Pearl Chow Tang

PEARL CHOW TANG, 82, of Houston, TX, loving and beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, went to be with our Lord on Easter Sunday, April 8, 2007. She was born in Guangdong Province, China on Nov. 11, 1924, to King Joe and Ngan Mei Kwan. Raised in Guangzhou, she attended Hip Wo Girls H.S. in Macau during WWII. She graduated from Guangdong Women's Normal College and taught elementary school in Guangzhou. She married Sui S.Tang on Sept. 20, 1947. She emigrated to the U.S. in 1953, studied at the Univ. of Houston, and settled in Houston where her husband worked as a mechanical engineer until his death in 1982. She is survived by her son James Tang, his wife Elizabeth, grandsons James, Jeff, and John of Houston; daughter Lily and husband Wyman Ling from Edison, NJ, granddaughter Tamara Ling and husband James Regan, great-grandson William Ling- Regan of Brooklyn, NY, and granddaughter Jessica Ling of Brooklyn; son Allan Tang and wife Cynthia, grandsons Kevin and Colin, of Denver, CO; daughter Lera and husband Russell Wong, grandsons Blake, Adam, and Evan of Houston. Living relatives are brother Sung Hay Chow and wife Mei; two sisters Wei Ming and husband Steve Wong, Lim Ming and husband Menyu Wong, and many nephews and nieces. She has been a devoted member of the Chinese Baptist Church and the Chinese Professional Club of Houston for over forty years. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. on April 13, at the Forest Park Funeral Home, 6900 Lawndale, Houston. The memorial service will be held at the same location at 11 a.m. on April 14. Internment will follow at the Forest Park East Cemetery, Hwy 45 South, exit NASA Route 1. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to be made in the memory of Pearl Tang to the Chinese Baptist Church, 900 Brogden, Houston, TX 77024 or to the Sui S. and Pearl Tang Memorial Scholarship Fund, c/o Dr. James Tang, 11302 Fallbrook Dr., Suite 304, Houston, TX 77065.