1922
Lyla
2017
Lyla Mary Mickler Isbell
January 19, 1922 — April 26, 2017
Funeral services for Lyla Mary (Tata) Isbell, 95, will be held Monday, May 1, at 1 pm. in the Haskell First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Jimmy Griffith officiating and Rev. David Johnson and Dr. Steve Mickler assisting. A private family interment will be in Willow cemetery under the direction of Smith Family Funeral Homes. Tata passed away April 26, 2017 in the Munday Nursing Center.
Born Jan. 19, 1922 in Jones County, to Bill and Thelma Mickler, she grew up in the Ericsdahl Community. She graduated from Paint Creek High School in 1940 and married Allen "Jiggs" Isbell August 16, 1941. They had three children, Danny, Nene, and Janice.
She cooked at the Paint Creek School for over 30 years and after retirement, was drafted to help the Haskell County Experienced Citizens Center and cooked there for over 10 years. She was famous throughout the area for cinnamon rolls and one time jokingly estimated that she had easily cooked over a million of them. While at the Senior Citizens Center, she regularly cooked cinnamon rolls as a fund raiser and the routine was to get a 3:30 am start and have 100 dozen done by mid-morning. The reputation of her cooking at the school was such that area farmers and ranchers regularly stopped in for lunch but the food was said to be better than any of the cafes in area towns.
For over 20 years, she and Jiggs cooked the bar-be-que meal for the Old Timers Association at the Texas Cowboy Reunion where they were both life members of the Old Timers Association.
During the many years she spent at PCHS, she became a favorite of hundreds of students who continued to visit and call her years after they graduated. She was a huge fan of everything PCHS and continued to attend almost all of the school events for many years after she retired. She was named Coming Home Queen in 1981.
Grandkids and great-grandkids were always a highlight and she spent every possible moment attending their functions and spending time with them.
Survivors include: 2 daughters; Nene and Don Comedy of Marble Falls and Janice and Frank Dutton of Munday; daughter in law Janice Isbell of Potosi; six grandchildren; Jennifer and Staten Holmes, JJ and Josh New, Will and Cindy Dutton, Jonathan and Corinne Isbell, and Mark Isbell. Eight great-grandchildren; Hannah, BeBe, Belle, Zach, Sydney, Avery, Addi, and Finley.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Jiggs, son Danny, parents Bill and Thelma Mickler, Granddaughter, Kristi Dutton, three brothers, E. W., Durwood and Genie Mickler.
Pallbearers will be: Jonathan Isbell, Will Dutton, Mark Isbell, Staten Holmes, Josh New, Zach New and Finley Isbell.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers that memorials be sent to the West Texas Rehab Center or the charity of your choice.
Online condolences can be shared with the family at www.smithfamilyfh.com.
Born Jan. 19, 1922 in Jones County, to Bill and Thelma Mickler, she grew up in the Ericsdahl Community. She graduated from Paint Creek High School in 1940 and married Allen "Jiggs" Isbell August 16, 1941. They had three children, Danny, Nene, and Janice.
She cooked at the Paint Creek School for over 30 years and after retirement, was drafted to help the Haskell County Experienced Citizens Center and cooked there for over 10 years. She was famous throughout the area for cinnamon rolls and one time jokingly estimated that she had easily cooked over a million of them. While at the Senior Citizens Center, she regularly cooked cinnamon rolls as a fund raiser and the routine was to get a 3:30 am start and have 100 dozen done by mid-morning. The reputation of her cooking at the school was such that area farmers and ranchers regularly stopped in for lunch but the food was said to be better than any of the cafes in area towns.
For over 20 years, she and Jiggs cooked the bar-be-que meal for the Old Timers Association at the Texas Cowboy Reunion where they were both life members of the Old Timers Association.
During the many years she spent at PCHS, she became a favorite of hundreds of students who continued to visit and call her years after they graduated. She was a huge fan of everything PCHS and continued to attend almost all of the school events for many years after she retired. She was named Coming Home Queen in 1981.
Grandkids and great-grandkids were always a highlight and she spent every possible moment attending their functions and spending time with them.
Survivors include: 2 daughters; Nene and Don Comedy of Marble Falls and Janice and Frank Dutton of Munday; daughter in law Janice Isbell of Potosi; six grandchildren; Jennifer and Staten Holmes, JJ and Josh New, Will and Cindy Dutton, Jonathan and Corinne Isbell, and Mark Isbell. Eight great-grandchildren; Hannah, BeBe, Belle, Zach, Sydney, Avery, Addi, and Finley.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Jiggs, son Danny, parents Bill and Thelma Mickler, Granddaughter, Kristi Dutton, three brothers, E. W., Durwood and Genie Mickler.
Pallbearers will be: Jonathan Isbell, Will Dutton, Mark Isbell, Staten Holmes, Josh New, Zach New and Finley Isbell.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers that memorials be sent to the West Texas Rehab Center or the charity of your choice.
Online condolences can be shared with the family at www.smithfamilyfh.com.
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