Irvin, Anissa KayTomlinson

KILGORE -- Services for Anissa Irvin, 36, of Kilgore, 
will be 10 a.m. Monday, January 15, 2007, at the Church 
on the Rock, with Pastor Rob Parsons and Pastor Chuck 
Warnock officiating. Burial will follow in the Danville 
Cemetery. She was stricken suddenly with Acute 
Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) while visiting 
family in Illinois during the Christmas holidays and 
ascended to heaven January 9, 2007, in Urbana, Illinois. 
Nissy was born November 19, 1970, in Kilgore, Texas. She 
was a graduate of Kilgore High School, Kilgore College, 
as well as UT Tyler. Anissa was a member of Longview 
Metro Church, where she enjoyed worshipping her Lord and 
Savior. She was an insurance adjuster for PILOT 
Catastrophes and made many close friends while on the 
road. Anissa was a loving mother, wife, sister, daughter, 
and everywhere she went, she brought a presence with her 
that lit up the room and made it a better place. She 
loved to sing and dance from the time she was a little 
girl, performing many closet concerts with her big sister. 
She was a natural born instructor, giving everyone advice 
and following up behind them to make sure they did it right. 
She loved to laugh and make others laugh, and just to be 
around her would make you a happier person. She did 
everything she put her hand to with a spirit of excellence. 
From her work as an adjuster to her newest and most loved 
job as a mother, she took no shortcuts and always gave her 
best even when it was hard. Her smile was infectious, her 
spirit contagious, and to know her was to know what 
unconditional love was all about. She leaves behind to 
cherish her memory her husband of nine years, Travis Irvin 
of Kilgore; beloved one-year-old son, Asher Irvin of Kilgore; 
parents Randy and Linda Tomlinson of Kilgore; sister and 
brother-in-law, Carrie and Lee Baird of Henderson; nieces, 
Maranda and Anna Taylor; nephews, Andy and Jacob Taylor of 
Kilgore; her father-in-law and mother-in-law, Mike and Pam 
Irvin of Robinson, Illinois; brother-in-law, Mikey Irvin of 
Robinson, Illinois; mother-in-law, Tina Stout and Clancy Catt 
of Oblong, Illinois; grandparents, Helen Irvin of Robinson, 
Illinois, and Floyd and Betty Stout of Hudsonville, Illinois; 
and by lifelong best friend, Derenda Pepper of Elderville. 
She will also be missed by aunts and uncles: Crista and Kenneth 
Tompkins of Tyler; Sandy and Jerry Randolph, Marie and Bobby 
Tompkins, Brenda and Tommy Tompkins, all of Overton; Patti and 
Dennis Harris of Longview; and Delores and Pete Tomlinson of 
Tyler; an uncle, Bill Spillman; aunts, Peggy Meeks and Deena 
Tomlinson, of Tyler; numerous cousins; and countless friends 
across the country. Memorial contributions may be made to 
"Anissa's Miracle Network" at any Bank of America location, 
which will go to a special fund for her infant son, Asher 
Michael Irvin's future. The family will receive friends from 
4-6 p.m. Sunday evening, January 14, 2007, at Rader Funeral 
Home of Kilgore. Please leave online condolences at 
www.Raderfuneralhome.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 1/13/2007.