Obituaries: July 2005, Franklin Parish, LA
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Audrey Comeaux
Gerald Wayne Rice
Sallie E. Smith

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The Franklin Sun     Winnsboro, LA      July 13, 2005
Submitted August 2006 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Audrey Comeaux
 
Funeral services for Audrey Comeaux, 89, of Winnsboro will be today (Wednesday) at 
2 p.m. in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home of Winnsboro. Burial will follow in Ogden 
Cemetery under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home of Winnsboro.
 
Mrs. Comeaux was a homemaker and passed away on Saturday, July 9, 2005. She is preceded 
in death by husband: John D. Comeaux; daughter, Penny Comeaux Rockett; and son Roy Douglas 
Comeaux.
 
Survivors include a son, Glen Comeaux and wife, Irene of Pascagoula, Miss.; daughter-in-law, 
Beverly Comeaux of Monroe; eight grandchildren: Connie Comeaux, Honolulu, HI.; Christopher 
Comeaux, Rock Island, Illinois; Matthew Comeaux, Moline, Illinois; Patrick Comeaux, Monroe; 
Mark Comeaux and Scott Comeaux, both of Denham Springs; Erin Rockett, Ruston; and Shannon Rockett, 
Dallas, Texas; and seven great-grandchildren.
 
Pallbearers will be Mark Comeaux, Scott Comeaux, Christopher Comeaux, Patrick Comeaux, 
Tony White and Wayne Hendry.
 
Visitation will be from 12 Noon until time of service today, at Mulhearn Funeral Home.
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James Rice jercev@gmail.com December 15, 2008, 11:18 am

Gill First National Funeral Home
Birth:	 	Mar. 26, 1950
Death:	 	Jul. 17, 2005
 
Funeral services for Gerald Wayne Rice, age 55, of Jigger will be held at 2:00PM
Wednesday, July 20, 2005 in the chapel of Gill First National Funeral Home in
Winnsboro. Interment will take place in Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in
Winnsboro. Officiating the services will be Rev. James McMurray and Rev. Stacy
Givens.
He was born to the union of Iley and Ruby Bailey Rice on March 26, 1950 in
Winnsboro, and passed from this life Sunday, July 17, 2005 at Franklin Medical
Center in Winnsboro.

Mr. Rice was raised in the Pentecostal Faith and was a long time Franklin Parish
farmer. In addition to his occupation as a farmer, Mr. Rice enjoyed working as a
machanic. He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother Richard Rice and a
sister Onedia Varnell.

Mr. Rice leaves behind two children; Kristy Crain and Kenny Rice and
daughter-in-law e Angela Rice all of Jigger; one brother Stanley Rice, Sr. of
Jigger; two sisters Aline Wheeler of Hebert, and Sue Robinson of Gilbert; and
four grandchildren Kimberly Crain, Haley Crain, Ashlyn Crain and Michael Rice.

Pallbearers will be Brad Client, Christopher Guthrie, Glynn Oser, Jr. Jimmy Ray
Pippins, Brad Robinson, Brandon Robinson and Mark Robinson.

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The Franklin Sun     Winnsboro, LA      July 13, 2005
Submitted August 2006 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Sallie E. Smith
 
Funeral services for Sallie E. Smith, age 102, of Mangham were held on Tuesday, July 12, 2005 
at 10 a.m. in the chapel of Gill First National Funeral Home in Winnsboro with Rev. Dennis Evans 
officiating. Interment followed in Ogden Cemetery in Liddieville, LA.
 
She was born on September 27, 1902 near Baskin, and passed from this life on Saturday, July 9, 2005 
in Franklin Medical Center in Winnsboro.
 
Mrs. Smith was a member of the Assembly of God, and was the youngest of eight children born to Henry 
and Lula Sims Smith.
 
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Harvey Smith, two sisters Liddie and Hattie; 
and five brothers, Alex, Louie, Lonnie, Willie and Tommie.
 
Mrs. Smith married late in life and never had children. She is survived by many nieces and nephews 
and a special niece and care giver Frances Smith Metcalf of Mangham.
 
Pallbearers were David Barton, John Evans, Wesley Jones, Buddy Parks, George Parks, 
and Kenneth Smith.
Honorary pallbearer was Larry Evans.
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