Funeral service for Katherine Lucylle Cope Fulmer, 90, of Nacogdoches will be held on Friday, June 3, 2011, at 10:00 am at Laird Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Allen Reed officiating. Interment will follow at Swift Cemetery. Mrs. Fulmer died on Wednesday, June, 1, 2011. She was born in LaPorte, Texas, September 3, 1920, the daughter of Joe Alexander and Allene Katherine Cope. Mrs. Fulmer graduated from Robert E. Lee High School of Baytown, Texas, in 1937. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Baylor University in1941 and her Master of Arts degree from University of Houston in 1954. A retired school teacher, Mrs. Fulmer taught for eighteen years in the Goose Creek Independent School District of Baytown, Texas, and for nineteen years in the Nacogdoches Independent School District. She was a gifted teacher of Speech, Language Arts and Social Studies. Mrs. Fulmer was an active member of First Baptist Church, Nacogdoches for over 47 years, where she was involved in ministries such as choir, Bridge ministry, Buckner Eldercare volunteer and prayer room. She was also a member of Alpha Kappa Delta teachers’ professional sorority. Lucylle loved sewing and needlework, reading biographies, spending time with family, and watching the birds out her window. Katherine Lucylle Cope and the late Herschel Barham Fulmer were married in San Diego, California, December 25, 1942. Upon Mr. Fulmer’s return from the military service of World War II they lived in Baytown, Texas, until moving to Nacogdoches in 1960. Surviving are a daughter and son-in-law, Kathie and Preston Lamar of Nacogdoches; a son and daughter-in-law, Barham and Linda Fulmer of Lindale; four grandchildren, Adam Lamar, Brady Lamar and wife, Jen, Karl Fulmer and wife, Alex, and Katy Fulmer Payne and husband, Nathan; three great-grandchildren, Samuel, Abigail and Lydia Payne. Memorial may be given to First Baptist Church for the Library Fund or the Renovation Fund for the Senior Adults’ Sunday School Area, 411 North St., Nacogdoches, Texas 75961. Her family would like to express appreciation to the caregivers that gave such loving attention to Lucylle in the last months. Visitation with the family will be on Thursday, June 2, 2011, from 6:00 – 7:30 pm at Laird Funeral Home.
