IRA BEARDEN Obituary: Terrebonne Parish, La. Submitted by: Louis Lavedan Source: Houma Courier, Houma, Terrebonne Parish, La. 19 Dec 2004 ================================================== ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** ================================================== NOTES: 1. The date preceding the obituary is the date of posting on the WWW, not the date of death. ============================= December 18. 2004 1:00AM Ida Bearden [Photo] Ida Lee Massenberg Bearden, 68, a native of Paincourtville and resident of Los Angeles, died Sunday, Dec. 5, 2004. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to funeral time today at Pilgrim Baptist Church in Paincourtville. Religious services will be at 11 a.m. at the church, with burial in the church cemetery. She is survived by one son, Dwayne Jones; one daughter, Donya Jean; six brothers, Edward J. Massenberg Jr. of Baton Rouge, Michael R. Massenberg of Los Angeles, and Albert D., German A., Lawrence C. and James Claude Massenberg, all of St. Louis; one brother-in-law, James Pearley of Donaldsonville; one sister, Clarice K. Massenberg of Los Angeles; and one grandchild. She was preceded in death by her parents, Edward J. Massenberg Sr. and Ida Fortner Massenberg; and two sisters, Willie Mae Pearley and Lucy B. Massenberg.