Obituary

Diane Marie Milstead McAninch, 60, of Conroe passed away March 20, 2009, at Conroe Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 24, 2009, at Kornerstone Funeral Directors Chapel with Brother Eddie Freeman of Cleburne, Texas, officiating. Burial will follow in Parklawn Memorial Gardens under the direction of Kornerstone Funeral Directors of Plainview. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Diane was born July 16, 1948, in Plainview, Texas. She grew up in Plainview and graduated from Plainview High School. She lived in Plainview until moving to Conroe in 1988. She was a teacher's assistant both in Plainview and Conroe. She served on an advisory board for the Lone Star Clinic. She was a devoted grandmother, and her grandchildren were the joy of her life. She was preceded in death by her parents, Eldon and Marie Milstead; and a niece, Christy Marie Chandler. She is survived by a daughter, Heather Coker and husband, Cameron, of Conroe; son, Trevor McAninch and wife, Kandi, of Haslet; six grandchildren, Chandler, Carson and Carter Coker of Conroe and Walker, Connor and Hunter McAninch of Haslet; two brothers, Richard Milstead of Walnut Shade, Mo., and David Milstead of Plainview; and two sisters, Cathryn Chandler of Amarillo and Virginia Young of Weatherford. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Cancer Society; Eldon Milstead Endowed Scholarship Fund at Wayland Baptist University, 1900 W. Seventh, CMB-621, Plainview, TX 79072; or a charity of choice. Condolences may be made online at www.kornerstonefunerals.com