Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries


Ernest Edward 'Pop' Paul 
Ernest Edward "Pop" Paul, 68, of Wortham passed away Sunday, Dec. 8, 2002 at 
Parkview Regional Hospital in Mexia. 

Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Porter Chapel in Wortham. 

Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at New Hope Cemetery near Mexia with 
the Rev. James Dorman officiating. 

Mr. Paul was born Feb. 1, 1934. A longtime resident of Wortham, he had been a 
welder and was a veteran of the Korean Conflict. 

Survivors include his wife, Oma Lee Chappell Paul; daughter and son-in-law, 
Rebecca and Larry Shelby; son and daughter-in-law, Charles and Lisa Paul; 
grandchildren, Jeff Joyner and wife Colleen, Jennifer Paul, Rowdy Baker, and 
Brandon Paul; great-grandchild, Bryanna Joyner; brothers and sisters, Frances 
Massey, Mary Sutterfield, Arlin Paul and wife Irma, Ethelene Coker, Raymond Paul, 
Harold Paul and wife Susie, Terry Paul and wife Donna, Marvin Paul, Virgie Giles 
and husband Duane, Josephine Cox and husband James, and Adron Paul; and nieces, 
nephews and many friends. 

Arrangements by Porter Chapel of Wortham.