Funeral services for Mrs. Twila B. Andrews, age 65, of Gary, TX, will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, at Jimerson-Lipsey Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Mike Taylor officiating. Interment will follow in Mt. Bethel Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. on Wednesday at the funeral home. Mrs. Andrews passed away on Monday night, Oct. 29, 2012, in Longview.

Twila B. Hodge Andrews was born on Sept. 18, 1947, in Panola County, TX to L.B. and Sylvia Bell Downing Hodge. She lived most of her life in Gary and attended Enterprise Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents; five brothers; one son, Buddy Glenn Andrews; and one granddaughter, Olivia Marie Martinez.

Mrs. Andrews is survived by one son, Jamie Andrews of Gary; one daughter, Selena Darlene Martinez and husband Mario of Gary; three brothers, Rusty Hodge and wife Sharon of Gary, H.L. Hodge and wife Sandra of Carthage, and David Hodge and wife Beverly of Carthage; three sisters, Clauden Hodge of Gary, Fannie Pearl Hodge of Gary, and Pansy Ann Hodge of Carthage; eleven grandchildren; and fifteen great-grandchildren. Numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and many friends also survived Mrs. Andrews.

Serving as pallbearers are Ryan Andrews, Russell Andrews, Clifton Andrews, Darrell Andrews, Martell Hodge, Jr., and Charles Rhodes.

Serving as honorary pallbearers are Lenard Hodge, H.L. Hodge, and David Hodge.

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