Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....DARSEY, FRANK EDWARD August 21, 2015
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News Star World - August 23, 2015
FRANK EDWARD DARSEY

Funeral services for Frank Edward Darsey, 89, will be held at 10:00 a.m. 
Monday, August 24, 2015 at Christ United Methodist Church, 1204 Crabapple 
Drive, Shreveport, LA. Rev. Tom Howe will officiate. Visitation will be held at 
9:00 a.m. prior to the service. An additional service will be held on Monday at 
3:00 p.m., August 24th at Hixson Brothers Funeral Home, 11886 US -84, Jena, LA 
71342. Interment will follow at Graham Cemetery in Nebo, LA. There will be a 
visitation following the service in Jena, LA.

Frank was born on February 7, 1926 in Natchez, MS to J.W. Darsey and Effie Mae 
Darsey and passed away on August 21, 2015. He grew up in Rayville, LA where he 
attended and graduated from Rayville High school in 1943. Frank graduated from 
Louisiana Tech with a BS degree in Forestry, Frank was drafted by the Army and 
served in Europe with the 70th Infantry Division for 18 months. He left the 
service as a Staff Sargent, May 31, 1946. Frank married Iva Mae "Bobbie" 
Hudnall Darsey in 1960 and they had 35 wonderful years of marriage before her 
death in 1995. He worked for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries 
as a Field Biologist and for International Paper from 1952 to 1985 in 
Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.

Frank was a loyal and active member of Christ United Methodist Church in 
Shreveport. He enjoyed being a member of the Joy Sunday School class and the 
Wednesday morning men's prayer breakfast.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Bobbie and brother Marvin B. 
Darsey. Those left to cherish his memory are his sisters, Betty Jean Darsey of 
Arcadia, LA, Judy D. Futch of Arcadia, LA and Sue D. Hayes and husband, Cecil 
of Bossier City, LA, along with numerous nieces, nephews and extended family 
and friends.

Honoring Frank as pallbearers will be Curtis Williams, Dude Middlebrooks, James 
Flurry, Jim McCoy, Ronnie Morton and Bob Jahnke.

Honorary pallbearers will be the Joy Sunday School Class.

In lieu of flowers the family suggests memorials may be made to Christ United 
Methodist Church or to the charity of donor's choice.

Rose-Neath Southside Funeral Home

Shreveport, LA 

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