Obituaries:  Mrs. Carrie L. Stallworth, Sabine Parish       S-346
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Apr 19, 1995
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Mrs. Carrie L. Stallworth (Photo)

  Funeral services for Mrs. Carrie L. Stallworth were held at 2
p.m., on March 31, at the New Jerusalem Baptist Church.

  Rev. Donny Edmonson, pastor of Redland Baptist Church
officiated, along with Rev. Clois Rogers, pastor of New Jerusalem
Baptist. Interment was in Yellow Pine Cemetery, Florien, under
the direction of Jenkins Funeral Home.

  Mrs. Stallworth died at Byrd Hospital in Leesville, on March 27,
1995.

  Mrs. Stallworth was born to the late Floyd Lewing and Sudie
Morris Lewing, on December 29, 1906, in Clara, Louisiana. She was
converted at an early age, and joined the St. Mary Baptist
Church. She united in holy matrimony, to Eddie Stallworth. To
this union, ten children were born. She then moved her membership
to St. James Baptist Church, under the leadership of Rev. C. R.
Sowell. She served as president of the Usher Board, Chairperson
of Deaconesses, and Missions. After the church was dissolved, she
moved her membership to Bright Star Baptist Church, under the
leadership of Carl Lilly. She moved to San Francisco, California,
and joined the Mount Trinity Baptist Church, under the leadership
of Rev. Paul Preston. She moved back to Louisiana, and joined the
Redland Baptist Church, under the leadership of Rev. Donny
Edmonson. She was a dedicated member of her churches. She was a
chartered member of the Star of East Chapter #48.

  Survivors are one son, Eddie Stallworth Jr. and wife of
Dumfries, Va.; five daughters, Laveria Jordan and husband of San
Francisco, Calif., Susie Anderson of Dumfries, Va., Alma Cross
and husband of Many, La., Ruth Jackson of San Francisco, Calif.,
and Leversie Johnson and husband of San Francisco, Calif.; 25
grandchildren; 72 great grandchildren; and five great-great
grandchildren; seven sisters, Lottie Williams of Braden, Fla.,
Joe Ella Fuller of Doyline, Alma Spencer of Florien, Nellie D.
Neal of Los Angeles, Calif., Dessie Edmonson and husband of
Florien, Maurice Newton of Arlington, Tex., Maybelle Peacock of
Las Vegas, Nev.; one brother, Rev. Linburg Simmons of Garland,
Tex.; nine special Godchildren, Rosie Woods, Hazel Hawkins, and
Christine Davenport of Oklahoma City, Deacon Henry Land and wife
of San Francisco, Calif., Rev. and Sister I. W. Norsworthy of
Kirbyville, Tex., June Thompson of Hemphill, Tex., and Eugenia
Harris of Many; five sisters-in-law; one step sister; and a host
of special friends, nieces, nephews, and relatives.

  Pallbearers were grandsons and nephews.

  Honorary pallbearers were Deacons of Redland Baptist Church.

  Flower Bearers were Mission Minister's Wife and Deaconesses.