Etta Gilbert

Funeral services for Etta Lou Gilbert of Simmesport will be held on Saturday, September 12, 2009 at the Greater New Bethel Church beginning at 11:00am. Visitations will also be held at the church, beginning on Friday, September 11, 2009 at 5:00pm until finished. Burial will take place after funeral services in the Greater New Bethel Cemetery. Etta Lou Gilbert, age 81, passed away at the Rapides Regional Medical Center on Saturday, September 5, 2009. She is preceded in death by her parents; Walter Arnetta Stemley Brown; husband, J.C. Gilbert. She is survived by her; son, Lionel Gilbert of Simmesport, daughter, Wanda Stewart of Simmesport; eight grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren. Funeral arrangements and services are under the direction of Escude Funeral Home.