Vanita Sue Flanagan Souther

June 18, 1941 - February 9, 2021

VANITA SUE SOUTHER WAS BORN ON JUNE 18, 1941 IN DALLAS, TEXAS AND PASSED ON FEBRUARY 9TH, 2021 IN TYLER, TEXAS. SHE WAS THE LOVING WIFE OF GENE SOUTHER AND THE DAUGHTER OF CHARLES EDWARD AND DONNIE ODELL FLANAGAN. SUE MARRIED GENE SOUTHER ON JUNE 10, 1960. GENE AND SUE HAD A WONDERFUL 60 PLUS YEARS TOGETHER. MOST OF THEIR YEARS TOGETHER WERE SPENT IN IRVING, TEXAS WHERE THEY RAISED TWO DAUGHTERS, JACKIE AND SHERI. 20 YEARS AGO, THEY BOUGHT A CABIN ON LAKE QUITMAN IN EAST TEXAS AND TURNED IT INTO A BEAUTIFUL HOME WITH VIEWS OF PERFECT SUNRISES AND SUNSETS. SUE’S GREEN THUMB TURNED THEIR PROPERTY INTO A SHOWPLACE OF COLORS. THEY MADE WONDERFUL MEMORIES WITH GREAT FRIENDS AND FAMILY. SUE IS SURVIED BY HER HUSBAND, GENE SOUTHER, DAUGHTER AND SON IN LAW JACKIE AND RUSSELL BREWSTER OF PANTEGO, DAUGHTER AND SON IN LAW SHERI AND TROY QUIGLEY OF ARLINGTON, GRAND CHILDREN, KAITLIN AND HUSBAND CHRIS McCAWLEY, MADISON THOMPSON, COOPER BREWSTER AND HUNTER QUIGLEY. GREAT GRAND CHILDREN, BRAXTON McCAWLEY AND HUDSON McCAWLEY. BROTHERS, BOBBY AND JERRY FLANAGAN AND SISTERS, MOREINE AND MAREINE. SUE WAS PRECEEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, CHARLES EDWARD AND DONNIE ODELL FLANAGAN, HERSHELL JACK, JOHN (BUCK) EDWARD, JAMES RAY, CHARLES HERMAN, DORIS, MAXINE AND PAT. VISITATION IS FROM 4 TO 6 PM SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST AND THE SERVICE WILL BE 12:30PM, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22ND, 12:30 PM. ALL SERVICES WILL BE AT LUCAS FUNERAL HOME IN GRAPEVINE, TEXAS. GRAVESIDE WILL BE HELD AT 2PM, GRAPEVINE CEMETARY. Watch Sue's service via vieo stream by clicking this link: https://video.ibm.com/channel/23814965/video/5rpbz2