Obituaries:  Mrs. Johnnie Ruth Lum Rascoe, Sabine Parish       R-200
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jul 8, 1998
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Mrs. Johnnie Ruth Lum Rascoe

  Mrs. Johnny Ruth Lum Rascoe, 63, of Converse, died Tuesday, June
23, in Shreveport.

  Mrs. Rascoe was born in Converse on March 9, 1935, and was a
lifelong resident of the area. She was a homemaker.

  Funeral services were held at 3 p.m., Thursday, June 25, at
Rose-Neath's Mansfield Chapel. Burial followed at Union Springs
Cemetery in Converse. The Rev. David Lane, pastor of Union
Springs Baptist Church, officiated. The Rev. Don Harris, and the
Rev. Delman Rogers assisted.

  Survivors include her husband, Buford Rascoe of Converse; two
daughters, Kayla Long and husband Dale of Grand Cane, and Belinda
Emory and husband Edwin of Shreveport; her mother, Fannie Lou Lum
of Converse; two sisters, Mary "Cooler" Jordan and husband Lloyd
of Shreveport, and Nell Boyd and husband Vance of Vivian; five
grandchildren, Jonathan and Sarah Emory, Casey, Anne, and Rob
Long; three nieces, Sherri Durham and husband Marvin, Karla
Rushing and husband Jerry, and Teresa McCormick and husband
Travis; two great nephews, Ryan, and Kyle Durham; and a host of
nephews, nieces, cousins, and friends. Mrs. Rascoe was preceded
in death by her ?, J. D. Lum.

  A special thanks to Drs. Barnhill, Blum, and Abdehou, and the
medical staff of Schumpert Medical Center.

  Rose-Neath Funeral Home, Mansfield, La.