Jesse Guinn

Jesse Howard Guinn, 67, of Conroe, Texas, passed away July 22, 2012 at 9:34 a.m., after fighting a courageous battle with lung cancer. He was born in Austin, Texas on Oct. 9, 1944, to Buford and Lorena Guinn.

He graduated from Lockhart High School and Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas.  Jesse enjoyed six years of retirement after working as a math teache

r in Big Lake, Texas, a systems analysts at Shell Oil Company and a production manager at Lynx Information Systems in Houston. He was proud to be a member of the Family of God, River Pointe Baptist Church in Conroe; the Masons; and the 1963 Class of Lockhart High School.

Jesse was preceded in death by his parents and brothers, Bobbie and Darrell.

He is survived by his devoted wife of 43 years, Iris; his children and grandchildren, Jessica and Mike Kowis, and children, Lauren and Cash, of Conroe, James and Ruby Guinn and children Adrianna and Daisy, of League City, and Suzanne Guinn and son, Ezra, of Conroe; and several beloved sisters and brothers in law, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Visitation was held on Tuesday, July 24, 2012 from 5 – 8 p.m. Cashner Funeral Home in Conroe, Texas.  Funeral services were held on Wednesday, July 25, at 11 a.m. at Lockhart First Baptist Church in Lockhart, with burial following at Lockhart Cemetery. Rev. Larry Strandberg and Rev. Chuck Dooley will officiate the services.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to River Pointe Baptist Church, 700 Gladstell Rd., Conroe, Teas 77304 or First Lockhart Baptist Church, 315 W. Prairie Lea St., P.O. Box 779, Lockhart, Texas 78644. To view and sign the guestbook, visit www.post-register.com/obituaries/jesse-guinn.