Aaron Matthew Sullender

Funeral services for Aaron Matthew Sullender, 21, of Broaddus, will be held at 1 p.m. today in the Broaddus Pentecostal Church with Bro. Mark Green, Bro. Clark Bynum, and Bro. M.H. Shubert officiating. Interment will follow in the Zavalla Cemetery. Mr. Sullender was born May 16, 1990 in Lufkin to Brenda (Mott) and the late Dale Sullender and died October 18, 2011 in a Nacogdoches hospital. He was employed with Deep East Texas Electric Coop. for 2 years as an apprentice lineman and was an excellent husband, dad, and son. He was active in 4H and FFA. His favorite past time was team roping, training and riding horses. He loved the outdoors and his favorite football team was the Dallas Cowboys. Mr. Sullender was a member of the National Honor Society, a 2008 graduate of Zavalla High School, and a member of the Broaddus Pentecostal Church. He is survived by his wife, Amber Sullender; sons, Andrew Mason and Alexander Dale Sullender, all of Broaddus; mother and dad, Brenda and Ray Turner; papaw, Wiley Mott, Sr., of Zavalla; mother-in-law and husband, Renee and Mark Woods, of Broaddus; father-in-law and wife, Jason and Laura Johnson of Zavalla; aunt, Barbara Bordelon of Lufkin; aunt and uncle, Judy and Keith Rodgers of Dallas; uncle, Wiley Mott, Jr. of Zavalla; and other relatives and a host of friends. Mr. Sullender was preceded in death by his father, Dale Sullender; mamaw, Oma Mott; and granny, Vada McDonald. Pallbearers will be Justin Moody, Preston Cooper, Sam Lewis, Neil Husband, Jathan Green, and Derek Ponder. Snead Linton Funeral Home Lufkin, directors.