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Shamlin, Emma Pearl Cook        10 Jun 2010    Jun 2010    Jerry Nelson

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on:  6/10/2010

SHAMLIN, EMMA PEARL COOK
Emma Pearl Cook Shamlin was accepted into the loving arms of her Lord and 
Savior, Jesus Christ, on Saturday, June 5, 2010. She was born in 
Scotlandville on Nov. 5, 1923, to the union of Bertrand Lesley Cook and 
Pearl Lees Cook, the fifth of nine brothers and sisters. She was the 
beloved wife of the late Felton U. Shamlin and devoted mother of one 
daughter, Brenda Shamlin Sterling. She was a faithful and longtime member 
of Wesley United Methodist churches in Mansfield and Baton Rouge. Emma, 
along with all of her brothers and sisters, completed her early education 
at the Southern University Demonstration School, now known as Southern 
University Laboratory School. As an undergraduate at Southern University, 
she was initiated into Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. She pursued a 
graduate degree in education at Texas Southern University, Houston, and 
completed additional studies at Northwestern State University, 
Natchitoches. Her professional career began at Grambling State University, 
continued at DeSoto Training School (DeSoto High School), Mansfield, and 
culminated at All Saints High School, Pelican. She was renowned as an 
efficient, effective and caring teacher to her many students and 
colleagues. At the death of her husband, Felton, in 1997, Emma returned to 
her roots in Baton Rouge, the home of her daughter and three grandsons and 
their families. Though she left many dear friends in Mansfield, she 
reacquainted with many old friends in Baton Rouge and quickly made many 
new ones as a resident in Village Woods Retirement Community for 10 years 
and in The Haven at Windermere for the past 2” years. The family is 
extremely grateful to all the friends, relatives and neighbors who have 
supported them through this difficult time of her illness and death. 
Especially caring were the healthcare providers at The Haven and Regional 
Healthcare Inc. Hospice. Stacy Deville, and Joyce Johnson, of The Haven 
became a part of our family. Nicole Fontenot and Adrienne Abreo, of 
Regional, were our "Angels of mercy." Many, many thanks to each of you. 
Emma leaves a living legacy of love and caring in her daughter, Brenda; 
grandsons, Todd Lanell Sterling, Terrence Shamlin Sterling and Stephen 
Sterling III; granddaughters-in-law, Shelia Delozia Sterling, Allison 
Owen Sterling and Brianne Hemmans Sterling; great-grandchildren, Todd L. 
Sterling Jr., Elise Marie Sterling, Chloe Alise Sterling and Olivia 
Hemmans Sterling; two daughters by affection, Barbara Gilmore Woods, 
Baton Rouge, and Laura B. Evans, Mansfield; and god-daughters, Pamela 
Collins Cooper, Mansfield, and Christie Cheeley, Dallas. Two very large 
blended families will sorely miss her as well: two sisters and a brother, 
Eugenia C. Billes, Baton Rouge, Marguerite C. Davis, Kentwood, and Silas 
W. Cook, New Orleans; sisters-in-law, Marie C. Cook, Seattle, Lulu Cook, 
New Orleans, Malvin S. Smith, Monroe, Lenevia S. Robinson and Ellen B. 
Williams, Columbus, Ohio, and Brunetta A. Shamlin, Baton Rouge; brothers-
in-law, Vaudie A. Shamlin, Columbus, and Gwynn L. Shamlin, Baton Rouge. 
Dearly loved were nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Friends may visit 
with the family at Wesley United Methodist Church, 544 Government St., 
from 9 a.m. until religious service at 11 a.m. Thursday, June 10. Service 
will be officiated by the Rev. E. Andrew Goff and the Rev. Freddie C. 
Henderson. Interment Friday, June 11, in Richwood Memorial Gardens 
Cemetery, Monroe. Sympathies, memories and condolences may be posted at 
www.hallsinc.net. Arrangements by Hall Davis & Son Funeral Service, 9348 
Scenic Highway, Baton Rouge, LA 70807.

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