OBIT:: Marjorie Emory Colvin,  Lincoln Parish, LA
Submitted by: Dorothy Rinehart Taylor, 111 Racove Drive, West Monroe, LA 71291



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               The Ruston Daily Leader, Monday, October 2, 2000

                     Marjorie Emory Colvin

Services for Marjorie Emory Colvin, 83 , of Bernice, will be held
at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, October 3, 2000, in the First Baptist Church
of Bernice.  Officiating will be the Rev. David Weeks assisted by
the Rev. Donald Lemons.

Interment will be in Bernice City Cemetery under the direction of
Kilpatrick Funeral Home of Bernice.

Mrs. Colvin died Sunday, October 1, 2000, in Ruston, following a
lengthy illness.

Mrs. Colvin was born in Choudrant, on October 30, 1916, to Carrie
E. Vining Emory and L. L. Emory. She is a graduate of Choudrant
High School and Louisiana Tech University.  She formerly taught in
Hico, Choudrant and Mer Rouge.

After her marriage to Clyde C.  Colvin,Jr. they resided in Bernice,
where she was active in the Baptist and Methodist churches.  She
was a member of the Bernice Garden Club, Bernice Historical Soci-

ety, and an active member of the Friendship Sunday School Class.
One of her favorite pastimes was China painting with her friends.

Preceding her in death were her parents, husband, and grand-
daughter, Christy Colvin.

Survivors include one daughter, Mary Kay White and husband Sammy of
Ruston; two sons, Clyde C. Colvin, III and wife Gina of Bernice,
and Donald Emory Colvin and wife Marti of Lafayette; grandchildren,
Trey and Annice White, Scott and Rhonda White, Steve and April
White, Todd and Carmen Colvin, Leah Colvin, Emory Colvin, John
Michael Colvin and Britton Tinsley; seven great grandchildren; one
brother, Sherwood L. Emory of West Monroe; one sister, Mrs.
Virginia Coates of Columbia; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be Dr. W. C. Reeves, Mr. Charlie Ward, Mr. Joe
Butler, Mr. Doil Herren, Mr. Billy Ross O'Bannon, and Mr. James
Delwyn Odom.

Honorary pallbearers will be Minor Patton, Clifton McIntosh, and
Deacons of First Baptist Church of Bernice.

Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church of Bernice at P.
0. Box 567 or to Bernice United Methodist Church Building Fund.

The family will receive friends from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. on Monday,
October 2, 2000 at Kilpatrick Funeral Home in Bernice.