Connie Wilson Cryer's Obituary
Funeral services for Connie Wilson Cryer, 84, of Leesville, Louisiana will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, December 20, 2013, at Labby Memorial Funeral Home with Rev. Danny Baker officiating. Burial will follow in the Cooper Cemetery, under the direction of Labby Memorial Funeral Home of Leesville.
Visitation will be held Thursday, December 19th from 5:30 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. and on Friday, December 20th from 8:00 a.m. until time of service in the funeral home.
Connie, the daughter of Paul and Essie Smith Mithcham was born March 18, 1929, in Merryville, LA. She passed away Tuesday, December 17th, in Rosepine.
Mrs. Cryer worked for Pickering High School as a dietitian and also retired as a dietitian from Louisiana State School. She was a member of the Order of Eastern Star and volunteered at Helping Hands. She loved working with her genealogy group; but most of all she loved her family and spending time with them.
She was preceded in death by her parents, first husband, Charles Wilson, Jr.; second husband, J.P. Cryer; grandson, Steven Christopher Haymon; sons-in-law, Vernie Midkiff & Joseph Richardson and brothers, Milton Mitcham and Donald Smith.
She is survived by her son, Gary R. & Mary Wilson of Leesville; special son, Donald H. Smith of Lafayette; daughters, Wanda & Bobby Whitton of Leesville, Margie Kunkel of Leesville, Carolyn Midkiff of Leesville, Sandra Richardson of Leesville and Paula & Alex McMillan of Leesville; brother, Rev. Walter & Myrtle Shelton of Leesville; sister, Peggy Weir of Copperas Cove, TX, grandchildren, Bryan Whitton, Jocelyn Phillips, Rebecca Hicks, Tina Duncan, Crystal Rhame, Brett Haymon, Tyler McMillan and Harleigh McMillan; seven great grandchildren; five great great grandchildren and numerous nephews and nieces.
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