Obituaries:  Vandene Wedgeworth Folden, Sabine Parish       F-435
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jan 9, 2002
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Vandene Wedgeworth Folden

  Vandene Wedgeworth Folden died Jan. 4, in Lafayette, at Our Lady
of Lourdes Hospital.

  Funeral services were held at Aimwell Baptist Church on Jan. 8.
Brother Steve Neesley, and Brother Charles Duncan officiated.
Glenda Neesley provided musical selections.

  Mrs. Folden, a native of Sabine Parish, was the daughter of the
late Van Arthur Wedgeworth, and Flora Pilcher. Since 1973, she
had resided on Toledo Bend Lake near her parent's home.

  Vandene was a graduate of Alliance High School, and attended
Normal State College (now Northwestern State University in
Natchitoches). After teaching for a short while, she made a
career as a case worker for the State of Louisiana Welfare
Department (now Office of Community Services). Although she
retired in 1975, she continued to be active in service to others.

  She was an active member of Aimwell Baptist Church, and taught
children in Sunday School for many years. She also volunteered
her time visiting the ill and homebound in the community. Vandene
was a woman with a giving heart, who was a loving wife, devoted
mother and grandmother, and a faithful friend to many. She will
be missed by all who knew her, but there was great peace in
knowing that her spirit of generosity lives on in all those who
opened their hearts to her.

  Survivors include one sister, Libby Mercer; and one brother,
Robert Ray Wedgeworth; two daughters, Kay Bray and husband Greg
Gilman, and Sandi Horn and husband Don Horn; and two grandsons,
Joe, and James Ivy of Lafayette; an aunt, Thelma Love of
Shreveport; and numerous nieces and nephews.

  She is preceded in death by one daughter, Judy Bray Stanfield;
two sons, Michael, and Mark Bray; four brothers, Elzie
Wedgeworth, Raymond Wedgeworth, James "Buster" Wedgeworth, and
Troy Wedgeworth; and by her husbands, Edward C. Bray, and Frank
Folden.

  The pallbearers were Eddie Wedgeworth, Stanley Mercer, Wayne
Wedgeworth, Charles Pilcher, Greg Gilman, and Don Horn.

  The family wishes to thank all the warm and attentive
physicians, nurses, technicians, therapists, and support staff of
Our lady of Lourdes Hospital, who worked so diligently to provide
the best healthcare possible.

  Warren Meadows, Many, La.