Funeral services for Mary Alice Hoosier, 82, of Call will be 2:00 PM, Friday, October 10, 2008 at Farmer Funeral Home in Silsbee with interment following in Call Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 5:00 pm Thursday at the funeral home.
Mrs. Hoosier died October 8, 2008 at Jasper Memorial Hospital.
A native of Beckville, Tx, Alice was a lifelong resident of Call.
During WWII, she was a "Rosie the Riveter" at Bethlehem Steel. After the war ended, she stayed home to raise her boys, then continued working as a welder until retiring.
Mrs. Hoosier was preceded in death by her husband Carroll 'Buddy' Hoosier. Survivors include her children, Brenda Davis and husband Gerald of Kirbyville, Jeannie Lamb and husband Billy of Evadale, John Van Pelt and wife Teresa of Pasadena and Donna Van Pelt of Evadale; twelve grandchildren and seventeen great grandchildren.