Funeral Service for Mrs. Rosa Shoemaker Rawls will be at 10:00 am Thursday, April 16, 2009 at Hickory Grove Congregational Methodist Church in Robeline. La with Brother Steve Hunt and Brother Bobby Shirley officiating. Interment will follow at Lambertown Cemetery in Robeline under the direction of Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home.
The family will receive friends after 5 pm on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at Hickory Grove Congregational Methodist Church.
Mrs. Rosa Rawls passed away Monday, April 13, 2009 with her family by her bedside. She was born September 25, 1944 to the late Joe Shoemaker and Rosie Carline Shoemaker. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and sibling and will be deeply missed by her family and friends.
She is survived by her husband, Roy Rawls; son, Ricky Rawls and his wife Susan; sisters, Mary Dockens and her husband Charles and Jean Shoemaker; a brother, George Shoemaker and his wife Anita; three grandchildren, Jacy, Kacy and Tyler.
Pallbearers will be Josh Rawls, B.J. Shoemaker, Stanley Shoemaker, Kermit Carline, Ronald Dockens and Terry Shoemaker. Tyler Shane Rawls will serve as an honorary pallbearer.