DAVID MAX LANGSTON
Max Langston, 76, of Lumberton, died March 27, 2005, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, after a lengthy illness of diabetes, cancer and congestive heart failure.
Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 30th at Woodcrest Methodist Church in Lumberton, with Rev. Rick Sitton officiating. Burial will follow with a Masonic graveside service at Village Mills Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 29th at Farmers funeral home in Silsbee.
Max was born March 25, 1929, in Village Mills, Texas to W.A. “Pat” Langston and Nettie Wilkinson Langston. He was a graduate of Warren High School. He served 5 years in the Air Force during the Korean Conflict and was honorably discharged as a S/Sgt.. He served as tower chief at Camp Gary in San Marcos, Texas, until June 1959 at which time he began working for the Federal Aviation Administration as an Air Traffic Controller at Hobby Airport in Houston, and transferred to Intercontinental Airport when it opened. He transferred to the Jefferson County Airport and was a supervisor there until his retirement in 1974. He was a graduate of the Peace Officer’s school from Kilgore College and served as a volunteer deputy with the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office under Mike Holzapfel for many years. He also served as a volunteer deputy with the Tyler County Sheriff’s Office for 2 years. He was a member of Myrta Lodge A.F./A.M. in Warren and Past Patron of the Eastern Star.
He was preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Juanell Jones Langston; daughters and sons-in-law, Lynda and Jim Wilson of Warren; and LaVerne and Art Danos of Warren; brother, W. A. (Bill) Langston of Wildwood. Grandchildren: LeAnn (Shawn) McNulty of Lumberton; Tim (Dawn) Freeman of Nacogdoches; Jana Lane of Lumberton; Aaron Danos of Lumberton; Andrew Danos of Baltimore, MD; and Alan Danos of Warren. Great grandchildren: Aleisha McNulty of Warren; Harrison McNulty of Lumberton; Kyler Bradford of Lumberton; and Brady Freeman of Nacogdoches; plus a niece and 2 nephews and many great nieces and nephews and a host of friends.
The family would like to thank Drs. Merrick Ross (M.D. Anderson); Alfred Brady, Suresh Indupalli, Scott McKenney and Jerry Clark and their staffs for their wonderful care over the past 25 years.
Pallbearers will be: Jim Wilson, Art Danos, Aaron Danos, Alan Danos, Tim Freeman and Mike Holzapfel.
Honorary pallbearers are: Andrew Danos, Jack Langston, Randy Davis, Randy Martin and Thomas Tyler.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made in Max’s name to the Friends of the Lumberton Public Library, Inc. P. O. Box 8847, Lumberton, TX, 77657 or Woodcrest Methodist Church Building Fund, 1684 Hwy 96 S, Lumberton, TX 77657.
