EARLANE BACCUS CROOM
1932-2020
Earlane Baccus Croom, of Houston, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, the 25th of April 2020. She was 87 years of age.
In 1950 she attended the University of Texas where she pledged Zeta Tau Alpha sorority and majored in elementary education. She married Sam G. Croom Jr. on the 28th of November 1952.
After moving to Houston in 1954 she became active in First Presbyterian Church where she served as Preschool Chairman for several years. In 1982, she joined Bayou Bend Docent Organization and served 20 years in the following roles: Editor of the Bridge, Education Chairman, Program Chairman, and Keepsakes Chairman.
She loved history and neoclassical architecture which led to her design of a two story home on the Guadalupe River in Hunt, Texas. She will be remembered by her friends as a fun, witty, Christian woman who was fully devoted to her family.
She was predeceased by her father, Earl Warner Baccus; mother, LaVerne Wardlow Baccus and her son, Curtis Baccus Croom. Earlane is survived by her husband of 67 years, Sam G. Croom Jr.; her daughter, Carolyn Croom Beatty of Plano, TX; her grandsons, Dr. Alex Beatty of Grapevine, TX, Scott Beatty of Dallas, TX; great grandson, Pierce Beatty; brother, Fred W. Baccus of Centerville, TX, and his children David Baccus and Leslie Baccus Taylor.
The family will gather for a private interment at one o’clock in the afternoon on Friday, the 1st of May, at the Baccus Family Cemetery in Plano, Texas, and will be streamed on Facebook Live, accessible at the following link: https://www.facebook. com/GeoHLewis/.
Arrangements for a memorial service are pending and will be announced at a later date.
In lieu of customary remembrances, memorial contributions may be directed to the Bayou Bend Docent Organization, Post Office Box 6828, Houston, Texas 77265
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