Reverend Alvin Stockman, Sr.

May 11, 1907 - October 23, 2011

Reverend Alvin B. Stockman, Sr. Reverend Alvin B. Stockman, Sr., 104, formerly of Port Arthur, passed away Sunday, October 23, 2011 at Heritage Nursing Home in Quitman, Texas. He was born May 11, 1907 in LeCompte, Louisiana to Joseph A. Stockman and Lucy Martin Stockman. Alvin was a retired Baptist minister. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Alba and a former member of Procter Baptist Church in Port Arthur. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at Levingston Funeral Home in Groves with burial to follow in Memory Gardens Cemetery. A visitation for family and friends will begin at 9:00 a.m. until service time at the funeral home. Alvin is survived by his wife of 81 years, Agnes Stockman of Golden, Tx., three daughters, Jewel Irby of Groves, TX., Martha Taylor and husband, David of Golden, TX., Lucy Havard and husband, Guy of Baton Rouge, La., son, Alvin Stockman, Jr. and wife, Lorena of Nederland, TX., ten grandchildren, seventeen great grandchildren, and six great-great grandchildren.