Juanita T. Fulgham

Funeral services for Juanita T. Fulgham, 88, of Tyler, TX, are scheduled for 11:00 AM on Tuesday, September 17, 2024, at Hiett’s LyBrand Funeral Home in Wills Point, TX. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. A graveside service will follow at 2:30 PM at Laurel Oaks Memorial Park in Mesquite, TX.

Juanita Tigert Fulgham passed away on Thursday, September 12, 2024. She was born on February 27, 1936, in New Boston, TX, to William “Bill” Tigert and Maybelle Hill Tigert. Raised in Northeast Texas, she grew up sharecropping. She married Alvin Eugene Seay in Kermit, TX, where Gene worked in the oilfield, and she was a homemaker. After Gene's tragic passing in a hunting accident early in their marriage, Juanita continued raising her children and eventually moved to Mesquite, TX, to be closer to family. She worked various jobs, including on an assembly line making eye glasses. Later in life, she married Charles Fulgham, and the couple lived in Balch Springs, enjoying their retirement until Charles passed away in 1996. Juanita then moved to Edgewood to be near her children and became a member of First Baptist Church. While in Edgewood, she enjoyed food and fun at the Edgewood Senior Center, and reading her Bible daily. Jaunita moved to Tyler in 2014 to be close to family and doctors. While living at Catherine Booth Garden Apartments, she met her friend, Ron Gindlesperger, and they helped one another and enjoyed each other's company.

Juanita is preceded in death by her parents; her husbands, Alvin Eugene Seay and Charles Fulgham; her children, Larry Seay, James Robert Erwin; her stepchildren, Charlotte Compton, Pat Fulgham, and Mike Fulgham; step-granddaughter, Tammy Davis; and her siblings, Lloyd, Bill, Richard, Helen, Millie, and Margaret.

She is survived by her son, Lonnie Dean Seay and wife Janie Lynn of Weatherford, TX; her daughter, Debra Lynn Nelson and husband John L. Jr. of Tyler, TX; her stepdaughter, Jerrie Lynn Kent and husband Mike of Balch Springs, TX; her grandchildren, Dean Seay, Brandon Seay, Kyle Seay, Heather Seay, Luke Nelson, and Nick Erwin; and step-grandchildren, Dax, Monica, Chuck,  and Brian; and many great grandchildren and great great grands.

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