Obit: Malda Grafton Farrar, 1999, Lincoln Parish, LA  
Submitted by: Dorothy Rinehart Taylor, 111 Racove Drive, West Monroe, LA 71291




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              The Ruston Daily Leader, Friday, November 5, 1999


                      Malda Grafton Farrar

Services for Malda Grafton Farrar, 87, of Bernice will be held at
10 a.m., Saturday, November 6,1999, at First Baptist Church in
Bernice with the Revs. Donald Lemmons, David Weeks, and Mike Smith
officiating.

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

Mrs. Farrar died November 2, 1999, in Bernice after a lengthy
illness, She was a member of First Baptist Church in Bernice.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Bennett Farrar.

Survivors include one son, Horace Farrar and wife Joan of
Parachute, Colo.; two daughters, Marcia Lee and husband Robert of
Deer Park, Texas, and Julia Feazell and husband Fred of Shreveport;
three brothers, Harry Grafton of El Paso, Texas; Troy Grafton of
Bernice; and Travis Grafton of Cochran, Ga; two sisters, Alline
Owens and Ineta Foster, both of Bernice; six grandsons; Greg Farrar
of Ruidoso, N.M.; David Farrar of Parachute, Colo.; Mark Kidwell of
Houston, Texas; Jeff Poole of Bienville; Brian Poole of LaPorte,
Texas; and Chris Feazell of Shreveport; three granddaughters,
Sallie Brewster of Choudrant; Laura Hilborn of La Porte, Texas; and
Jennifer Feazel of Shreveport.  Numerous nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be her grandsons.

Honorary pallbearer is special nephew Benny Grafton.

Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 5,1999, at Kilpatrick
Funeral Home Chapel in Bernice.

Malda (Mam-Maw Malda) was truly the matriarch of her family - not
by her choosing - but by the life she lived before them.