Tressie Fletcher Ensminger's Obituary
Funeral services for Tressie Fletcher Ensminger, of DeRidder, Louisiana will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 28, 2015, at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in DeRidder, LA with Rev. Danny Wilson. Burial will follow in the Beauregard Cemetery, under the direction of Labby Memorial Funeral Home of DeRidder.
Visitation will be Tuesday, October 27th, from 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. at the funeral home in DeRidder.
Tressie Fletcher Ensminger was born on May 3, 1921, to Dempsey Irving and Addie Ford Fletcher in Ikes Community near DeRidder, LA. On March 1, 1941, Tressie married the love of her life Robert A. “Buck” Ensminger. After Buck’s retirement from the Texaco Asphalt Plant in Port Neches, TX, in 1976, they moved permanently to their home near DeRidder, LA. In their retirement they raised cattle and loved vegetable gardening. Tressie was active in her church as a Sunday School teacher and was involved for many years in the Beauregard Cattle Women.
She was preceded in death by her beloved husband of nearly 72 years, Robert Allison “Buck” Ensminger; parents Dempsey Irving and Addie Ford Fletcher; brothers, Burl Truman Fletcher and Dempsey Irving Fletcher, Jr..; sisters, Verbie Fletcher Crosby, Ruby Fletcher Green, Helen Fletcher Smithart, and Sammy Fletcher Miles.
She is survived by her two children, Robert “Bob” Ensminger and his wife Nancy G. Ensminger of DeRidder, LA; her daughter, Gaye Ensminger Bailey and husband, Terrell V. Bailey of DeRidder, LA; grandchildren, Robert “Cord” Ensminger and wife Candice, Matthew Ensminger of Lafayette, LA, Cody Bailey and wife Nicole of DeRidder, LA, Laci Bailey Giroir of Nederland, TX; great-grandchildren, Laken, Kassidy, Kami Giroir, and Drew Ensminger.
In lieu of flowers, the family ask, that donations be made to Pleasant Hill Baptist Church.
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