ST. MARY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: COMER, GEORGE S., JR.

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: Franklin Banner-Tribune, Morgan City Daily Review; St. Mary Parish, La. 

Published 7 December 2011

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COMER, GEORGE S., JR.

Funeral services for Mr. George S. Comer Jr. will be at 2 p.m. Friday, December 
9, 2011 at Sevier Memorial United Methodist Church in Ferriday. 
Officiating will be the Rev. Ray L. Varnado, pastor of Sevier Memorial United 
Methodist Church, Father Louis Sklar, pastor of Saint Patrick’s Catholic Church 
and the Rev. Roger Johnson, pastor of Woodlawn Baptist Church.

Entombment will follow at Woodlawn Memorial Park Mausoleum 
under the direction of Comer Funeral Home in Ferriday.

Mr. Comer was born on July 14, 1927 to the union of George S. and Clara 
Hutchinson Comer and passed from this life on Monday, December 5, 2011 at 
Franklin Foundation Hospital.

Mr. Comer was a native and lifelong resident of Ferriday; he served with the 
United States Navy during WWII. Mr. Comer founded the Comer Funeral Home and 
Flower Shop in 1951 and served as president until his retirement in 2007 and 
remained active in the business until 2010. He was a member of Sevier Memorial 
United Methodist Church where he had served on the official board. He was a 
member and past president of the Ferriday Rotary Club, also a recipient of the 
Rotary Foundation of Rotary International Paul Harris Fellow Award; a member 
and past president of Ferriday Chamber of Commerce; member and past president 
of North Louisiana Funeral Directors Association; past member of Louisiana 
Funeral Directors Association and the National Funeral Directors Association.

Mr. Comer was preceded in death by his parents and first wife, Naideen Sevier 
Comer.

Survivors include his wife, Leona S. Comer; his daughters, Carolyn Boydstun and 
Von Cordray; his stepchildren, Amanda Landry, Meri Curry and Gregory P. Ibert; 
his brother, Henry Comer; three grandchildren, Sherrill Caso, David Boydstun 
Jr. and Jennifer Herrin; also survived by seven great grandchildren; and a host 
of step grandchildren.

Friends may call for visitation at Comer Funeral Home on Thursday, December 8, 
2011 after 5 p.m. until 8 p.m., with a Prayer Service at 7:30 p.m. Visitation 
on Friday will be at the church after 1 p.m. until time of service.

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