Abstracts of Obits Appearing in the Advocate, Pointe Coupee, La.
File submitted by Donald W. Johnson (DW9JOHNSON@aol.com)

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FOWLER,   JOSEPHINE HASKIN

A former employee with the Council on Aging and Pointe Coupee Nursing Home,
New Roads, she passed away Monday, Jan. 12, 1998, at Our Lady of the Lake
Regional Medical Center, Baton Rouge. She was 60, born Dec. 26, 1937, in New
Roads, to the late Leon Haskin Sr. and Henretta Batiste Smith. She was reared
in New Orleans. Visiting at Pointe Coupee Funeral Home, New Roads, after 8
a.m. Saturday, with a rosary and religious services Saturday morning, with
time pending. Dismissal will follow services at Mount Mariah Baptist Church,
Batchelor. Burial in church cemetery. Survived by husband, Herman Fowler, New
Roads; five daughters, Joyce Wooden, Donaldsonville, Georgiana Stevenson,
Baton Rouge, Brenda Gremillion, New Roads, Diana Johnson, Morganza, and Lisa
Baranco, Baton Rouge; three sons, Kelvin Fowler, Morganza, David Fowler and
Jason Fowler, both of New Roads; a daughter-in-law, Lathorn Fowler; five sons-
in-law, Oscar Wooden Sr., Vernell Stevenson, Matthew Johnson, Ernest
Gremillion and Robert Baranco Jr.; 17 grandchildren and five great-
grandchildren; five brothers, David Smith, Baton Rouge, James Batiste and
Lawrence Batiste, both of New Roads, Ernest Haskin and Lindy Haskin, both of
New Orleans; three sisters, Evon Smith, New Roads, Roselee Haskin and Sonya
Haskin, both of New Orleans; and numerous nieces and nephews. Preceded in
death by parents, Leon Haskin Sr. and Henretta Batiste Smith; a son, Larry
Fowler; a daughter, Schyvanda Fowler; two brothers, Leon Haskin Jr. and Leo
Haskin Sr.; an aunt, Nettie Jarreau; and two uncles, Thomas Batiste and
Matthew Batiste. She was a member of the NAACP.