Obituaries for DECEMBER 2005; Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, La.

Submitted by Louis Lavedan.

Source: The Lafourche Daily Comet

Last modified: 24 Dec 2005


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December 12. 2005 12:00AM

Amos Southall Sr.

Amos Southall Sr., 84, a native of Plattenville and resident of Belle
Rose, died at 5:50 a.m. Dec. 8, 2005, at his home.

Visitation will be 2 to 4:30 p.m. today at Williams and Southall Funeral
Home in Napoleonville and 5 p.m. until funeral time Monday at Wesley
United Methodist Church in Napoleonville. A religious service will be at
7 p.m. today. Dismissal services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the
church with burial in the church cemetery.

He is survived by his wife, Geraldine B. Southall; son Amos Southall Jr.
of Belmont, Calif.; daughters Shannon S. McGee of Belmont and Vanessa S.
Jenkins of Sacramento, Calif.; brother the Rev. Obbie Southall Sr. of
Plattenville; sisters Ora S. Thompson of Donaldsonville and Piccola S.
Rhone of Houston; seven grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and
other relatives.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Denese Southall; parents,
Clarence and Florida Buggage Southall; brothers Clarence Southall Jr.
and Royal Southall Sr.; and sisters Ruth S. Seymore and Ollie Southall.

He was a lay leader of Wesley United Methodist Church, a veteran of the
U.S. Army and chaplain of American Legion Post No. 585. He was a retired
employee of the Lafourche Levee Basin.

Williams and Southall Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.