Jeanette Hossley Agee Toups

Published 3:19 pm Thursday, July 6, 2017

Jeanette Hossley Agee Toups, 91, of Port Neches, passed away on Wednesday, July 5, 2017 in Port Arthur. Jeanette was born in Jennings, Louisiana on September 30, 1925 to the late Sammuel Hossley and Florence Menard Hossley.

Jeanette was so loving to everyone, she never met a stranger and may have even called you “Doll Baby”. She was a dedicated member of the Women’s Auxiliary VFW Post#4280 and also a past president. She was an avid scrap booker, loved gardening, flowers and her entire family. Jeanette was an active member of First Baptist Church Port Neches. She was very involved with the Vacation Bible School programs. She also volunteered with the Central Middle School Booster Club and worked at many local area establishments. Jeanette worked at Texaco, and also worked as a waitress at the Schooner, the Goodhue Hotel, Leo & Willies, the Holiday Club and Bill’s Sandwich Shop.

Those left to cherish Jeanette’s memory include her husband, Maurice D. Toups of Port Neches; daughter, Barbara Agee Couron and husband, Kevin of Port Neches, Linda Davis and husband, Howard of Lumberton and Beth West and husband, Jimmy of Nederland; son, Don Toups and wife, Kim of Conroe; nine grandchildren; twenty-one great-grandchildren and host of loving nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents, Jeanette is preceded in death by her son, Robert Ralph Agee; three brothers and three sisters.

A gathering of family and friends will be held at Melancon’s Funeral Home in Nederland on Saturday, July 8, 2017 from 12:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. with the funeral service to begin at 2:00 p.m., Rev. Rob Jones, officiant. Entombment will follow at Oak Bluff Memorial Park in Port Neches.