ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: EPPERSON, VERNITA C 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: Serenity Funeral Home, Covington, La.

Died Tuesday, November 27, 2012

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EPPERSON, VERNITA C 
September 25, 1937  -November 27, 2012

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Vernita Claire Epperson was taken in the arms of our LORD Jesus Christ on 
Tuesday November 27, 2012, at 4:15pm; in her home at 105 Ebony Drive, Slidell 
LA. 

Nita was born in Spokane Washington; she had made her home in Nebraska and 
Wyoming during the time her children were younger. 
Nita moved later in life to Oregon where she had been a longtime resident of 
Sutherlin OR, until recently moving to Slidell, LA., to live with her oldest 
son Kevin and his wife Connie. 

Nita found her church family at the Crown of Life Lutheran Church, where she 
attended regularly, and became an active member, helping and volunteering 
wherever she was able. 

She lived her life to the blessed age of 75 years young, during which she was 
blessed to be married four times. 

She was preceded in death by her husband’s Euel Epperson and Ervin L. Zander; 
she is survived by Nick Nickerson JR and Wayne Smith (Smitty). 

She was preceded in death by her Mother Lorraine T. Triplett and Step Father 
Irvin J. Triplett, younger brother Gary Triplett. 
Nita is survived by her one step parent: Edna (Sally) Hammond of Mt Vernon WA., 
two sisters: Marlene Gunsoley of Glennallen AK, Linda Hansen of Washington; 
youngest brother- Ricky J. Triplett of Sutherlin OR. 
Three children: Kevin and wife Connie of Slidell LA, Mark and Elena Zander of 
Sutherlin OR., Also by eleven grandchildren- Alisabeth, Daniel, Heather, 
Savonna, Shauna, Raymond, and Willy Zander, Curtis, Richard, David and Patricia 
Warfield, and numerous great grandchildren, nieces and nephews . 

During her life and with each husband she enjoyed dancing, fishing, bowling, 
and gardening, also worked in the restaurant business. Ervin and Nita enjoyed 
working in the business of hard surfacing of farming machinery. She greatly 
enjoyed making concrete figurines; which she loved to paint and sold them at 
craft fairs. Nita even helped during harvesting season, with getting the crops 
to the market. She was a devoted wife and mother, always ready and willing to 
do anything to help support her family; so all their needs were met; family was 
always first in her heart.

Memorial Services are planned for December 15, 2012 at 2 p.m., they will be 
held at the Crown of Life Lutheran Church (WELS), located in New Orleans at 
11721 Morrison Rd; please plan to attend and celebrate her life with her family

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