06/14/2021
Maurene Hooper Broadway, 89, of Converse, Louisiana passed away on June 11, 2021, in Converse, Louisiana. She was born on February 9, 1932, in Shelby County, Texas the daughter of Charlie and Georgie Ethel Rollins Hooper.
Funeral Service will be held at 10:00am on Thursday, June 17, 2021, at Mangum Funeral Home with Tracey and Joe Rowe and Rev. Charles Clark officiating. Interment will follow at Old Sardis Cemetery, San Augustine County. Visitation will be held from 5:00pm – 8:00pm on Wednesday, June 16, 2021, at Mangum Funeral Home.
Our mother, Maurene, was the oldest of 11 children. At the age of 16 she moved to the big city of Center from the Sand Hills of Shelby County. Her first job was a waitress at KB cafe where she would go on to meet her husband, Buddy Broadway.
She went from being a waitress to being a nurse at the Center Sanitarium, under Dr Hurst, where she made lifelong friendships. While working at the Sanitarium she married and gave birth to three children delivered by Dr Hurst.
Maurene also worked briefly for Shelby General and Holiday Nursing Home.
She went on to retire from Brookshire Brother’s in Center where she worked in the Bakery making cakes(which was one of her passions) and also worked as a checker for many years.
In her spare time, she loved working with flowers and gardening and most importantly she was a devout Pentecostal and was in church every chance she got.
Family has always been very important to Maurene and there will definitely be a void in our lives with her gone.
The family would like to say a special THANK YOU to Mindy Fruge (special friend of the family) and Superior Hospice, Many Louisiana, for the extra special care you gave to Maurene!
Maurene is survived by:
Children:
Anita Jones and husband, Bobby of Center
Rita Carter and husband, Wayne of Converse, LA
Bryan Broadway and wife, Kat of Timpson
Grandchildren:
Krista Warr and husband, Rodney of Center
Niki Martin and husband, Mike of Central Heights
Ashley Holloway of Appleby
Kim Holley of Spring
Heather Guillory of Spring
Shana Whitton and husband, David of Joaquin
Shelley Yarbrough and husband, Chris of Center
Tammy McNease and husband, Danny of Huntsville
Jake Broadway of Timpson
Jared Carter of Converse, LA
Travis Broadway and wife Sam of Marshall
25 great-grandchildren
2 great-great-grandchildren on the way
Sisters and brothers-in-law:
Charlene and Jackey Pigg
Georgie Marshburn
Delorse and Dave Martinez
Wanda and David Curbow
Zelma and James Litzmann
Brothers and sisters-in-law:
Hoyt and Jane Hooper
Durwood and Shirley Hooper
Brother-in-law, Larry Lawson
She is preceded in death by her parents, Charlie Green and Georgie Ethel Hooper; great-granddaughter Kiley Dearman; sister, Bonnie Free; brothers, Tim Hooper and Doyle Hooper; brothers-in-law, J.W. Free and Jimmy Marshburn; sister-in-law, Martha Hooper and the father of her children, Buddy Broadway.
Mangum Funeral Home, Center, is in charge of arrangements. To convey condolences or to sign an online register, please visit www.mangumfh.net.
