Obituaries Abstracted from The Alexandria Town Talk for residents of Condordia Parish, Louisiana. Submitted by Evelyn Corbett Cunningham. ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** TIPS FOR SEARCHING RECORDS ON THE INTERNET Netscape & Ms Explorer users: If searching for a particular surname, locality or date while going through the records in the archives or anywhere....try these few steps: 1. Go to the top of the report you are searching. 2. Click on EDIT at the top of your screen. 3. Next click on FIND in the edit menu. 4. When the square pops up, enter what you are looking for in the FIND WHAT ___________blank. 5. Click on DIRECTION __DOWN. 6. And last click on FIND NEXT and continue to click on FIND NEXT until you reach the end of the report. This should highlight the item that you indicated in "find what" every place it appears in the report. You must continue to click on FIND NEXT till you reach the end of the report to see all of the locations of the item indicated. NAME: GAGE, Mary White DATE OF DEATH: Tuesday, July 13, 1999 AGE: 87 CEMETERY: St. James Baptist Church Cemetery RESIDENT OF: Ferriday OCCUPATION: Homemaker PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: None listed. SURVIVED BY: Daughter, Isabell James of Chicago, Ill. Two sons - Leonard Gage of Chicago, Ill., and Jimmie Gage of New Orleans; Four stepdaughters, Rosie Lee Kelly of Ferriday, Margaret Walker of Gary, Ind., Leola Reed of Los Angeles, Calif., and Viola Redvine of Chicago, Ill; One stepson, Archie Kelly of Chicago, Ill.; Three sisters, Martha W. Hinkston, Dorothy Brackens and Ana W. Warren, all of Ferriday; One brother, Richman White of Alexandria; Eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. FUNERAL HOME: Concordia, Ferriday, LA SOURCE: Alexandria Daily Town Talk, July 17, 1999 *********** NAME: CARLOS, Carroll DATE OF DEATH: Friday, July 23, 1999 AGE: 53 CEMETERY: Not given RESIDENT OF: Ferriday NATIVE OF: Houma OCCUPATION: Roustabout PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Not given SURVIVED BY: Two daughters, Kim Gill of Brookhaven, MS, and Rosemary Arnold of New Iberia; one son, Joey Carlos of California; one stepdaughter, Vivian Bass of Vidalia; one brother, Houston Comeaux of Ferriday; nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Ferriday Assembly of God FUNERAL HOME: Young's, Ferriday, LA SOURCE: Alexandria Daily Town Talk, July 27, 1999 *********** NAME: MAPP, Benny Joe DATE OF DEATH: Sunday, July 25, 1999 AGE: 57 CEMETERY: Mineral Springs Cemetery, near Hattiesburg, MS RESIDENT OF: Vidalia NATIVE OF: Not given OCCUPATION: GSO of Mississippi PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Not given SURVIVED BY: Wife, Barbara S. Mapp of Vidalia; one son, Malcolm Cloy of Natchez, MS; four daughters, Angie Seyfarth, Margaret Freeman, Wendy Carter and Tracy Freeman, all of Natchez, MS; his mother, Tressie Lee Mapp of Hattiesburg, MS; three brothers, Raymond J. Mapp, Willie H. Mapp and Buster Mapp, all of Hattiesburg, MS; one sister, Ann Sheasby of Hattiesburg, MS; one stepson, one stepdaughter; 10 grandchildren and two stepgrandchildren CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Dixie Methodist Church, Forrest Co., MS FUNERAL HOME: Hulett-Winstead Funeral Home PALLBEARERS: Tyron Hollis, Shelton Seals, Kevin Wall, Malcolm Cloy, Bobby Cater, Mike Bryant, Steve Underwood and Billy Ray Lee SOURCE: Alexandria Daily Town Talk, July 27, 1999 *********** NAME: TAYLOR, Ophelia Davis DATE OF DEATH: Friday, July 23, 1999 AGE: 77 CEMETERY: Zion Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Ferriday, LA RESIDENT OF: Ferriday NATIVE OF: Not given OCCUPATION: Homemaker PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Not given SURVIVED BY: Husband, Frank Taylor of Ferriday; four sons, Richard Madison of Alexandria, Robert "Rock" Davis, Lavon Madison and Bobby Madison, all of Ferriday; two daughters, Laura Madison and Cassandra Anderson, both of Ferriday; three brothers, Alvin M. Turner of Chicago, IL, Jake Davis and Archie Davis, both of Ferriday; two sisters, Emily Polk of Champaign, IL, and Viola Green of Ferriday; 23 grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Rising Sun Baptist Church FUNERAL HOME: Concordia, Ferriday, La PALLBEARERS: Not given SOURCE: Alexandria Daily Town Talk, July 27, 1999 *********** NAME: DODD, Matthew DATE OF DEATH: Tuesday, July 27, 1999 AGE: 6 weeks CEMETERY: Heard Cemetery RESIDENT OF: Ferriday, LA NATIVE OF: Ferriday, LA OCCUPATION: N/A PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Not given SURVIVED BY: Parents, Charles and Gwendolyn Dodd of Ferriday; maternal grandparents, Arvell and Joyce Peters of Clayton; paternal grandparents, Robert and Catherine Dodd of Ferriday CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: N/A FUNERAL HOME: Comer, Ferriday PALLBEARERS: Not given SOURCE: Alexandria Daily Town Talk, July 29, 1999 *********** NAME: OLIPHANT, Melba M. DATE OF DEATH: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 AGE: 79 CEMETERY: Greenlawn Memorial Cemetery, Natchez, MS RESIDENT OF: Vidalia NATIVE OF: Not given OCCUPATION: Retired from Armstrong Tire and Rubber Company PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Not given SURVIVED BY: Brother, Alton Graves of West Monroe; and two sisters, Virginia Burson and Myrtle Stripling, both of Park City, IL CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: First Baptist Church, Vidalia, LA FUNERAL HOME: Young's, Ferriday, LA PALLBEARERS: Jim Knapp, Wayne Randall, Eddie Constantini, James Jones, Roy Doughty, and Billy Ray Smart SOURCE: Alexandria Daily Town Talk, July 29, 1999 *********** NAME: Marvin J. McFall DATE OF DEATH: Friday, July 30, 1999 AGE: 64 CEMETERY: Stewart Cemetery, Bogue Chitto, MS RESIDENT OF: Ridgecrest NATIVE OF: Gilbert OCCUPATION: Carpenter and Welder PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: None listed SURVIVED BY: Wife, Geraldine McFall; one son, Jack McFall; two daughters, Lena Guthrie and Letha Kepper; mother, Lena Thornhill - all of Ridgecrest. Two brothers, Brooks McFall of Jonesville and Johnny McFall of Taft, CA; one half-brother, Glen McFall of Columbia; six half-sisters, Elaine Buitt and Margie Hudson, of Ruth, MS, Betty Vamell of Columbia; Pat Rippy of Brookhaven, MS; Billie Kinnison and Peggy Moak, both of Bogue Chitto, MS; and five grandchildren. PALLBEARERS: Paul Hodges, Robert Kinnison, Bubba Buitt, Buster Buitt, Randy Osboume, Skooter Guthie, Dempsey Hodges, and Mike Keeper. FUNERAL HOME: Young's, Ferriday, LA OTHER INFORMATION: US Army veteran SOURCE: Alexandria Daily Town Talk