Obituaries:  Mary Louise Larkin Gosey, Sabine Parish       G-200
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Nov 1, 1995
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Mary Louise Larkin Gosey

  Funeral services for Mary Louise Larkin Gosey, 52, were held
Saturday, Oct. 28, 1995, at Bethel Baptist Church, with the Rev.
C. R. Raney officiating. Mrs. Gosey died Sunday, Oct. 22, 1995,
at Willis-Knighton Medical Center in Shreveport. She was buried
in New Jerusalem Cemetery, under the direction of Thomas
Mortuary.

  Mrs. Gosey was born January 14, 1943, to the late Rev. Willie L.
Larkin and Rosie Lee Sowell Lilly. She was baptized at St. Peter
Baptist Church, and was later a dedicated member of the Bethel
Baptist Church of Many, and it's Senior Choir.

  Survivors include her husband, Larry Gosey Sr.; three sons,
Charles, and Larry Jr. of Sabine Parish, and Clinton of Baton
Rouge; her mother, Mrs. Rosie Lee Lilly; her stepfather, Mr. Fred
Lilly; four sisters, Isatricea Rutherford of Ft. Campbell, Ky.,
Johnnie M. Allen of Lewisville, Tex., Patricia L. Daniels of
Princeton, and Ester Bell of Shreveport; six brothers, Philma
Lilly of Friendswood, Tex., Robert Lilly of Bacliff, Tex.,
Edward, and Willie Lilly of Florien, the Rev. Johnnie R. Larkin
of Colorado, and Parry W. Larkin of Princeton; three aunts,
Rachel Hart of Robeline, Bernice Keys of Bastrop, and Allie B.
Kemp of Shreveport; one uncle, Jes Row Larkin of Detroit,
Michigan; five grandchildren; six brothers-in-law; five
sisters-in-law; two daughters-in-law; two stepmothers; and a host
of nieces, nephews, friends, and other relatives.