Archie Blundell

Services for Archie Leon Blundell, 75, of Teaselville, will be held on Saturday, January 30, 2010, at 10:00 AM at Stewart Family Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Charles Dupree and Bro. Glen Williams officiating. Burial will follow at Flint Cemetery under the direction of Stewart Family Funeral Home. Mr. Blundell passed away on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at ETMC in Tyler. He was born February 19, 1934 in Smith County, to Carl and Lola Pearl Cooper Blundell. He attended Eureka schools then graduated from Bullard High School in 1953. Archie served his country in the U.S. Army and then moved back to Tyler. Mr. Blundell worked for the Richardson Company in Tyler and for Kelly-Springfield Tire Company before retiring in 1999. Archie served as a lay minister for Avenue Nazarene Church near Bullard. He enjoyed gardening, playing games, and his pets (donkeys, fish and dogs, especially his Rat Terrier “Angel”). Mostly he loved his family and making many memories with them. Mr. Blundell was preceded in death by his parents; parents-in-law, Lee and Velma Horton; sister’s-in-law, Mary Blundell and Sue Wellborn; and brother-in-law, Lee Horton, Jr. He is survived by his loving family including his wife of 53 years, Elizabeth Blundell of Teaselville; daughter, Paula Rozell and husband Jimmy of Whitehouse; son, Ken Blundell and wife Janie of Chapel Hill; granddaughters, Katie Rozell and Molly Blundell; brother, Carl Royce Blundell of Tyler; sister-in-law, Jean Horton of Teaselville; brother-in-law, David Wellborn of Longview, and many nieces, nephews, aunts and cousins. Pallbearers will be Gary Wellborn, Benny Ray Hood, Robert Hood, Clinton Colston, Aaron Colston, Charlie Horton, Jimmy Mount, Paul Mount, Michael Mount, Tonny Blundell and David Ray Gilleland. Honorary pallbearers will be Roy Cooper, Bryan Mount, Robert Earl Williams, Terry Cooper, Johnny Christie, Gerald Cooper, Ronnie Cooper, David Clymore, Dale Acker, David Wellborn and Scott Gilleland. Visitation is scheduled for Friday, January 29, 2010 from 6:00 – 8:00 PM at Stewart Family Funeral Home, 7525 Old Jacksonville Hwy, Tyler, Texas 75703. For more information or to express condolences, visit www.stewartfamilyfuneral.com.

Archie Blundell

February 19, 1934 - January 27, 2010