Melva Biggs Cody, Obituary, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Kim Wise
Source: Riser Funeral Home
Date: September 2004



**********************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm
**********************************************



Obituary of Melva Biggs Cody
May 26, 2004

Services for Melva Biggs Cody of West Monroe will be held 
at 11 a.m., Wednesday, May 26, 2004 from the chapel of Riser
Funeral Home in Columbia with Rev. Paul Edwards and Rev.
Bill Hearne officiating.  Interment will follow in the Welcome Home
Cemetery in Grayson.

Mrs. Cody was born in Grayson to the union of Moses and Ruth
Hanchey Biggs and died Monday, May 24, 2004 at the St. Francis
Medical Center in Monroe.
    
She was a retired school teacher having taught in Grayson and
Clarks schools before moving to Lake Charles where she taught
many years.  She was a member of the Yeager Methodist Protestant 
Church in West Monroe.  She was very active in the Methodist
Protestant Conference where she served on the Board of Missions
for many years, was a Bible School Director for some twenty years
and was director of the Children's Church for a number of years.
    
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband: Claude
Cody, her sister: Clyda Biggs Brown and her brother: Hanchey Biggs.
    
Survivors include her brother-in-law: Emmett Lee Brown of Grayson, 
her cousins: Janis Hearne Tucker of West Monroe, Ruth Adkins
of Baton Rouge and Yvonne Braley of West Monroe and special
friends: Phyllis Coughran of West Monroe and Janice Parker of 
Florence, Ms.
    
Pallbearers will be James Brown, Joel Adkins, Billy Hearne, Jr.,
Braudice Bennett, Byron Carlisle and Ricky Foster.
    
Visitation will be Tuesday from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. and Wednesday
from 9 a.m. until time of services at Riser Funeral Home, 7131 Hwy
165, Columbia.