Madelyn Rachal Bamburg

Funeral service for Madelyn Rachal Bamburg will be 10 a.m. Saturday, April 3, 2010 in the chapel of Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home with Deacon Joe Peltier officiating. Interment will follow at Thomas-Wren Cemetery in Martin, LA. The family will receive friends on Friday, April 2, 2010 from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. at Blanchard St. Denis. A Rosary service will be held at 6 p.m. on Friday in the chapel of Blanchard St. Denis. Mrs. Bamburg, 80 years of age, passed away Wednesday, March 31, 2010 in Coushatta, LA. She was born July 25, 1929 to the late Savaran Rachal and the late Rosalee Vercher McBride in Flora, LA. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Jerry Felton Bamburg; daughter, Claire Mitchell; son, Juan Cecil Smith, Jr.; sister, Melba Lee Lott; and nephew, David Lott. Those left to cherish her memory include her son, Carl T. Fatheree, Jr. and his wife Linda of Robeline, LA; daughter, Anna S. Airhart and her husband Ambrose of Natchitoches; grandchildren, Bo Fatheree and his wife Maggie of Natchitoches and Denise Waters and her husband Michael of Murfreesboro, TN; great grandchildren, Samantha Waters of Murfreesboro, TN, Andrew Waters of Murfreesboro, TN, Morgan Fatheree of Natchitoches, Ava Fatheree of Natchitoches and Vivian Fatheree of Natchitoches; nephews, Shannon Lott of Natchitoches, Mitchell Lott and his wife Liz of Morganfield, KY and Tony Lott and his wife Linda of Culloden, WV; sisters, Virginia Rachal and Pat Bruce.