Elaine Sephronia Burns' Obituary
Funeral services for Elaine Sephronia Burns, 87, of Rosepine, LA, and formerly of Grayson, LA, will be held at 10 AM Wednesday, October 12, 2016, at Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church, Rosepine, LA, with Elder Walter McAlpin officiating. Burial will follow in Central Louisiana Veterans Cemetery, Leesville, LA at 12 noon, under the direction of Labby Memorial Funeral Home in DeRidder. Visitation will be held Tuesday, October 11, 2016, from 6 PM until 8 P M and from 9 A M until time of the service, Wednesday, October 12, 2016, all at Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church in Rosepine, LA. Elaine was born October 24, 1928, to Hardy Hiram and Cora Ada Franklin Smith. She passed away Monday, October 10, 2016, in her residence in Rosepine, LA. She lived most of her life in Grayson, LA, and had resided in Rosepine since early 2014. She was a member of Mt. Pleasant Primitive Baptist Church in Grayson,, LA, where her husband, Elder Harry H. Burns, had pastored for 50 years. She enjoyed sewing, quilting and her flowers.
She is survived by one son, Eugene Burns and wife Jan of Rosepine, LA; three daughters, Judy Hicks of Rosepine, Brenda Isabella of Frierson, LA, and Elizabeth Johnson of Rosepine; eleven grandchildren, twenty-six great grandchildren and eight great, great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and several brothers and sisters.
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