Freestone County, Texas Obituaries The Fairfield Recorder January 2008 Ernest M. Black Funeral services were held last week for Ernest M. Black, 70, of Houston died Monday, Jan. 21. Mr. Black was born in Teague on Jan. 27, 1937 to parents Ben and Mable Black. Services were held at 10 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 25 at Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel with Bobby Aid officiating. Internment followed at Dew Cemetery. He is survived by children Tressia Nichols, Carrell Varnell, Darrell Black and wife Rhonda, Ernest Black, Jr. and wife Shawn, Terry Black and wife Tammy; brother M.T. Black and wife Thelma; sisters Bernice Latham and husband Sumpter, and Betty Farrell; 14 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Arrangements by Pace-Stancil Funeral Home of Cleveland. ==================================== Teague Chronicle January 31, 2008 ERNEST M. BLACK Ernest M. Black, of Houston, Texas, passed away on Monday, January 21, 2008. He was 70 years old. Mr. Black was born in Teague, Texas on January 27, 1937, to Ben B. and Mable Black. Survivors include his children Tressia Nichols, Carrell Varnell, Darrell Black and wife Rhonda, Ernest Black, Jr. and wife Shawn, Terry Black and wife Tammy; his brother M. T. Black and wife Thelma; his sisters Bernice Latham and husband Sumpter, Betty Farrell; fourteen grandchildren, five great grandchildren and other cherished family members and friends. Funeral services were held on Friday, January 25, 2008, at Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel in Cleveland, Texas with interment at Dew Cemetery in Dew, Texas.