Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....BEDENBAUGH, WILLIE MAE SIMMONS June 26, 2015
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News Star World - June 28, 2015
WILLIE MAE SIMMONS BEDENBAUGH

Funeral Services for Mrs. Willie Mae Simmons Bedenbaugh, 97, of West Monroe, LA 
will be held at 10:30 A.M. Tuesday, June 30, 2015 in the chapel of Mulhearn 
Funeral Home West Monroe, LA with Pastor Richard Turnley officiating. Burial 
will follow in the Mulhearn Memorial Park Mausoleum in Monroe, LA.

Mrs. Bedenbaugh was born and raised in Crowville, LA, where she met and married 
her husband, Mr. Charles Clay Bedenbaugh on August 8, 1936. Willie Mae and 
Charles resided in the Crowville and Delhi area of Louisiana until Charles 
entered the service during WWII. Mrs. Bedenbaugh survived her husband Charles 
after his death in 2007. When he passed away, the Bedenbaugh's had been married 
for 71 years. On May 20, 1943, Mrs. Bedenbaugh's only child, Charlotte was 
born. At this time, Charles was serving in Alaska and the Pacific. When Charles 
returned after the war in 1945, he worked in construction, and the Bedenbaugh's 
moved house trailer and residences many times during the next few years until 
the mid-fifties when she and Charles decided to establish a permanent residence 
in Monroe. Later she and Charles relocated to their home in West Monroe, LA, 
where she continued to reside until 2013, when she relocated to the Arbor House 
in West Monroe, where she was residing until she was hospitalized shortly 
before her death.

Mrs. Bedenbaugh lived a long and fruitful life and was very active in her 
church, Memorial United Methodist in Monroe, LA where she has been a member 
since 1952. She served in the XYZ and United Methodist Women Organizations. She 
also worked in Howard Griffin Land of Toys for several years and later in 
Camp's Dress Shop. Mrs. Bedenbaugh also was very active with Charles in the 
Barak Shrine Temple, the Ladies Oriental Shrine and Eastern Star, along with 
many activities to raise money for the Shrine Hospitals for Children in 
Shreveport and other locations throughout the USA.

Mrs. Bedenbaugh is survived by her one daughter and husband, Charlotte and 
Jerry Smith of Dubai, United Arab Emirates; two granddaughters and their 
husbands Kimberly and Gildardo Carbajal of Dallas, TX and Dana and Ossama Bader 
of Dubai, United Arab Emirates; and her great granddaughters, Omaya, Aysha and 
Safiya Bader and Karmela Carbajal.

Pallbearers will be Charles Simmons, Jerry Blankenship, J. W. Dean, Paul Farr, 
Jep Butler, Treston Johnson. Honorary Pallbearers will be Mickey Cox, Kermit 
Bearden, Paul Mallett, John Smith, Lester Davis, Walter Pierron and Darren 
Berry

To celebrate the life of Mrs. Bedenbaugh, the family is requesting donations in 
lieu of flowers to the Memorial United Methodist Church, 401 Sherrouse Avenue, 
Monroe, LA 71203.

Visitation will be held from 5:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M. Monday, June 29, 2015 at 
Mulhearn Funeral Home West Monroe, LA.

Online Registry/ Condolences: www.mulhearnfuneralhome.com

Mulhearn Funeral Home

West Monroe, LA

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