Obituaries:  Gertie Brown Largent, Sabine Parish       L-625
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., May 20, 1992
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Gertie Brown Largent

  Mrs. Gertie Brown Largent, 81, died at P and S Hospital on
Tuesday, May 12, 1992, after a brief illness. Funeral services
were held at 10 a.m., Thursday, May 13, at Osborn Funeral Home
Chapel. Officiating was Rev. J. R. Hearron, retired Baptist
minister, assisted by Rev. Wade DeForest, associate pastor of
First Assembly of God, Shreveport. Burial followed at Springridge
Cemetery, Springridge, La.

  Mrs. Largent was a native of Pleasant Hill, and a resident of
Shreveport-Bossier area for 60 years. She was a member of the
Central Park Baptist Church, Bossier City.

  She was preceded in death by her husband, John Edgar Largent;
and one son, Gene Earlton Largent.

  She is survived by her daughter-in-law, Helen G. Largent;
granddaughter, Jeanette Largent Glenn; great grandchildren, Jason
Earlton Stowell, Allie-Marie Stowell, Mary Helen Stowell, and
Gene Largent Glenn; three sisters, Mrs. Nevada B. Sistrunk, Mrs.
Pauline B. Litton, and Mrs. Melba Rita B. Ponder; one brother,
Mr. James Cecil Brown, and numerous nieces and nephews.

  Pallbearers were Hulon Sistrunk, Glen M. Ponder, Jim T. Litton,
Andre Kurkiewicz, J. L. McInnis, James C. Bozeman, Glen Brown,
and Douglas Raines.

  The family would like to express their sincere appreciation to
the Physicians and Nurses of P and S Hospital, and Springlake
Guest Care Retirement Village.