Earnest Lee Stanford was born on March 22, 1923 in Gloster, Louisiana to Ernest Lattin and Patsy Pennington. She passed away on Tuesday, November 10, 2015, in Katy, at the age of 92 years. She is survived by her children, Alton Stanford, Jr. and his wife Brenda, Florida Fields and her husband Jessie, Patsia Moore and her husband Val, Albert Stanford, Linda Hicks, Amanda Stanford Adger and her husband Robert, Jewel Stanford, Johnnie Stanford- Bailey and her husband Dennis, Joe Lee Stanford, and Johnny Ray Stanford; 26 grandchildren; 3 great grandchildren; and a sister, Sarah Lattin. The family will receive friends from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Friday, November 20, 2015 at the Schmidt Funeral Home – Grand Parkway Chapel, in Katy. Funeral services will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, November 21, 2015 at the Mt. Mariah Baptist Church in Kingston, Louisiana. Interment in Mt. Mariah Cemetery in Kingston, Louisiana.