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March 19, 2005 - Obituaries from The News-Star, Monroe, Louisiana 71201
MRS. IRENE FINCH GORDY BRENT
Mulhearn Funeral Home - Winnsboro, LA
Services for Mrs. Irene Finch Gordy Brent, age 92, of Winnsboro, LA, will be at 11:00 AM, Sunday, March 20, 2005, at Magnolia Baptist Church, with Rev. Ron Ferrington officiating.
Burial will follow in the church cemetery, under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, of Winnsboro.
She was born Leslie Irene Finch on January 27, 1913 at Stage, MS, and died March 16, 2005 at Winnsboro, LA.
Her parents, Marshall F. Finch and Mary Anderson Finch moved from Mississippi, to Louisiana, in 1913, first to Delhi, and then to Kilbourne.
Irene attended Kilbourne School, going to school in a horse-drawn buggy.
After graduating from Kilbourne High School, she attended Normal Teachers College at Natchitoches, LA, and then began a forty-year teaching career at age eighteen in a one-room school at Pine Grove community west of Kilbourne.
Her transportation to school was a saddle horse that once dumped her into a roadside borrow pit, resulting in, as one of her students remembered decades later, the "maddest, wettest, teacher" he had ever seen.
She and her first husband, Charles J. "DocK" Gordy married in March, 1934.
Making their first home in Wisner, LA, they had two children.
The family later moved to Ward III of Franklin Parish, where she returned to teaching in another one-room school at Little Egypt, on the banks of the Bayou Macon.
While teaching in public and private schools in Franklin Parish, she continued her education at Northwestern State University, Natchitoches and Northeast State University, Monroe.
She taught in Franklin, until age 67, and then she substituted.
After the death of her first husband, she married Troy Brent, and they continued to reside in Ward III.
Irene was a member of Magnolia Baptist Church, and Daughters of the American Revolution.
She was preceded in death by her husbands, Charles J. "Dock" Gordy and Troy Brent; her son, Charles J. "Chuck" Gordy, Jr.; a great-granddaughter, Mary Jordan Gordy; her parents, Marshall F. and Mary Anderson Finch; six brothers, William E., John C., Leonidas P., Carey, Lawrence, and Marshall F., Jr. Finch, five sisters; Ruby Finch Thompson, Lurline Finch Randall, Annie Laura Finch, Fannie Pearl Finch, and Mary Agnes Finch.
She is survived by her daughter Ruby Nell Gordy of Long Beach, CA; daughter-in-law: Mary Opal Caldwell Gordy; grandsons, Robert Keith and wife, Mary, Ronny Charles and wife, Suszanne, and Gregory Brent and wife, Janet Gordy all of Jackson and Canton, MS; also, granddaughter, Tamara Gay and husband, Stacy Swedenberg of Humble, TX; great-grandsons, Judson Tyler, Ronny Charles, and Jackson Caldwell Swedenberg; great-granddaughters, Jennifer Paige, Caroline Elizabeth, and Macy Canoy Gordy.
She is also survived by a brother, Robert H. Finch and wife, Elise of Monroe, LA, and a sister, Pauline Finch Hynard of Longview, TX, as well as many nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.
Visitation will be from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Saturday, March 19, 2005 at Mulhearn Funeral Home Winnsboro, LA.
LILLIE MAUD CARTER
Kilpatrick Funeral Home - Ruston, LA
Services for Lillie Maud Carter, age 86, of Ruston, LA, were held Saturday, March 12, 2005 at 2:00 PM at Calvary Baptist Church, Vienna, LA, with Rev. David Hastings officiating.
Interment was held at Twin Cities Memorial Gardens near West Monroe, under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home of Ruston.
Mrs. Carter died Thursday, March 10, 2005 in Minden, LA, following a brief illness.
Mrs. Carter was a member of Calvary Baptist Church; past member of Edgewood Baptist Church in West Monroe; a member of the Greenwood Peacemakers Quilting Club and she was retired from United Insurance Company.
Mrs. Carter is preceded in death by her husband of 67 years, Woodrow W. Carter.
Survivors include her daughter, Linda Carter Webb of Calhoun, LA; sons, Glen Carter and wife Kay of Bossier City, LA, and Eric Carter of Bernice, LA; six grandchildren, Stacey McKinnie of Calhoun, LA, Carter Webb of Calhoun, LA, Lori Rogers of Shreveport, LA, Kandi Talbert of Minden, LA, Chris Carter of Haughton, LA, and Jared Carter of Bernice, LA; and thirteen great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Calvary Baptist Church in Vienna, LA.
Pallbearers were family members.
OLLIE MAE HENDRIX
Farrar Funeral Home - Farmerville, LA
Services for Mrs. Ollie Mae Hendrix, 97, of Farmerville will be 2:00 PM Sunday, March 20, 2005 at Sharon Baptist Church.
Interment will follow in Sharon Cemetery.
Arrangements are under the direction of Farrar Funeral Home of Farmerville.
Mrs. Hendrix, a homemaker, died March 18, 2005.
She was preceded in death by her husband, L. C. Hendrix and one son, Malvin Hendrix.
Survivors include one son, Max Hendrix, a wife, Mildred of Bernice; one daughter, Carleen Hendrix Madix and husband, Keith of Bernice; one brother, Richard Puckett of Sterlington; seven grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Pallbearers will be grandsons and great-grandsons.
Visitation will be 6:00 PM 8:00 PM Saturday at Farrar Funeral Home.
Lillian E. Carpenter, 75
DODSON Lillian Estelle Carpenter, a homemaker, died Thursday.
Graveside service is at 2 p.m. Sunday at Cypress Creek Cemetery, near Dodson, under the direction of Southern Funeral Home, Jonesboro.
Visitation is 5-8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Janice K. Crawford, 63
CLARKS Janice Kennedy Crawford, a homemaker, died Thursday.
Arrangements are incomplete under the direction of Riser Funeral Home, Columbia.
Bessie Jackson, 87
HOUSTON Bessie Jackson, a homemaker, died Sunday.
The funeral is 11 a.m. today at Mount Mariah Baptist Church, Chatham.
Burial will follow at the church cemetery under the direction of King Funeral Home, Ruston.
Carrie M. Kelley, 94
BASTROP Carrie M. Kelley, a homemaker, died Friday.
The funeral is 1 p.m. Monday at Riverside Baptist Church.
Visitation is 4-6 p.m. Sunday at Golden Funeral Home Chapel, Bastrop.
Burial will be at Promise Land Cemetery, Hamburg, Ark.
Mary T. Lee, 75
WINNSBORO Mary T. Lee, a homemaker, died Thursday.
The funeral is 11 a.m. Monday at Mount Olive Baptist Church, Winnsboro.
Visitation is 1-7 p.m. Sunday at Richardson Funeral Home Chapel, Winnsboro.
Burial will be at Oakley Cemetery, Gilbert.
Charles Ray Markcom, 44
WINNSBORO Charles Ray Markcom, a forklift operator, died Wednesday.
Arrangements are incomplete under the direction of Richardson-Sims Funeral Home, Winnsboro.
Archie C. Moorehead, 71
CONWAY Archie Clarence Moorehead, retired, died March 13.
The funeral is 1 p.m. Tuesday at Riverside Baptist Church.
Visitation is 6-8 p.m. Monday at Miller Funeral Home Chapel, Monroe.
Burial will be at Richwood Memorial Gardens, Richwood.
Everett Don Odom, 92
RUSTON Everett Don Odom, a retired electrician at Hodge Paper Mill, died Friday.
Arrangements are incomplete under Kilpatrick Funeral Home, Ruston.
Dr. T. Scott Strickland, 76
Dr. T. Scott Strickland of West Monroe, a dentist, died Wednesday.
The funeral is 11 a.m. today at Kilpatrick Funeral Home Chapel, West Monroe.
Visitation is 10 a.m. until services begin at the funeral home.
Burial will follow at Monroe Memorial Park.
Bernita F. Coon Worley, 72
Bernita Fern Coon Worley, of West Monroe, a retired Riverwood employee, died Friday.
The funeral is 3 p.m. Sunday at Lapine Assembly of God Church in West Monroe.
Visitation is from 5-8 p.m. today at Kilpatrick's Funeral Home, West Monroe.
Burial is in the church cemetery.
