Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....RAMSEY, DOROTHY SHIPP November 19, 2008 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Gina Brown http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00025.html#0006026 November 21, 2008, 7:46 am News Star World - November 21, 2008 DOROTHY SHIPP RAMSEY Kilpatrick Funeral Home Monroe, LA Funeral services for Mrs. Dorothy Shipp Ramsey, 81, of Monroe, LA will be at 11:00 AM, Saturday, November 22, 2008 at Parkview Baptist Church of Monroe with Dr. E. Whit Holmes and Rev. Terry Barnes officiating. Interment will follow at Monroe Memorial Park under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home of Monroe, LA. Mrs. Ramsey was born August 4, 1927 in Bosco, LA and passed away on November 19, 2008 at Monroe, LA. Mrs. Ramsey graduated from Ouachita Parish High School and Northeast Louisiana Junior College. Over her lifetime, she was a piano teacher, elementary teacher, homemaker, and real estate agent. She was active in many organizations including the Girl Scouts of America, Eastern Star, Chapter AK of P.E.O., Monroe Downtown Lions Club, Kaleidoscope, Daughters of the American Revolution and Junior League of Monroe. She belonged to Parkview Baptist Church and was a faithful member of the choir. Mrs. Ramsey was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Marvin O. Ramsey, Sr., her parents James Allen and Mattie Owens Shipp, brothers, James Marvin and Garland Allen Shipp and sister, Vivian Shipp Long. Mrs. Ramsey is survived by her children, Marvin Owen, Jr. and wife, Rhonda, Rebecca Ramsey Fleming and husband, Robert, and Sue Ramsey Rainer and husband, Bob. Her grandchildren are: Scott Rainer and wife, Casey, Sam Rainer, Rob Fleming and wife, Angela, Mollie Fleming and David Ramsey and wife, Brittany. She is also survived by 4 great grandchildren: Ramsey Kuhn, Audrey and Sarah Rainer, and Ashley Fleming. Pallbearers are Scott Rainer, Sam Rainer, Rob Fleming, David Ramsey, Harvey Gregg, Wayne Shipp and Donald Lee Davidson. Memorials can be made to the Louisiana Baptist Children's Home in Monroe, Parkview Baptist Church in Monroe, or P.E.O. Program for Continuing Education, 2710 Indian Mound Boulevard, Monroe, LA 71201. Visitation will be from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Friday, November 21, 2008 at Kilpatrick Funeral Home of Monroe. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/ouachita/obits/r/ramsey2243gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/lafiles/ File size: 2.7 Kb