Obituaries:  Emily Celeste Leach Mahaffey, Sabine Parish       M-100
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., May 9, 2001
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Emily Celeste Leach Mahaffey

  Memorial services for Emily Celeste Leach Mahaffey of Florien,
were held at Ebenezer Baptist Church of Florien, at 10 a.m.,
Thursday, April 26, 2001.

  Ms. Mahaffey, who succumbed to cancer April 24, 2001, is
preceded in death by her spouse Bill, and their eldest son Billy.

  Survivors include five daughters, Ruth Nyberg of DeRidder,
Natalie Doyle of Singer, Evelyn Prewitt of Florien, Alwin Craig
of Florien, and Mary Ochiltree of Toledo Bend; two sons, Lonnie
Mahaffey of Wiggins, Miss., and Robert Mahaffey of Chauvin, along
with 23 grandchildren; and 22 great grandchildren.

  Services were officiated by Bro. Kenneth Leach of Beulah Baptist
Church, and Bro. Wilton Anthony of Siloam Baptist Church, with a
loving farewell rendered on behalf of the grandchildren by Scott
Prewitt of DeRidder.

  In accordance with her final wishes, Ms. Mahaffey's body had
been transported to LSU Medical Center for research, with remains
to be returned for interment at Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery
at a later date.