as pallbearers are Bobby Curry, Allen Metcalf, Bill Metcalf, Robert O'Brien, Dean Hutto, and Raymond Hutto.

If desired, memorials may be made to the Langley Cemetery Association, c/o Mrs. Emma Blakeman, 151 Hull Road, Carthage, Texas 75633 or to Heart's Way Hospice, 1306 Pine Tree Road, Longview, Texas 75604.

A guestbook may be signed online at www.jimerson-lipsey.com.