Cecil Bryan Sieber
Services for Cecil Bryan Sieber, 82, of Troup were held April 22 at the Mount Carmel Baptist Church near Whitehouse with the Revs. Bennie Portwood and B.C. McCoy officiating. Burial, with full military honors, was in the Pinecrest Cemetery in Troup under the direction of Cottle Funeral Home of Troup. Mr. Sieber died Thursday, April 19, 2007 in a Tyler hospice facility. He was born April 13, 1925, to the late Bryan and Fannie Hill Sieber. He served in the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II and the Korean War, and in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War.

He was a member of Mount Carmel Baptist Church.

Mr. Sieber was an outdoorsman and had a passion for fishing, hunting, horseback riding and animals. His love for family and friends knew no bounds.

In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by two brothers, Walter Sieber and Harold Sieber; two sisters, Vesta Dennard and Gracie Bayless; and a son-in-law, Dale David Geddie. He married Betty Coryell, May 28, 1949.

He is survived by the love of his life, Betty Coryell Sieber, Troup; two daughters and a son-in-law, Jeanne and Joe Johnston, Flint, and Leisa Geddie, Winona; granddaughter, Carol Johnston, Tyler, and Melissa Johnston, Frisco; a grandson, Jake Woodall, Winona; three brothers and two sisters-in-law, Carl and Laura Sieber, Troup, John Allen and Mary Lea Sieber, Arp, and Thomas Sieber, New London; a sister and brother-in-law, Ruby and Bill Kleam, Spring.

Pallbearers were Darwin Stainback, Scott Dowdy, Robert Cates, Bill Dowdy, Vernon Shaw and Junior Wood.

Honorary pallbearers were Al Folmer, J.T. Stanton, Charles Kelley and Buck Brown.

Memorials, if desired, may be made to the Mount Camel Baptist Church Building Fund, 10519 FM 344 East, Whitehouse, 75791; or to the Hospice of East Texas, 4111 University Blvd., Tyler, 75701.

The family would like to express their appreciation to Hospice HomePlace, and a special thank you to Dr. Thomas Beets and Sandy Steele for their loving care.

Online registration and condolences are available at www.cottlefuneralhome.com.