Opal Mary (Earp) Pounds

Mrs. Opal Mary Earp Pounds passed gently from this life into the next on Sunday, June 28, 2009 at 12:43 p.m. at Natchitoches Regional Medical Center Long Term Care Unit in Natchitoches, LA. Mrs. Pounds was 89 years old. There will be a public viewing from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., followed by a memorial service to celebrate her life at 2:00 p.m., on Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 2 p.m. at First Assembly of God Church, Chandler, OK. Burial will follow in Oak Park Cemetery, Chandler, OK. Mrs. Pounds was preceded in death by her beloved husband Archie M. Pounds, Sr, parents Hugh E. Earp and Arlie Flatt Earp, three brothers Kenneth Earp, Ernest Earp, and Wendell Earp. Those left to cherish her memory are one daughter Geraldine Robideaux and her husband Sammy of Natchitoches, La, two sons Archie M. Pounds Jr. and wife Lynnie of Tulsa, OK, Dr. Wayne E. Pounds and wife Nana of Tokyo, Japan; five grandchildren, LeGaye Young, Judith Dowd and husband John David, all of Tulsa, OK, Krista Robideaux Schultz and husband Bill of Natchitoches, LA, Heath Robideaux and wife Michelle of Crowley, LA, and Shelley Pounds of Tokyo, Japan; Eight Great Grandchildren, Wesley Young, Adam Young and Anna Young of Tulsa, OK, Justin Dowd and Jason Dowd of Tulsa, OK, Jill Wiltz of Natchitoches, LA, Brent Robideaux and Heidi Robideaux of Crowley, LA; one sister Dena Phillips of Sandy, Utah, numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, grand nephews and grand nieces. Mrs. Pounds was a woman of great faith and strong convictions. She always displayed a sweet, gentle and quiet spirit. She was a homemaker, an accomplished seamstress and crocheter, a student of God’s Word. She loved to read, work crossword puzzles and play board games. After retirement she and Mr. Pounds enjoyed traveling and camping and going fishing. Mrs. Pounds was born June 5, 1920 near Stigler in Haskell Co., OK. She grew up in Lincoln Co., OK and graduated from Chandler High School, Chandler, OK. in 1939. She was married to Archie M. Pounds on Jan. 14, 1940 and they enjoyed 64 years of together. In July of 2007, because of failing health, she came to live in Natchitoches, LA to be near her daughter and family. She was a resident of the Natchitoches Assisted Living facility at the time of her death. The family asks that, in lieu of flowers, a memorial be given to the First Baptist Church of Natchitoches to purchase books for the church library.