EARL SCOBY Obituary: Terrebonne Parish, La.

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Source: Houma Courier, Houma, Terrebonne Parish, La.

16 June 2005

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June 10. 2005 1:04PM

Earl Scoby						[Photo]

The Rev. Earl Scoby Sr., 81, a native of Terrebonne Parish and resident of 
Houma, died at 7:45 p.m. Saturday, June 5, 2005.

Visitation will be from 8 a.m. to funeral time Saturday at Dularge Community 
Baptist Church.

Services will be at 10 a.m. at the church, with burial in Woodlawn Ranch 
cemetery.

He is survived by one son, Timothy Scoby; two daughters, Early S. Branch, and 
husband, Edward of Houma, and Bernadette S. Matthews and husband, Darryl of 
Gibson; three brothers, Freddie Johnson of Houma, Clarence Scoby of New Orleans, 
and Calvin Tolbert of Houma; five sisters, Lillie Morgan, Rosa Dell Adams, 
Evelyn Johnson, Bettye Joseph and Earline Scoby; 14 grandchildren; and 11 great-
grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Delma Thomas Scoby; his parents, Thomas 
and Lula Tolbert Scoby; four sons, Tedrick, Allen, Earl Jr. and Terry Scoby; two 
brothers, James Johnson and Tom Scoby, Jr.; and two sisters, Maggie S. Richard 
and Alice S. Adams.

He was an assistant pastor and parishioner of Dularge Community Baptist Church.

He was a U.S. Army Veteran.