Obituaries – September 21, 2002
Published 12:00 am Tuesday, September 24, 2002
COLEMAN
RESERVE – Dorothy Coleman, 58, a native and resident of Lions, died Sept. 16. She was the mother of Tammy Washington.
She was the daughter of Willie Coleman and the late Beatrice Coleman and sister of Beatrice Brackens, Ella Mae Jones and Gussie, Debra, Linda, Mary, Martha, Michael and James Coleman.
She is also survived by three grandchildren.
Services were Sept. 20 at Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church, Reserve, with interment at the church cemetery.
GRAY
KENNER – Lugine Gray Sr., 66, a native of Convent and resident of Metairie, died Sept. 17. He was the husband of Dorothy Shelvin Gray and father of Cheryl LeSene, Gwendolyn Carey and Stassa, Kevin, Lugine, Jonathan and Mary Gray.
He was the son of the late Robert and Odeal Gray and brother of Mary Thomas, Odeal Patterson and Joe and Lee Royal Gray.
He is also survived by 23 grandchildren.
Services are today at 10 a.m. at Sweet Home Christian Center, Metairie, with interment at St. Michael Cemetery, Convent. Visitation starts at 8 a.m.
ISOM
GARYVILLE – Ethel Carter Isom, 86, a native of Vacherie and resident of Garyville, died Sept. 17. She was the wife of the late Murphy Isom Sr. and mother of Lillie Hollins, Theresa Devare, Irma Melanion, Ethel Mae Champagne, Juanita Lee, Elaine Sterling, Mary, Eva, Murphy Jr., Harold, Herman, Wallace and Alex Isom and the late Vernita Anderson and Edison and Willie Isom.
She was the daughter of the late Willie and Lillie Carter.
She is also survived by 49 grandchildren, 78 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two great-grandchildren.
Services are today at 11 a.m. at St. Hubert Catholic Church, Garyville, with interment at Our Lady of Peace Cemetry, South Vacherie. Visitation starts at 8:30 a.m.
JOHNSON
PAULINA – Kathleen Williams Johnson, 53, a native of Gramercy and resident of Lutcher, died Sept. 13. She was the wife of Edward Johnson and mother of DeAnn and Edward Johnson.
She was the daughter of the late Abraham Sr. and Vivian Jackson Williams and sister of Carolyn Gaines, Linda Bailey and Percy, Clarence and the late Abram and Abraham Williams Jr.
Services are today at noon at First Community Antioch Baptist Church, Lutcher, with interment at St. Joseph Cemetery, Paulina. Visitation starts at 9 a.m.
KIRKLIN
PAULINA – Mildred Albert Kirklin, 76, a native and resident of Paulina, died Sept. 15. She was the wife of the late Joseph Kirklin and mother of Nelson Kirklin and the late Leroy and Philip Kirklin.
She was the daughter of the late Eugene and Victoria Russell Albert; stepdaughter of Mary Albert; and sister of Roosevelt Albert and the late James and George Kirklin.
She is also survived by 22 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.
Services are today at 11 a.m. at Evergreen Baptist Church, Paulina, with interment at Antioch Cemetery, Paulina. Visitation starts at 8 a.m.
MITCHELL
NEW ORLEANS – Virginia Deslatte Mitchell, 88, a native of Paulina and resident of New Orleans, died Sept. 15. She was the wife of the late Charles Mitchell and mother of James and Donald Mitchell.
She was the sister of Oliver, Clifford and Joseph Deslatte.
She is also survived by one grandchild.
Services were Sept. 18 in the chapel of Jacob Schoen & Son Funeral Home, New Orleans, with interment at Garden of Memories Cemetery, Metairie.
WOODS
NEW ORLEANS – Grace Lipps Woods, 83, a native of Reserve and resident of New Orleans, died Sept. 13. She was the wife of the late Ulysses S. Woods Jr. and mother of Charlene Robins and Laverne Bourgeois.
She was the daughter of the late Mary Manuel and Adam Lipps and sister of Leona Washington, Ada Lipps and the late Hilda, Albert Sr. and Louis Lipps Sr.
She is also survived by four grandchildren.
Services are today at 10 a.m. at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church, New Orleans, with interment at St. Vincent de Paul No. 2 Cemetery. Visitation starts at 8 a.m.