Vernie M. Wingate, Vernon Parish Louisiana Submitted by Jean Cupp Plummer Date: February 17, 2010 ************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************** Vernie Wingate Funeral services for Mr. Vernie M. Wingate, 89, of Pitkin were held at 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 24, 2003 in the Gravel Hill Baptist Church with the Revs. Arlen Smith and John R. Elliott officiating. Burial followed in the Marlow Cemetery under the direction of the Labby Memorial Funeral Home of DeRidder. Mr. Wingate died at 11:45 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, 2003 in his residence. He was a veteran of the U.S Army. Survivors include his wife, Eveline J. Wingate of Pitkin; two sons, John Wingate of Evergreen, Colo., and Robby Wingate of Pitkin; one daughter, Judy Cloud of Pitkin; four brothers, Horace Wingate of DeRidder, Obie Wingate of Leesville, Glen Wingate of Houston, Texas, and Orville Wingate of Pasadena, Texas; two sisters, Micki Wingate of DeRidder and Olene Newman of Atlanta, Ga.; six grandchildren and seven great- grandchildren.