Leetie Lula Gaines, 87, of Big Spring, died on Friday, September 1, 2006, in a Lubbock nursing home. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM Monday, September 4, 2006 at the Nalley-Pickle & Welch Rosewood Chapel with Rev. Rex Clayton, pastor of East 4th Street Baptist Church, officiating. Interment will follow at Trinity Memorial Park.The family will receive friends from 7 PM to 9 PM Sunday at the funeral home.Leetie was born on November 19, 1918, in Sipe Springs, Texas. She married Edward Douglas Gaines and he preceded her in death.She worked as a beautician for Big Spring State Hospital and for Big Spring Care Center for 20 years. She was a member of the East 4th Street Baptist Church, and a former member of Coahoma Baptist Church, where she taught Sunday School Classes for several years, and was involved in the Womens Missionary Union.Survivors include three sons and two daughters-in-law, James Lynn and Dawn Gaines of Lubbock, Edward Ray and Peggy Gaines of Arlington, and Jackie Wayne Gaines; three daughters and two sons-in-law, Geraldine and Garland Rudd of Big Spring, Elizabeth Sue and Donnie Mitchell of Keller, and Faye Marie Jacobson of Denton; one sister and brother-in-law, Louise and Sonny Whalen of Abilene; and one brother, Virgle Hitower Placker of Odessa; 15 grandchildren, and numerous great grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, Wilbert Placker and Eugene Placker, and one sister, Norene Holley.Arrangements under the direction of Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home & Crematory of Big Spring. Online condolences can be made at: www.npwelch.com,
