Obits: Southern Funeral Home, January 2007, Jackson Parish, Louisiana Submitted by: B. Jo Branch ************************************************* Submitted to the LAGenWeb Archives ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http:/www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ Southern Funeral Home of Jonesboro Mrs. Nettie M. Liles, age 60, of Gansville, died Saturday, January 5, 2007 at the Jackson Parish Hospital in Jonesboro following a brief illness. Friends may call Monday, January 8, 2007 from 7:00 PM until 9:00 PM and Tuesday, January 9, 2007 from 9:00 AM until time for service at Southern Funeral Home in Jonesboro. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Tuesday in the chapel of Southern Funeral Home with Reverend Gene Cumpton officiating. Interment will be at Siloam Cemetery in Gansville. Mrs. Liles is survived by a daughter, Tracy Annn Liles and husband Darren Neatherland of Gansville; grandaughter, Paige Elizabeth Neatherland of Gansville; mother, Dorothy L. Duty of North Hodge; 2 brothers, Ray Cotton and wife Johnnie of Hodge and Lexon Duty, Jr. and wife Karen of North Hodge; 2 sisters, DeLinda Boyett of North Hodge and Christina Taylor and husband Don of Houston, Tx; 2 uncles, Allen Cotton of Hodge and Burlion Diffey and wife Edna of Jonesboro; aunt, Juanita Wyrick of Swartz, La.; a host of neices, nephews, other relatives and friends. Mrs. Liles was preceded in death by her father, Elbert Dee Cotton; father, Lexon C. Duty, Sr; husband, Earl K. Liles ===== Opal Mary White (November 28, 1926 - January 29, 2007) Southern Funeral Home of Jonesboro Mrs. Opal M. White, age 80 of Keithville and a former resident of Jonesboro, died Monday, January 29, 2007 at her residence in Keithville following a lengthy illness. Mrs. White was born in Trout, Louisiana on Sunday, November 28, 1926 to the late Clayton Cincinatti Evans and the late Lela Cordillia (Coleman) Evans. Friends may call on the family Tuesday, January 30, 2007 from 5:30 pm until 9:00 pm at Southern Funeral Home in Jonesboro. Funeral services will be held 1:00 pm Wednesday, January 31, 2007 at Southern Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Michael McNatt officiating. Interment will be at Sardis Cemetery in Atlanta, La. Mrs. White is survived by a daughter, Brenda Martinez and husband George of Keithville; 2 sons, David White and wife Kay of Toledo Bend and Wayne White of Quitman; 11 grandchildren; 29 great grandchildren; a host of neices, nephews, other relatives and friends. In addition to her parents, Mrs. White was preceded in death by a son, Roger White.