BEAUMONT - The funeral of a civil rights leader drew a large crowd to a church in Beaumont.
Cleveland Nisby's funeral began at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Starlight Baptist Church on Buford Street in Beaumont.
Nisby died last Friday morning at his home in Beaumont.
He was 92 years old.
Relatives tell KFDM News Nisby had been in poor health in recent years and was placed in hospice a few days before his death.
He was one of three African-Americans who filed lawsuits in the 1980's to increase the opportunities for blacks to be elected to city and county government as well as the school board.
Nisby was also active in trying to improve the lives of senior citizens in Southeast Texas.
Cleveland Nisby was buried at Magnolia Cemetery in Beaumont.
One of his sons told KFDM News that Nisby was a trailblazer and the number of black public servants in the Golden Triangle is a direct result of the hard work of his father and others in the 1960's, 70's and 80's.
The family asks that in lieu of flowers you send donations to the Cleveland Nisby Scholarship Fund. You can mail donations or bring them by Mercy Funeral Home, 1395 Glady Street, Beaumont, Texas, 77701.
The fund helps young people pay for college.
Source: http://www.kfdm.com/news/nisby-46375-beaumont-cleveland.html
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