Laura M. Reed; Jefferson Davis Parish Obits, Louisiana Submitted by Kathy LaCombe-Tell Source: American Press; Date: 09/08/1995; Page & Section: 2A Submitted September 2004 ******** Legal Notice ******** Submitted to the LAGenWeb Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ~~~~~~~~~ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://theusgenweb.net/copyright.htm ~~~~~~~~~ IOTA Funeral services for Mrs. Laura M. Reed, 101, will be at 10 a.m. today, Sept. 8,[1995] from St. Joseph Catholic Church. The Rev. Don Leger will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery under direction of Matthews and Son Funeral Home. A rosary was said Thursday. Mrs. Reed died at 6:14 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 6, 1995, in the Jennings hospital. A native of Jennings, she was a member of the Iota Ladies Altar Society. Survivors are two sons, Clarphy Reed of Hackberry and James Reed of Iota; three daughters, Mrs. John (Mary) Simar, Mrs. Durphy (Allie) McFarlain and Mrs. Lloyd (Helen) Simar, all of Evangeline; two sisters, Alice Lavergne and Doris Gatte, both of Jennings; 20 grandchildren, 52 great-grandchildren and 20 great-great-grandchildren.