Wanda Lee Ingerton, 78, of Center, passed away Tuesday, August 13, 2024, in Center.
Funeral service will be held 11:00 a.m., Saturday, August 17, 2024, at Central Baptist Church in Center with
visitation beginning at 10:00 a.m. Bro. Danny Dodson will officiate. Interment will follow at Oaklawn Memorial
Park in Center.
Wanda Englehart Ingerton was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on February 27, 1946, to Robert Englehart and
Norma Nichols Englehart. Her daddy, a German, was a master carpenter, and her mother, Irish, a Kansas City
farm girl. Her family moved frequently and lived in several places throughout her life. When she was seven, their
family lost the family ranch in Cortez, Colorado. They, in turn, moved to Victoria, Texas, because her dad found
work there. Her daddy was an abusive alcoholic. She and her siblings dreaded the weekends because her daddy
would beat their mom and destroy the house. They would sleep in the car on the side of the road.
When she was eight, she and her sister became “bus kids” at a Baptist church in Victoria, Texas. During the
invitation, she went forward and accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior. Her sister got mad because she was
embarrassed, and it held her up from getting home. When they got home, two Baptist men asked her dad for
permission for her to be baptized. He cussed them out and told them to get out of his house. Mama always told
us she got peace with both Jesus and her dad that day. She said before she got saved, she hated him. However,
after she got saved, she could forgive him and even love him. She got victory in Victory, Texas. This is why her
daughter, Mrs. Tammy, loves the bus ministry. What a difference it made in her life and later in the life of her
daughter.
Many years later, a red-headed preacher, Bro. Roy Wallace, led her husband, Rhodes Ingerton, to the Lord when
he was out soulwinning. She re-dedicated her life and was baptized at Central Baptist Church in Center, Texas.
On July 26, 1983, Wanda became employed with Walmart. She retired as a department manager on July 31,
2008, after twenty-seven years of dedicated service. Her hobby was crocheting.
She is survived by her children, Tammy and husband Randy Hagler of Shelbyville and William Ben Ingerton of
Shelbyville; grandchildren, Ashley and husband Dustin Parker, Alysse Hagler and Tyson Johnson, Devlyn
Ingerton, Sheridan Ingerton, Brionna Ingerton, and Autumn Ingerton; great grandchildren, Jaxon Parker, Dylan
Parker, Lane Parker, Shon Parker, Brantley Baldridge, and Nova Lynn Bell; brother, Robert DWayne Englehart and
wife Bonnie of Athens, Texas; sisters, Betty and husband James Jenkins of California and Linda George of
Albuquerque, New Mexico; numerous nieces and nephews.
Preceded in death by husband, Rhodes Ingerton; parents, Robert Englehart and Norma Nichols Englehart;
brother, Ricky Englehart; and sister, Donna Sparks.
Pallbearers will be Anthony Parish, Devlyn Ingerton, Lane Parker, Sheridan Ingerton, Dylan Parker, Jay Bartlett,
Shon Parker, Brantley Baldridge.
“For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” – Romans 10:13
“Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.” – Psalm 116:15
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