Obituary of Mrs.Gertrude Stroud of Richland Parish Louisiana as published in the Monroe News Star May 1,2004 Submitted by for the USGenWeb Archives by Dot Golliher, 05/06/2004 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** * Gertrude Stroud Funeral services for Mrs. Gertrude Stroud, age 94, of Delhi will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday, May 1, 2004 in the Chapel of Cox Funeral Home of Delhi with Rev. Jared Foreman officiating. Interment will be in Epps Cemetery under the direction of Cox Funeral Home of Delhi. Mrs. Stroud died April 29, 2004 in the Delhi Hospital. Mrs. Stroud was a member of the Epps Methodist Church and had been a resident of th Richland Manor Nursing Home for the last seven years. She was a devoted wife, grandmother and great grandmother. Mrs. Stroud is preceded in death by her husband, Daniel Green Stroud, four brothers and one sister. She is survived by three sons: Raymond Stroud and wife Lou Dean, Larry Stroud and wife, Sheila all of Delhi, and Harold Stroud and wife Lois of San Jacinto, CA; three daughters: Glenda Cash and husband Phillip of Delhi, Doris Stroud of Chicago, IL, and Elaine Finley of Tyler, TX. She is also survived by nine grandchildren: Suzanne Thibodeaux of Layafette, LA, Sandi Hegwood of Tyler, TX, Julie Stewart, and Kristi Rester of Monroe, LA, Mark Finley of Tyler, TX, Karen Breeding of Austin, TX Meredith Descher of Ocean Springs, MS, Todd Stroud of Delhi, LA, and Stacey Horton of Vicksburg, MS, along with fifteen great grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Billy Beevers, Tim Hegwood, Greg Thibodeaux, Toby Williams, David Cook and B.E. Pickett. To leave messages of condolences to the family please log on to www.coxfuneral.com