Obit: Joseph Melvin Garsee, 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 May 31, 2000 Page 5A Volume 143 No. 42 Joseph Melvin Garsee Funeral services for Joseph Melvin Garsee, 81 of Rayville were held Saturday at Rayville First United Pentecostal Church with the Rev. Robert Stroud officiating. Interment followed in Hall Cemetery in Rhymes, La. under the direction of Brown-Holley Funeral Home of Rayville. Mr. Garsee died Thursday, May 25, 2000 at Richardson Medical Center following a lengthy illness. Mr. Garsee was a member of the First United Pentecostal Church of Rayville. He was preceded in death by his parents, Susie and William Garsee; sister, Irene Carter; brother, Rev. Samuel Garsee and a grandson, Kenneth Coates. Survivors include his wife, Mae Garsee of Rayville; daughters, Effie Anding of West Monroe; Mary Lowland, Shirley Coates and Connie Garsee all of Rayville; sons, James Garsee and Dennis Garsee both of Alto; sisters, Leona McCumber of Tulsa, Oklahoma; Pauline Snelling of Hebert; brothers, Virgil Garsee of Alto; Curtis Garsee of Columbia; 15 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were Randall Newman, Mark Coates, Jamie Garsee, Christopher Garsee, Dennis Garsee Jr. and Jeff Garsee. Honorary pallbearers were Tim Miller, Elmo Tarver and Eric Broadway.