ST. MARY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: ROSE, DAVID CRAWFORD, SR.

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: Iberts Mortuary, Inc. Franklin, LA 70538

Died: Saturday, July 19, 2014

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ROSE, DAVID CRAWFORD, SR.
August 6, 1939 - July 19, 2014

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Funeral services for David Crawford Rose, Sr. will be held Saturday, July 26, 
2014, at 11:00 AM at Ibert's Mortuary in Franklin, with Rev. John Wamsley 
officiating. 

He will be laid to rest in the Franklin Cemetery. 

A gathering of family and friends will be held Friday, July 25, 2014 at Ibert's 
Mortuary from 5:00 PM until 9:00 PM, with the mortuary reopening Saturday, July 
26, 2014 at 9:00 AM until service time. He was a native of New Iberia and a 
lifelong resident of Franklin, who passed away at the age of 74 on Saturday, 
July 19, 2014.

David was a loving father, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend. He will be 
deeply missed by all who knew him. He was a 1957 graduate of Franklin High 
School and continued his education graduating from USL. He managed the OST 
Service Station until 1968 and at that time he went into business for himself. 
He served on the Civil Service Board for 10 years, he was a member and past 
vice president of the Chamber of Commerce, past member of the Franklin Jaycees 
and honored by them as the Outstanding Man of the Year in 1971, a member of the 
Krewe of Sucrose, reigning in 1976 as King Sucrose XXXVI, served as chairman 
for the Scout-a-Rama for four years and Scout Leader for the Boy Scouts of 
America Troop 1. He served as president of the "Brothers of the Bush", served 
on the board for the Bicentennial celebration, belonged to the Franklin 
Optimist Club and was a member of the Rotary Club.

Survivors include his wife of 42 years, Sarah Overbey Rose; three sons, David 
Crawford Rose, Jr., Marion Kyle Rose and his wife Stephanie and William Moss 
Rose and his wife Julie; three daughters, Sarah "Beth" Rose Berard and her 
husband Allen and Linda "Carrie" Rose Gaudin and her husband Corey, Tonya Rose 
Cook and her husband Kevin; two sisters, Carolyn Rose Rentrop and Linda Rose 
Abbott and her husband Larry; his grandchildren, Destany Annette Rose, Ian 
Crawford Rose, Ali Elizabeth Berard, Cara Evangeline Berard, Austin Paul Rose, 
Amalie Rose Gaudin, Sydney Grace Gaudin, Elijah James Gaudin, Rylee Catherine 
Rose, a granddaughter due in November, Mathew Cook and Samuel Cook.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Marion Crawford "Buster" Rose and 
Alice Thibodaux Rose.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Ibert's Mortuary, Inc., 1007 Main Street, 
Franklin, LA 

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