Obituaries:  Eva Jennings Brown, Sabine, DeSoto Parish       B-650
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jan 31, 1996
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Eva Jennings Brown

  Funeral services for Mrs. Eva Jennings Brown, 87, of Bossier,
were held at 2 p.m., Friday, Jan. 26, 1996, at Springridge
Baptist Church of Pleasant Hill. Officiating were Rev. Gerald
Roberts, pastor of Central Baptist Church of Bossier City,
assisted by Rev. Cecil Marr, pastor of Mansfield Road Baptist
Church of Shreveport. Burial followed in Springridge Cemetery of
Pleasant Hill, under the direction of Rose-Neath Funeral Home.

  Mrs. Brown died Wednesday, Jan. 24, at Willis-Knighton Medical
Center of Shreveport, after a lengthy illness. She was a native
of Pleasant Hill, and a former resident of Stonewall. Mrs. Brown
was a homemaker, and a member of Central Baptist Church of
Bossier.

  She was preceded in death by her husband, Francis L. Brown; one
son; and one daughter.

  Survivors include three sons, Glen Brown (wife Virginia) of
Stonewall, Charles Brown (wife Judy) of Cotton Valley, and Cecil
Brown (wife Debbie) of Shreveport; and by five daughters, LaVerne
Bell (husband Donnell) of Mansfield, Murline Ponder (husband
Maurice) of Bossier City, Gloria Green (husband Harold) of
Logansport, Ruth Brown (husband Ira) of Bossier City, and Sharon
Roberts (husband Bill) of Joaquin, Texas. She is also survived by
21 grandchildren; two great grandchildren; three sisters, Beulah
Cole, Mae Gilbert, and Evelyn Vandiver.

  Pallbearers were Donnie Bell, Gary Ponder, Richie Brown, Carey
Brown, Chris Brown, and Blake Roberts.

  Honorary pallbearers will be the remaining grandsons.