Gingles obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana 

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Gingles, Robert E.       9 Jan 2007    Jan 2007    Jerry Nelson

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Obituary published in The Hammond Daily Star on:  1/9/2007

GINGLES, ROBERT E. 
Robert E. "Bob" Gingles, 82, of Stanley died Jan. 7 in DeSoto Regional
Medical Center after a courageous battle with Parkinson's disease.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Magnolia Baptist
Church in Hunter with the Rev. A. F. ³Junior² Ott and the Rev. Delman
Rogers officiating. Burial will be in the Mt. Olivet Cemetery under
direction of Rose-Neath Funeral Home's Mansfield Chapel.  A native of
Elberton, Ga., Mr. Gingles moved with his family to Kildare, Texas, in
1925, grew up in Ida, La., and moved to Stanley in 1947.  He was a World
War II veteran of the U.S. Navy ³Seabees,² a Riley-Beaird retiree, and a
member of and deacon board chairman at Magnolia Baptist Church.  He was
preceded in death by his parents, Harvey Samuel and Ella Mae; sisters,
Louise Smith and Thelma Svetlik and brothers, ³Buster,² Tom and John
Gingles.  Survivors are his wife of 59 years, Elsie Caston Gingles; sons,
Eddie Gingles and Roger Gingles of Baton Rouge, Lynn Gingles of Benton, AR,
and Keenan Gingles of Hammond; sisters, Sabra Bayliss and Joyce Gingles of
Shreveport; brothers, Harris Gingles of Bay City, TX, George Gingles of
Shreveport and Billy Gingles of Stanley; nine grandchildren and seven
great-grandchildren.  Memorials may be made to the National Parkinson's
Foundation or to a charity of the donor's choice.  

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