Obituary of Lottie Mae Bruce  of Richland Parish Louisiana
as published in the Richland Beacon News, September 6, 2001
Submitted by for the USGenWeb Archives by Dot Golliher, 08/19/2004



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Lottie Mae Bruce

Funeral services for Lottie Mae Bruce, 86, of Rayville,
LA., were held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, September 5,2001,
at the Mulhearn Funeral Home Chapel, with the Revs.
Benton Moore and Greg Miller officiating.

Burial followed in the New Salem Cemetery in Girard, under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home of Rayville.

Mrs. Bruce died September 2, 2001 at the Richardson Medical
Center in Rayville. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother,
and sister. Mrs. Lottie lived by the Golden Rule: Love they neighbor. She will be remembered for her hospitality in all who visited
her home. There was always a cake or pie, for she loved to
cook for all her family and friends.

She was a longstanding member of the Beouf River Baptist Church
and a faithful Christian witness to the end, for her Heavenly
Father.  Cancer could not touch the beauty of her spirit, or
take away the laughter or her smile.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Woodrow Bruce Sr.;
a son, Donald Bruce; a daughter, Elaine Bruce; and a brother, 
David Hayes.

Survivors include her daughter, the Rev. Ruby Pahal, and her 
husband the Rev. John Pahal, of Monroe, LA.; her sons- Woodrow
Bruce, Jr. of Rayville and Ronald Bruce of Start, LA.; her
sisters, Mrs. Billie Pierce of New Orleans, LA. and Mrs. Earlene Byrd of McCain, MS.; 10 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren and two
great-great-granchildren; and two special ex-daughters-in-law-
Gloria Moore of Start, LA. and Dorothy Baker of Vidor, TX., all
of whom she loved dearly.

Mrs. Bruce’s grandsons served as pallbearers.