Helen Ruth Ermis, 88, of Freeport, passed away Thursday, February 6, 2014.

"For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them!" Psalms 139:13-17

She was born Jan. 23, 1926 to Charlie and Nora Hightower in Cameron, Texas. She came to Freeport in 1951. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Freeport. Helen worked with her husband Vince at Ermis Auto Service and she also worked as a secretary at Dow Chemical Company.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband of 25 years, Vince John.

She is survived by her son, Charles V. Ermis and wife Shirley of Lake Jackson,
3 grandchildren: Cody Ryan Ermis and wife Jennifer,John Tyler Ermis,
Rebekah Ann Ermis,2 great grandchildren: Braxton Ryan and Hudson Tyler Ermis,
1 brother, Charles Metcalf Hightower and wife Marie of Livingston, Texas,
niece: Geneva Ely and husband Jim, nephew: Tom Hightower and wife Kay and numerous great nieces and nephews.

The family requests donations to the First Baptist Church of Lake Jackson's Youth Mission Fund;401 Yaupon Street; Freeport, Texas 77566 or the First Baptist Church of Freeport; 501 South Brazosport Blvd.; Freeport, Texas 77541.

The family will receive friends noon until service time at 2pm Saturday, February 8, 2014 at Lakewood Funeral Chapel with Rev. H. O. Bilderback officiating.

Her greatest joy in her life was taking care of her grandchildren and watching them play in their sporting events. She also enjoyed traveling to the games with her grandchildren's other grandmother, Elizabeth Dufner.

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