Charles Herbert Garsee

Funeral services for Charles Herbert Garsee will be held at 11:00 am on Thursday, November 5, 2015 at Coldwater Baptist Church in Hagewood, LA with Rev. Luke Hendrickson officiating. Interment will follow at Coldwater Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 9:00 am until 11:00 am on November 5, 2015 at Coldwater Baptist Church in Coldwater, LA. Herbert Garsee, 85 years of age, passed away November 2, 2015. He was born February 18, 1930 in Bordenlonville, LA. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Herbert faced his cancer with dignity, grace, and faith. He told his children that when the Good Lord got ready to call him home; he was ready. The Lord called Dad home. He was a veteran of the Korean war, serving in the Army for two years on active duty, and eight years in the Army Reserves. He is survived by his children, Allen Garsee and wife Kathy, Kathy Rushing and husband David, and Donna Compton; his grandchildren, Melissa Coutee, Candice Harris and husband Jeremy, Amanda Saunders and husband Tre, and Kylie Hughes and husband Nick; and his great-grandchildren, Hunter and Kaelyn Coutee, Hailey and Brooklyn Harris, Samantha and Jackson Saunders, and Kaylie and Ty Hughes. Those waiting to great him were his wife of 37 years, Myrtle Horn Garsee; former wife, Henrietta Curry Garsee; his parents, Charles and Ethel Johnson Garsee; four brothers; and four sisters. Those honored to serve as pallbearers will be David Rushing, Jeremy Harris, Tre Saunders, Nick Hughes, David Cheatwood, and Paul Cormane. Honorary pallbearers will be his great grandson; Jackson Allen Saunders and Ty Anderson Hughes.