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Submitted: 11/18/19 • Approved: 11/19/19 • Last Updated: 11/22/19 • R239778-G239777-S3
William
November 1, 1910 - July 11, 1987
Baton Rouge Advocate
July 12, 1987
LeBLANC, W.J. "POPS"
Died 5 a.m. Saturday, July 11, 1987, at his residence. He was 76, a native of Gonzales and resident of Franklinton. He was a retired electrician with Crown Zellerbach, Bogalusa.
Visiting at Crain Funeral Home, Franklinton, 2 to 9 p.m. Sunday, and 8 a.m. until religious services at 2 p.m. Monday, conducted by the Rev. John LeBlanc. Burial in Ellis Cemetery , Franklinton.
Survived by wife, Edith Murphy LeBlanc; two sons, Renoir LeBlanc, Franklinton, and Brannon LeBlanc, Baton Rouge; two daughters, Mrs. Ray (Barbara) Taylor, Franklinton, and Mrs. Donald (Pat) Heurtin, Hammond; four sisters, Mrs. Webb (Julie) Dean, Bogalusa, Mrs. Posey (Lou) Bourgeois, Gonzales, Mrs. Ivan (Peggy) Armitage, Sarasota, Fla., and Mrs. Russell (Mary Ellen) McNutt, Ahwahnen, Calif.; nine grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. He was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church, Franklinton.
Edith
February 26, 1921 - August 12, 2012
Edith Murphy LeBlanc
(February 26, 1921 - August 12, 2012)
Some mothers are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together. The world lost one of a kind on Sunday, August 12, 2012 in Biloxi, MS. Her very long full life was one of loving wife for almost 50 years, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She was one of seven children born to the late Omer & Rosabelle Smith Murphy in Kempton, Indiana in 1921. Edith Murphy LeBlanc came to Louisiana in 1929 and resided in Franklinton for over 75 years and was preceded in death by her loving husband, Windham Joseph "Pops" LeBlanc in 1987. Edith's siblings, Johnny, Robert, Charlie and Della Mae Parker and Rosemary Peters have all gone before her leaving one sister living in Rhode Island, Willene Mederies. Pops and Edith raised four children in their homes on Bene Street in Franklinton; Barbara Ann LeBlanc Taylor (husband Ray) of Franklinton, LA, Patricia LeBlanc Heurtin (husband Derrill) of St. Francisville, LA , Windham Renoir LeBlanc (wife Kay Spencer LeBlanc) of Ponchatoula and Brannon Aumont LeBlanc (wife Wanda Gatlin LeBlanc ) of Biloxi, MS. Edith recently celebrated her 90th birthday with a large family reunion in Slidell, LA with her children and many of her 11 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren present, ranging in ages from 54 to 1 ½ years old. Edith's love of her family was tantamount but shared her heart with the beauty of God's plants and flowers. She surrounded herself with native plants and flowers by rooting, cultivating and growing gorgeous creations many times from just a simple cutting. The phrase "green thumb" was surely an appropriate name for this Irish beauty. Edith's body will be laid to rest by Crain's Funeral Home next to her late husband, Windham Joseph "Pops" LeBlanc on Tuesday, August 14th after a funeral service at First Baptist Church on Main Street in Franklinton, LA. Visitation will be at the church from noon until 2:00 p.m. with funeral service conducted by Rev. Paul Watts. Burial to follow at Ellis Cemetery in Franklinton, LA. Friends and family are encouraged to attend and relate your favorite story of Edith. Edith loved to put on her make-up, jewelry and finest clothes even at the end of her days as a resident of the Emeritus Assisted Living of Biloxi, MS and would surely enjoy seeing her family and friends all dressed up in her honor and memory. During a lengthy illness, it is the care and support of special people that make a loved one's life dignified and their passing bearable for their family. Special thanks to the ICU staff of Biloxi Regional Medical Center and the caring and devoted staff of Saad Health Care of D'Iberville, MS including Dorothy Dunning, Administrator, Nurses Rose Sliman, Joanne Lizanna and CNA Joanne Crenshaw. These devoted professionals made her last days on earth pain free and dignified. May God Bless Your All!
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Contributed on 11/18/19 by billsully060
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