Gloria Mae Valenta Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Gloria Mae (Price) Valenta, 68 of Navasota, passed away Sunday, April 24th at her home. A celebration of her life will be held at 2:00 pm, Monday, May 2nd at First Baptist Church of Navasota, with visitation beginning an hour prior at 1:00 pm. Interment will follow in Oakland Cemetery. Rev. Clyde Larrabee will officiate. Arrangements are under the direction of Nobles Funeral Chapel. Gloria was born on May 10, 1953 to Julian and Helen (Blake) Price. She married James Valenta on December 17, 1995 and together they raised five daughters. Gloria owned and operated her own house cleaning business. She was an outgoing, generous woman who would give anyone the shirt off of her back. She enjoyed dancing, cooking, margaritas and scratch-off lottery tickets. She was a very hands-on grandma and enjoyed spending time with them, especially having her large family over for a home cooked meal. She is survived by her husband, James; daughters Serrena Moon, Felicia Drummond, Tiffany Pepper, Heather Valenta and Amanda Valenta; sister Mary Line; brothers and sisters-in-law Terry and Lorilei Lewis and David and Tonya Lewis and 23 grandchildren. Serving as pallbearers are Todd Moon, D. J. Moon, Andrew Moon, Johnathon Pepper, Trevor Suehs and Jack Pepper. She was preceded in death by her parents; sister Tracy Ashley; grandson Zachery Drummond and granddaughter Gloriana Sanders. You are invited to leave kind words and fond memories at www.noblesfuneral.com.

Gloria Mae Valenta

May 10, 1953 - April 24, 2022