Obituary: Lawrence Edward Brand - Franklin Parish, LA Submitted by Shirley Ashley ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** The Franklin Sun---- Winnsboro, Louisiana Volume 143------ No 31----- Page 5A March 15, 2000 Lawrence Edward Brand Funeral services for Lawrence Edward Brand, 83, of Winnsboro were held Tuesday at Coax Baptist Church with the Rev. J. W. Allen and the Rev. Doyle Adams officiating. Interment followed in Coax Cemetery under the direction of Riser First National Funeral Home of Winnsboro. Mr. Brand died Saturday, March 11, 2000 at Franklin Medical Center. He was a deacon of Coax Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife of 61 years, Audry Mae Brand of Winnsboro, two sons and daughters-in-law, John Edward Brand and wife Dixie of McComb, Mississippi; Douglas Brand and wife Alice of Winnsboro; two granddaughters, Dawn Brand Archibald and husband Steve of Baton Rouge; Wendy Brand Spitchley and husband Christopher of McCombs, Mississippi; three grandchildren, Daphyne and James Michel Parker, Christina Spitchley; and sister, Opal Brand Jones of Winnsboro. Pallbearers were J.E. Emfinger, Bobby Gwin, Shorty Shirley, Dale Beavers, Mike Curtis and Ricky Johnson. Honoary pallbearers were Earl Powers, Rawhide Robinson and Terrel Ratcliff.