Obituary of Lana Murray Futch former resident of Richland Parish Louisiana
as published in the Monroe News Star, March 26, 2005, 2005
Submitted by for the USGenWeb Archives by Dot Golliher, 03/28/2005



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Lana Murray Futch

A memorial service for Lana Murray Futch, 60, will be at 1:00 PM 
on Saturday,March 26 at First Baptist Church in West Monroe. 
Officiating will be Dr. David Uth and Rev. Claud Hughes. 

A retired pharmacist, she was born in Lake Providence, Louisiana 
on January 12, 1945 to parents Wilma Murray Moore and Corbett K 
Murray, and passed away on March 24, 2005 at her home in Monroe. 

She was preceded in death by her father and her sister, Linda 
Murray Ware. 

Survivors include her devoted husband, Jerry Futch of Monroe; son 
and daughter-in-law, Keith and Sabrina Futch of North Little Rock, 
Arkansas; daughter and son-in-law, Kellie and Ed Williams of Murphy, 
Texas; daughter, Karla Futch of Piano, Texas; and her grandchildren: 
Kaleb, Nicholas, Amelia, Anna, and Olivia Futch and Cole, Blake, 
Maggie and Drew Williams. She is also survived by her mother, Wilma 
Murray Moore and her loving sister, Lynthia Murray Piccione and 
her family; several aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, great niece, 
cousins and many friends. 

Lana graduated from Rayville High School and Northeast Louisiana 
University with a degree in pharmacy. She worked at several 
pharmacies in Little Rock, Oklahoma City, Monroe and Oak Grove. 
It was necessary for her to take disability retirement several 
years ago. 

Lana's life was centered on her family and her Christian beliefs. 
She was happiest when she was planning and anticipating family 
events which included all of her children and grandchildren. 

Her family has enjoyed and will remember the many wonderful times 
when the entire family was together. She was very proud of each 
of her nine grandchildren and was considered by them all to be a 
great "Nana." 

Lana had strong Christian beliefs and shared them openly with anyone 
she could, whether it was a friend, relative, or stranger. Although 
she was involved in several church activities, she felt a special 
calling for the Fair Ministry at First West. She spent hours 
ministering to the fair workers both physically and spiritually. 

Lana was a key person in her Life Group and was always looking 
for opportunities to reach out to visitors or new members. Lana 
was a wonderful person and will be missed by many relatives and 
friends. 

The family would like to extend special thanks to the members of 
the Dioko Life Group, Pam Hill, Jane Jones, and Paula Gates. They 
also wish to thank the staff of Cornerstone Hospital in West Monroe 
for the wonderful care they extended to Lana during her stay there. 

The family requests that instead of flowers, memorials be made to 
The Baptist Children's Home, P.O. Box 4196, Monroe, Louisiana, 
71211, or the Fair Ministry at First West, 500 Pine Street West 
Monroe Louisiana 71291.