Obituaries:  Mrs. Yumra Folks Diamond, Sabine Parish       D-553
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jul 31, 2002
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Mrs. Yumra Folks Diamond

  Mrs. Yumra Folks Diamond, 84, of Mitchell Community, died July
23, 2002, in Mansfield. She was a longtime member of the
Fellowship Baptist Church in Oak Grove.

  Funeral services were held at 2 p.m., July 26, at Rose-Neath
Chapel in Mansfield, with interment following at Progress
Cemetery in Pleasant Hill. The Rev. Jimmy Price officiated, and
the Rev. Bob Miller assisted.

  Survivors include her husband, As Diamond of Mitchell Community;
three daughters and their husbands, Zula and Curtis Fox, Myrtie
Virginia and Russ Dixon, and Carolyn Sue Carroll, all of Mitchell
Community; one sister, Nerella Savant of Lake Charles; eight
grandchildren, Wayne George, Larry George, Frank Fox, Sissy
Barmore, Ricky Austin, Robinette Waren, James Ott, and Benny Ott;
19 great grandchildren; four great grandchildren.

  She was preceded in death by a daughter, Sylvia O. Strander.

  Pallbearers were Elton Johnson, Gene Craig, Sonny Shoalmire,
Buddy Funderburg, Paul Taylor, and John Tatum.

  Rose-Neath Funeral Home, Mansfield, La.