Obit: Leora Parker Keene, 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 Vol. 143 --- No. 33 March 29, 2000--- Page 5A Leora Parker Keene Funeral services for Leora Parker Keene, 75, of Monroe were held Thursday at Mulhearn Funeral Home Chapel, on Sterlington Road, Monroe with the Rev. Tom Tynes, the Rev. Don Blackman and Bryan Hubbard officiating. Interment followed in Harris Cemetery near Crowville. Mrs. Keene, a member of Lone Pine Baptist Church in Swampers, died Tuesday, March 21, 2000. She had been an Avon distributor for over 29 years. She was preceded in death by her parents, Hardy and M.A. Parker; brother Hardy M. Parker, two sisters, Madge B. Pierce and Elizabeth Ann Williams. Survivors include her husband Danny Keene of Monroe; three brothers, Ban Earl Parker of McCleod, Texas; Carl Parker of Monroe; Wayne Parker of Pelham, Alabama; five sisters, Geraldine Reynolds of OakGrove; Jeanetta Ingram of Winnsboro; Sarah McQuillin of Jackson, Mississippi; Dorothy Parker of Winnsboro and Carolyn Hightower of Rayville; numerous nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were Paul Pierce, Jimmy McQuillin, Sammy Reynolds, Kevin Parker, Keith Parker, Jay Williams and Vance Graham. Memorials may be made to Hospice Care of Louisiana, Inc.