Gladys Lucille (Basco) Kerry, age 94, of Mora, LA, died Sunday, January 2, 2011, at Natchitoches Nursing and Rehabilitation in Natchitoches, LA. Arrangements are being handled by Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home in Natchitoches, LA. The family will receive friends from 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at Flatwoods United Pentecostal Church. The funeral service will be at Flatwoods United Pentecostal Church at 10:00 AM Wednesday, January 5, 2011, with Rev. Gene Sanders officiating. Interment will be at Flatwoods Cemetery, in Flatwoods, LA.
Mrs. Lucille was a faithful member of the Flatwoods United Pentecostal Church. She was a very giving, caring, and patient person. She was a loving wife and mother, and will be dearly missed by her family and friends.
She was the preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Kerry; her parents, Ambrose Basco and Sicily Forrest Basco; two children, Nelda Mae Wilbanks and T.L. Kerry; two grandchildren; four sisters, Hazel Bolton, Callie Beardon, Opal Inez Boughton, and Bessie Lee Latham; and two brothers, Cecil Forrest and Denver Basco.
She is survived by one son, John Kerry, Sr. of Mora, LA; eight grandchildren; six great grandchildren; one great great grandchild; and one sister, Mary Francis Noll of Ottumwa, IA.