Wanda (Overton) Auten

Wanda Christine Auten, age 98, passed away peacefully on March 6, 2022, at Town Hall Estates in Whitney, Texas. She was born August 31, 1923, in Whitney Texas to Jesse and Toni (Freeman) Overton. She married Chesley Jerome Auten on July 20, 1938.

She had owned and operated a beauty shop in Hillsboro and Whitney, she worked at Whitney Hospital as a lab-x-ray tech and then as an LVN at Whitney Hospital and Park Plaza Nursing Home. She was a wonderful loving wife, mother and grandmother always putting her family first. She loved to crochet and made many afghans for family and friends. She also loved to quilt and can. Her grandchildren thought she made the best butter and sugar sandwiches and peanut butter crackers.

She was a member of Prairie Valley Baptist Church and she had been living at Town Hall Estates for more than twelve years.

She is survived by her son, Chesley Darvin Auten and wife Barbara; daughter, Joyce Hill and husband Jimmy; son, Clifford Auten and wife Annette all of Whitney; her eight grandchildren, Tracy Brightwell, Lucretia Price and husband Joe, Eric Auten, Kara Sneed and husband Jason, Kristopher Auten and wife Kathy all of Whitney, Suzanne Sessums and husband Jimmy of Cleburne, Clinton Auten and wife Carrie of Fort Worth and Kevin Auten of San Antonio. She was blessed with twenty-four great grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren: as well as her brother Charles Overton and wife Eileen and sister Celia” Polly” Caperton all of Whitney and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Chesley Jerome Auten in February 2012; her parents Jesse and Toni Overton; a brother, Jesse (Shine) Overton; and sisters, Senneth Raye Epps, Joyce "Sue" Brown and June Carmichall.

Her family wishes to express their most grateful appreciation to the staff of Town Hall for providing her with such love and care for the past many years. When she was asked how she was doing, her most common reply was “I'm doing just fine, they take good care of me here", and to Tammy Arnold with Elera Caring Hospice, thank you so very much for the personal kindness truly from your heart you extended to our mother.

Family visitation will be Thursday March 10, 2022 from 6 to 8 pm., services are scheduled Friday March 11, 2022 at 10:00 am all at Marshall and Marshall Funeral Directors Chapel in Whitney, with Brother Eddie Booth Officiating. Burial will be at Prairie Valley Cemetery Whitney.