ST. MARY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: GABRIEL, VIRGINIA 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: St.Mary and Franklin Banner-Tribune, St. Mary, La.

Published Friday Aug 6, 2010

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GABRIEL, VIRGINIA 

Loving Mother, Grandmother and Devoted Family Member

Funeral services will be conducted for Mrs. Virginia Gabriel, 71, the former 
Virginia Rudolph, at 1 p.m., Saturday, at the St Moses Baptist Church, with the 
Rev. Gregory Gabriel officiating. Interment will be in the Sorrell Community 
Cemetery.

Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. at the church until time of service.

A native and lifelong resident of the Sorrell community, she died Monday Aug. 2, 
2010 at her residence following a brief illness. She was a Baptist by faith and 
attended church whenever possible due to her health status. She was a good 
neighbor and friend to all who knew her.

Virginia is survived by her mother, Viola Rudolph of Baldwin; four sons, George 
Gabriel Jr. of Port Arthur TX, James Gabriel of Sorrell, McKinley Gabriel of 
Lafayette and the Rev. Gregory Gabriel of New Iberia; two daughters, Pamela 
Conley of Charenton and Emma Gabriel of Sorrell; four brothers, Jake and Randy 
Rudolph of Baldwin, Albert Rudolph of Rochester, N.Y. and Giles Rudolph III of 
San Antonio TX; nine sisters, Lavonia Jenkins, Mercede Watts, Betty Leonard, 
Bernadine Colar, all of Baldwin, Sarah Douglas of Lone Star, TX, Alberta Madison 
and Elsie Jones of Franklin, Emma Jean Conley of Tacoma, WA and Hattie Mae 
Richards of Kaplan; 19 Grandchildren; and two great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her father, Giles Rudolph; husband, George Gabriel 
Sr.; daughter, Viola Gabriel; granddaughter, Precious Gabriel; two brothers, 
Robert and Donald Rudolph; niece, Barbara Jenkins; and nephew, John Jenkins.

Alex Lovett Funeral Services, Inc. of Jeanerette is in charge of arrangements.

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