Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....PESNELL, ELAINE ELIZABETH December 14, 2008
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News Star World - December 18, 2008
ELAINE ELIZABETH PESNELL

Brown-Holley Funeral Home, Rayville, LA

Funeral services for Elaine Elizabeth Pesnell, age 84, will be held 2:00 PM 
Friday, December 19, 2008 at First United Methodist Church in Rayville with 
Rev. Ted Freeland officiating. Interment will be 4:30 PM Friday in Wesley 
Chapel Cemetery in Ruston, LA under the direction of Brown-Holley Funeral 
Home, Rayville.

Elaine Grigsby Pesnell was born on September 18, 1924 in Ruston, LA and passed 
away on December 14, 2008.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Eugene Pesnell; parents, Chester and 
Vera Grigsby; brothers, Ernest Grigsby and Gene Grigsby; and a sister, Yvonne 
Goss.

Mrs. Pesnell was a retired school teacher from the Holly Ridge School. She 
also was librarian and guidance counselor for many years at the school. Mrs. 
Pesnell was honored by the school by having the school library named after 
her. She was past Historian and Regent of the Beouf River Chapter, Daughters 
of American Revolution.

Survivors include her son, Gary Lane Pesnell and wife, Sandra of Rayville; a 
grandson, Kevin Lane Pesnell and wife, Bonnie of Marietta, GA; 2 brothers, 
Chester P. Grigsby, Jr. and wife, Audrey of Shreveport, LA; and Glen G. 
Grigsby and wife, Jan of Ruston; 3 sisters, Ellon Nelson of Ruston, LA; 
Geraldine Veatch and husband, Bud of Grand Junction, Colorado; and Sue Horton 
and husband, Paul of Shreveport, LA and Numerous Nieces and Nephews.

Pallbearers will be nephews, Jerry Grigsby, Robert Goss, Rickey Nelson, 
Chester Grigsby III, Grant Grigsby, Jeff Grigsby and James Plank.

Visitation will be 12:00 PM until 2:00 PM Friday at First United Methodist 
Church in Rayville.

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