Funeral Services for Troup Area Fire Victims
Posted/updated on: January 5, 2013 at 3:36 pm
TROUP — Funeral services are scheduled in Tomball today for Jerry Vessels, 68 and his wife Madeleine, 66. Today would have been Jerry’s 69th birthday. The couple was killed in a fire in their Cherokee County home outside of Troup.
The Vessells’ two story log home in the 1100 block of County Road 4706 was destroyed by the fire around 11:30 Monday morning. The blaze was triggered by an explosion in the house. The cause of the explosion remains under investigation.
