Scroggins, Zeta Lee (Gerhards)(23 Nov 1943 - 24 Dec 2012) [4663:3]

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Zeta Lee Scroggins Gerhards

Birth:     Nov. 23, 1943
Luling
Caldwell County
Texas, USA
Death:     Dec. 24, 2012
Texas, USA

Zeta Lee Scroggins Gerhards, 69, departed this life on Monday, Dec. 24, 2012, with her family by her side. She was born in Luling to the late Neil [4647:3] and Iva [4659:3] Scroggins on Nov. 23, 1943. She grew up in Nacogdoches and Galveston. She attended Galveston Ball High School and was a Smiley Colleen at Houston Smiley High School. She performed and won awards for singing and became the lead singer in the band The Bonnevilles and Zeta Lee, who performed across the Texas Gulf Coast. She sang at special occasions and for Baptist church services and inspired many who heard her beautiful alto voice. She also modeled for department stores in the Galveston area. After moving to Corpus Christi, she met and married Butch Gerhards [tba]in 1966 and they settled in Richwood by 1968. They had three daughters and were married for 32 years. She is survived by her daughters, Tyra Gonzales and husband Steven of San Antonio; Suzanne Gerhards of Freeport; and Tracy McKey and husband Grady of Lake Jackson. She is also survived by four grandchildren, Joseph and Erik Gonzales, and Kaley and Kelsey McKey; siblings, Maxine Skinner of Cleveland, Texas; Laniel Hadcock of Nacogdoches; and Nadine Reynolds of Sweetwater; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, aunt and uncles. Zeta was preceded in death by her husband, Arnold "Butch" Gerhards; her parents, Neil Scroggins and Iva Stewart Scroggins Tucker; and her brother Kenneth Scroggins [4662:3]. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, Dec. 28, 2012, at Stroud Funeral Home in Clute with Greg Mathis officiating. Burial will follow at Restwood Memorial Park.
Published in The Daily Sentinel on December 27, 2012

Family links:
 Parents:
  Neil Warren Scroggins (1916 - 1981)

 Spouse:
  Arnold Louis Gerhards (1942 - 1998)

Burial:
Restwood Memorial Park
Clute
Brazoria County
Texas, USA

Created by: twar10
Record added: Dec 26, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 102697532

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Zeta's Friends

Suzanne Gerhards	Nadine Reynolds Sweetwater High School
Michelle Ingrim Greenville, Michigan	Richard G Bingham Luling, Texas
Maxine Scroggins Skinner Grad School: Stephen F. Austin State University	Tyra Gonzales San Antonio, Texas
Jen Skinner Works at Renegade Towing And Recovery	Judith Ann Rocha
Michael Skinner Mechanical Designer/Project Manager at Airdyne International	Steven Bingham Works at Your Mom's Closet.
Chris Bingham Works at Freese and Nichols, Inc.	Stephanie Phillips-Scroggins CHCP- The College of Health Care Professions
Lisa Chandler Brashear Tarkington High School	Steve Chandler

Danny Garrett Ore City High School	Ted Corley
Kelvin W. Scroggins Quality Control at Dril-Quip	Steven Gonzales Texas state university
Teri Wilson	Carol Ingrim
Margaret Ham Mary Carroll High School	Shane Scroggins Garrison, Texas
Ashley Skinner	Donna M Scroggins Deason Nacogdoches, Texas
Michelle Hendon Orum	Richard G. Bingham II Owner/Photographer at Bingham Photography
Joy Wright Bird Hines Redland High - Lufkin	Gary Mathis Special Ministries Coordinator at Charleston Baptist Association
Viola Reed Garrison High School	Pamela Swearingen
Steve Gonzales Alamo Colleges	Thomas Wright Brookeland, Texas
MichaelandShellby Hilton Hargrave High School	Vernon Larry Garrett New Diana High School
Laura Myres Texas A&M	Ken Scroggins Regis University
Melba Nall Kitzmiller Houston, Texas	Liz Rocha University of California, Santa Barbara

Stacy Ingrim Durfee Grand Rapids, Michigan	Karen Thomas Bingham
Billy Rocha	Kelsey McKey
Robin Holte Scroggins Elementary Author at BJU Press