Obituary of Barbara Ellis McEacharn. of Richland Parish Louisiana
as published on the Cox Funeral Homes website August 25, 2007
Submitted by for the USGenWeb Archives by Dot Golliher, 09/15/2007




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Barbara Ellis McEacharn


Funeral services for Barbara Ellis McEacharn, 78, of Delhi will be at 2:00 PM, 
Sunday, August 26, 2007 at the Delhi Presbyterian Church with Rev. Paul Lipe 
officiating. 

Visitation will be held from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Saturday at Cox Funeral Home 
in Delhi. 

Interment will be in the Delhi Masonic Cemetery under the direction of Cox 
Funeral Home of Delhi. 

Barbara graduated from Neville High School and Northeast Junior College where 
she served as cheerleader and homecoming queen. She was previously employed 
by Columbia Gulf, Delhi Manufacturing, John Deere and taught art to many people 
in the Delhi area at her shop, The Place, and still continued to paint to the 
very end. She was instrumental in the founding of the NELA Livestock Show 
Pageant. Barbara loved to cook and her door was always open to family and 
friends. She was uplifting, never met a stranger and showed remarkable strength 
and courage throughout her 49 year crippling battle with rheumatoid arthritis. 
Even after her diagnosis of cancer, she kept a cheerful attitude; an 
encourgagement to all. 

She was preceded in death by her parents, Wilfred & Marguerite Ellis, a brother, 
Wilfred Ellis Jr. and her husband Neal Doyle McEacharn Sr. 

She is survived by four children, Neal Doyle McEacharn Jr. and wife Diane of 
Delhi, Kenneth McEacharn and wife Loretta of St. Joseph, Bruce McEacharn and 
wife Shari of Delhi and Cathy Brown and husband Mark of Lake Providence and 
"MeMaw's" nine grandchildren, Cole and Molly McEacharn, Aubrey and Riley 
McEacharn, Mary Kate and Kelly McEacharn and Nathan, Sara Jo and Neal Brown. 

Pallbearers will be Bruce Parker, Donald Tweddle, Ronnie Strain, Richard 
Lemoine, John Ellis, Max Dixon, David McEacharn and Mike McEacharn. 

The family would like to express a special appreciation to Richland Parish 
Hospital-Delhi Staff, Delhi Home Health and Crossroads Hospice and her special 
friends who were there for her through her times of need. 

In lieu of flowers please send a memorial to St. Jude's in Memphis or to the 
American Cancer Society. 

To leave a message of condolence to the family please visit our website at 
www.coxfuneral.com. 

Originally published August 25, 2007.