Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....RENFRO, DORIS EDNA ECKARDT July 3, 2014 ************************************************ 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 rootsgirl36@gmail.com July 7, 2014, 7:03 am News Star World - July 6, 2014 DORIS EDNA ECKARDT RENFRO Doris Edna Eckardt Renfro, 82, went home to live with Jesus on July 3, 2014. She passed peacefully at her residence after a lengthy illness. Services will be Monday, July 7, 2014 at 10 a.m. at Moore Funeral Home followed by a burial at 4 p.m. in Roselawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Calhoun, LA. Mrs. Renfro was born in Brenham, TX on June 24, 1932 to the late Carl and Edna Andricks Eckardt. She married her soul mate, Fulton Leon "Tony" Renfro, on April 11, 1952 in Houston, TX. They moved to Monroe, LA where she was a homemaker raising 4 kids. She was an active member of First Christian Church of Monroe. The couple was involved in numerous civic organizations and enjoyed traveling. Following Tony's death, she moved to Hattiesburg to be closer to family. She enjoyed gardening, was an avid bridge player, and enjoyed spending time with family and friends. She was an beloved Mother and Grandmommie. She was preceded in death by her husband, Tony, her step-daughter Phyllis Browning, and her brother, Carl Eckardt. She is survived by a step-son, Robert Renfro; one son, Rocky Renfro; one daughter Deborah Kay Smith; four Grandchildren, Matt Renfro, Tonya Kay (Joe) Atkinson, Carla Smith (Tom) Rushing, and Darrah Smith; and seven great-grand children, Chase, Josie, and Riley Atkinson, Avery, Alex, and AJ Rushing, and Parker Smith. Visitation will be Sunday, July 6, 2014 from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. at Moore Funeral Home in Hattiesburg. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations be made to Homes of Hope for Children. www.HOHFC.org. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/ouachita/obits/r/renfro2891nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/lafiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb