Obituaries: May 2005, Franklin Parish, LA
Submitted by: Richard Tucker / Glenda Warner Boyd


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The following obituaries are listed below:

Carolyn DeBlieux DeWitt Essary
Harry Wayne 'Mike' Michaelson

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The Franklin Sun      Winnsboro, LA       May 4, 2005
Submitted Feb. 2006 by: Glenda Warner Boyd

Carolyn DeBlieux DeWitt Essary

Funeral services for Carolyn DeBlieux DeWitt Essary, 59, of Monroe will be held today (Wednesday) at 10 a.m. 
at Young's Community  Memorial Funeral Home with the Rev. Terry Love officiating.
Interment will follow at Ogden Cemetery under the direction of Young's Community Memorial Funeral Home in 
Winnsboro.
Mrs. Essary was born Feb. 24, 1946 in Winnsboro, and passed away Monday, May 2, 2005 at home after a lengthy 
battle with a brain tumor. She will be remembered as a wonderful mother, wife, and caregiver. She was preceded 
in death by her first husband, Aubrey Lee DeWitt; her father, Jack Leston DeBlieux and mother, Cynthia Smith DeBlieux.
Survivors include her husband, George Essary, Monroe; three daughters, Cheryl Fortenberry and husband David of 
Winnsboro; Pam Cannon and husband Paul of Bentonville, Ark.; Melissa Williams and husband, Chance of Winnsboro; 
step-daughter, Casey Searle and husband, Rex of Clear Lake, Texas; 10 grandchildren; Jamie, Derek, and Madison 
Fortenberry; Garon and Chandler Cannon; Sidney, "Brother," and Chaston Williams; Kerstyn and Riley Searle; brother, 
Jack Leston DeBlieux III of Winnsboro; also numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
The family would like to express their gratitude to all of the wonderful doctors and nurses for their loving care.

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The Franklin Sun       Winnsboro, LA        May 18, 2005
Submitted Feb. 2006 by: Glenda Warner Boyd

Harry Wayne 'Mike' Michaelson

Graveside services for Harry Wayne "Mike"  Michaelson, 71, were held Saturday at Ogden Cemetery with the Rev. Bill 
Robertson officiating.
Mr. Michaelson, a retired United States Army Special Forces veteran passed from this life Thursday, May 12, 2005 in 
the V.A. Medical Center in Shreveport following a lengthy illness.
He is survived by his wife Darlene Singer Michaelson, Shreveport; two step daughters, Angie Kelly of Monroe; 
Lisa Steinwandt, Concord, Calif.; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild; two brothers-in-law John Singer 
and wife Peggy, Longview, Texas; Tab Singer and wife Dinah, Winnsboro; and numerous other relatives and friends.

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