Obit: Lessie Allen White, 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, Franklin Parish, Louisiana April 26, 2000 --- Page 5 & 6A Volume 143 No. 37 Lessie Allen White Funeral services for Lessie Allen White, 81, of Jonesville were held Monday, April 24, 2000 at Oak Grove Free Methodist Church with the Rev. Arvie Jolly and the Rev. Aaron Jolly officiating. Interment followed at Heard Cemetery under the direction of Community Memorial Funeral Home of Winnsboro. Mrs. White died Saturday, April 22, 2000, at St. Francis Cabrini Medical Center after a brief illness. She was a resident of Catahoula Parish, a homemaker and a member of Oak Grove Free Methodist Church. She is preceded in death by her husband, Charley White and grandson, Sam Bass. Survivors include her children and their spouses, Evelyn and Bobby Ford; Robert White and Dollie; Tony White and Reba; Sue and Freddie Bass all of Jonesville; sisters, Audrey Comeaux and Annie Ruth Rider both of Winnsboro; Edna Simms of Calhoun; 10 grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were grandsons, Barry Ford, Kyle Ford, Charley White, Lee White, Randy White and Chad Ambeau. Honorary pallbearers were grandsons, Mark David, Glen Giambrone and Timothy Neal.