Ernest Edmond Etress, Sr.

Ernest Edmond Etress, Sr., 73 passed away Sunday, April 7, 2013 at home in Dayton. He was born May 14, 1939 in Shelby, Alabama to parents, Ralph Edmond and Julia Bell Carden Etress. Mr. Etress had lived in the Dayton area for the past eleven years after moving from LaPorte. He was retired from Fluor-Daniels and United Scaffolding where he worked as a supervisor. He enjoyed woodworking, gardening, and fishing. Services for Mr. Etress will be 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Joe Landry and Athea Davis officiating. Interment will follow at Palms Memorial Park Cemetery. Pallbearers for Mr. Etress will be Edmond Etress, Jr., Manuel Barraza, Rene Smith, Athea Davis, Alan Lovett, Zac Lovett, Hannah Lovett, and Shelbie Etress. Ernest was preceded in death by his parents, his twin brother Bobby Etress, brother Johnny Etress, sister Eunice Williams and granddaughter: Ashley Ann Nicole Etress. He is survived by his wife of 54 years: Polly McDaniel Etress of Dayton; sons: Ralph “Bama” P. Etress & wife Mandy of Dayton, Ernest E. Etress, Jr. & wife Lucy; daughter: René Smith & husband Doug of Dayton; grandchildren: Kayla Etress, Athea Davis, Alan Lovett, Steven Lovett, Ryan Lovett, Zac Lovett, Hannah Lovett, Shelby Etress & Chelsea Etress; great-grandchildren: Kane Davis, Riley Lovett Bradly Lovett, & Peyton Kennedy Haynes; sisters: Ruby Ramey, Dorothy Sturn, Carolyn Hughes, and Emma Dell Smith all of Alabama. Leave your thoughts and memories at Ernest guestbook at www.pacestancil.com