Obituaries Tensas Parish, Louisiana Extracted From The Tensas Gazette-St. Joseph, La., 140th year - 47th issue, Page 2, dated Wednesday, December 8, 1993 Submitted by Fran Faitt ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Gala McFadden Mrs. Gala McFadden, 80, of Haiti died there November 10, 1993. Born September 3, 1913 in Texas, she was the daughter of Charlie and Cordelia Funderbunk Grissom. She was a housewife and the widow of Jim McFadden. She attended the Pentecostal Holiness Church. She is survived by 2 sons: Jerry McFadden of Hayti and Ronnie McFadden of Memphis; a daughter, Margie Waller of Hayti, a brother Onis Grissom of St. Jseph, La,; a sister, Lola Robinson of Waco, Texas; 4 grandchildren. Services were held on November 12 at 10:00 o'clock at the John W. Geeman Funeral Home Chapel in Hayti, Jessie Morris officiated with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery. Pallbearers were Ron Birmingham, Don Dowdy, John and Mark Taylor, Wayne Keller and Martin Ray.