Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries


Fairfield Recorder newspaper
November 27, 2008 



Mrs. Vernon (Govan) Averhart


Funeral services will be held this Saturday for Vernon Averhart, 79, of 
Fairfield who died Friday, Nov. 21, at Fairfield East Texas Medical Center.

Mrs. Averhart was born in the Freestone county on July 28, 1929, to Andy Govan 
and Crecie Keeton.

She attended schools in Fairfield and in the Hopewell Community.

Mrs. Averhart worked as a cook at Lope's Cafe in downtown Fairfield for over 40 
years.

She was a member of Jones Chapel United Methodist Church in Fairfield and the 
Grace Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star in Teague.

Services will be held at 1 p.m. this Saturday at Jones Chapel United Methodist 
Church with Rev. Elnora Nunnally officiating.

Interment will follow at Hopewell Cemetery in Fairfield with Elvin White, Mike 
Govan, Gary Govan, Van Durham, Michael Thomas, Alvin Godfrey, Willie Rogers, 
Jr., and Virgil Keeton, Jr. serving as pallbearers.

Mrs. Averhart is survived by her son, Willie Roy Rogers and wife Celestine of 
Fort Worth; sisters, Mildred Andy and Martha Govan, both of Fairfield; 
granddaughter, Tina Godfrey and husband Alvin of Ovilla; grandsons, Willie Roy 
Rogers, Jr. and wife Serina of Atlanta, Georgia and Chris Horn and wife Trina of 
Dallas; and great-grandchildren, Leah Rogers, Timothy Rogers, Nathan Rogers, 
Peyton Godfrey, Matthew Rogers, Reilly Godfrey, Preston Godfrey and Christina 
Horn.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Andy Govan and Crecie Keeton and her 
husband McKinley "Regular" Averhart.

Arrangements were made by Moore's Angelic Funeral Home of Teague.