Zeta Lee Scroggins Gerhards

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 and Iva 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 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. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, Dec. 28, 2012, at Stroud Funeral Home in Clute with Gary Mathis officiating. Burial will follow at Restwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012, at Stroud Funeral Home. Online memorial condolences may be sent to www.stroudfuneralhome.com. Stroud Funeral Home.