Funeral Services for Linnie ""Irene"" Malone, age 71, of Kingwood, Texas will be held at 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, May 1, 2012, in the Cochran Funeral Home Chapel in Livingston. Interment following in the Bluff Creek Cemetery in Livingston, Texas. Visitation is from 5:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M. on the preceding Monday at the Cochran Funeral Home Chapel in Livingston.

She was born September 25,1940 in Belton, Texas to Russell Knight and Cora Ellen (Sctzer) Knight and passed away on April 27, 2012 in Kingwood, Texas. She is preceded in death by her parents, Russell and Cora Knight; husband, Ted Malone; and son, Daniel Malone.

Irene is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Mary & Danny Kendrick of Livingston, Texas; son and daughter-in-law, Dennis & Ruth Malone of Livingston, Texas; daughter, Paula Malone of Humble, Texas; brother, Kenneth Knight of Dallas, Texas; brother, George Knight of Sweetwater, Texas; grandson and wife, David and Tammie Kendrick; grandson, Kyle Kendrick; grandson, Stephen Malone; granddaughter and husband, Joanna and Dalton Wood; granddaughter, Emily Malone; granddaughter and husband, Jennifer and David Reed; granddaughter, Lindsay Maxwell-Malone; granddaughter and husband, Robin & Jeremy Fulcher; and 12 great grandchildren; and numerous other relative and friends also survive.