Palestine High School Alumni Association

01 / 14 / 1938  –  01 / 04 / 2003

Services for Anne Johnston Chennault of Palestine will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Roselawn Park Cemetery with the Rev. Scott Dornbush officiating. Burial will be in Roselawn Park under the direction of Bailey & Foster, Palestine.

Mrs. Chennault died Saturday at the Home Place in Tyler.

he was born January 14, 1938 in Palestine to Luther C. Johnston and Doris Hanks Johnston.

Mrs. Chennault was a member of First United Methodist Church and belonged to the Lydia Circle and was a member of the church choir. She graduated from Palestine High School in 1956 and received her B.B.A. from Southwestern University in 1959. She was a member of Harvey Women’s Club, Pionette Garden Club, Howard House Museum, Literary League and the Trail Blazer’s of the American Cancer Society.

She was preceded in death by her mother; and a granddaughter, Meagan Elizabeth Chennault.

Mrs. Chennault is survived by her husband, Michael D. Chennault of Palestine; father, Luther C. Johnston of Palestine; daughter, Lisa Chennault Mueller of Tyler; son, M. Douglas Chennault of Gunnison, Colo.; sister, Susan Johnston Comte of Elkhart; and eight grandchildren, Michael David Mueller, Kerrill Lauren Mueller, Mallory Anne Chennault, Morgan Taylor Chennault, Matthew Douglas Chennault, Michael Douglas Chennault II, Jack Clair Chennault and Natalie Nicole Fagan.

Pallbearers will be Joe Crutcher, Dr. Charles Selman, Dr. Barry Fawcett, Gene Moore, Larry Wommack, Jon Gregg, J.C. McDowell and David E. Foster.

Honorary pallbearers will be Steven Comte, Joe Comte, Tim Wijt, Ted Maffitt, Tom Chennault and J.B. Smith.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, Hospice of East Texas, 4111 University Blvd., Tyler, Texas, 75701 or the First United Methodist Church, 422 South Magnolia .St., Palestine, Texas,75801.

Source: Palestine Herald-Press 01-06-2003