Janis Dean Tolbert

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Janice Bolton

Hemphill, TX - Janis Tolbert Bolton, 85, of Hemphill, TX passed away after a lengthy illness on Friday, December 15, 2017. She was born on January 27, 1932 in Hineston, LA to John Alton Tolbert and Essie Wilson Tolbert.

Janis was born during the Great Depression, she told of how her mother had to borrow two cents to buy a postage stamp, just to let her father know of her birth. Janis always treated each item she purchased with such meticulous care because she knew what it meant to go without. She also never threw anything away; just ask her children that moved her several times throughout the years.

Janis loved gardening, sewing, shopping, and fishing, this love she shared with her children. When you were around her you saw the bright light of Jesus. She strived daily to serve others, always looking to identify anything she could do to help and or ease someone's burden. Janis was very quiet but when she spoke it was with the softness of angels. She loved her family with overwhelming selflessness. Demonstrating a true servant's heart, she worked with individuals with disabilities in both Louisiana and Texas before retiring from Lufkin State School in 2001.

Janis was preceded in death by her parents, John Tolbert and Essie Tolbert, brother Herman Tolbert and brother Alton Tolbert.

She is survived by her four children: sons Dwight Duck and wife, Bonnie; Wade Duck and wife, Patricia; John Duck and wife, Debbie; and daughter Janet Davis and Yvette Borrero; grandchildren, Simon Duck and wife, January; Elizabeth Petrovich and husband, Brett; Cory Duck and wife, Rachel; Jonathan Duck; Justin Duck and wife, Emily; and Robin Ezernack and husband, Josh; great-grandchildren, Kainan Duck; Isabella Duck; Faith Petrovich; Christian Petrovich; Jackson Duck; MacKenzie Duck; Easton Duck; Jace Ezernack; and Elly Ezernack.

Her family will miss Janis, as she was welcomed home by her Heavenly Father. She will be remembered as a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, stepmother, sister and aunt.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Janis's memory to Alzheimer's of America at their website

Published in The Town Talk on Dec. 20, 2017
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Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, December 20, 2017, Page 5

Janis married Cleveland James Duck before 1953. Cleveland was born on 14 Jan 1934 in Hineston, Rapides Parish, Louisiana; died on 6 Apr 2004 in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John Edward Duck, 59, of Rosevine, Texas passed away Monday, September 28, 2020 in CHI St. Luke's Hospital of Lufkin, Texas.

John was born August 26, 1961 in Beaumont, Texas to Cleveland James Duck and Janice Bolton. He was a graduate of West Sabine High School and a United States Army veteran. He worked as a heavy machinery operator and in his spare time, he loved to fish.

John is survived by his wife, Debbie Duck of Rosevine; step-mother, Doris Duck of Bronson; son, Justin Duck and wife, Emily, of Temple; daughters, Robin Ezernack and husband, Josh, of Bronson, Tori Sowell and husband, Joey, of Rosevine; and Tabrika Logan of Rosevine; brothers, Dwight David Duck and wife, Bonnie, of Hemphill, Wade Duck and wife, Patricia, of White Oak, Texas; and Bill Sexton and wife, Beneta, of Lufkin; sisters, Janet Davis of Port Arthur and Deidre Lopez and husband, Mark, of Bronson; grandchildren, Jayren Herrera, Madison Sowell, Carson Sowell, Hudson Sowell, Jace Ezernack, A. J. Buckley, Jack Duck and Elly Ezernack; and nine nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, step-son, Kyle Ellison; and grandmother, Eunice Lowry.

Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 29, 2020 at Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St., Hemphill, Texas.

Funeral services will begin at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, September 30, 2020 with Bro. Floyd Wright officiating.

Burial will follow services in Rosevine Cemetery.

Condolences can be made online at starrfuneralhome.com.

(Downloaded from Starr Funeral Home, also published in the Sabine County Reporter, September 30, 2020, page 4)

John married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Deborah Sue Ellison on 17 Oct 1993 in Sabine County, Texas. Deborah (daughter of Fred Ellison and Ruby Narvalyn Fuller) was born on 5 Jan 1959 in Harris County, Texas; died on 7 Dec 2023 in Humble, Harris County, Texas; was buried in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]