Extracted from the Alexandria Daily Town Talk (Alexandria, LA)
Sunday, September 2, 2001

Avis Gaharan

JENA -- Services for Avis Lanelle Richardson Gaharan will be at 2 p.m. today in Jena First Baptist Church with the Rev. Dominick DiCarlo officiating. Burial will be in Jena Cemetery under direction of Kinner & Stevens, Jena.

Gaharan, 87, of Jena died Friday, Aug. 31, 2001, in Lake Charles Memorial Hospital.

She retired from LaSalle Parish Health Unit. She was a member of Jena First Baptist Church.

Survivors include two sons, Dr. Phillip Gaharan of Lake Charles and George H. Gaharan of Dallas and four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Steve Gaharan, James Gaharan Jr., Danny Koonce, Stuart Spurlock, Tommy Wright and Jeff Davis.

Friends may call from 8 a.m. until time of services today in the funeral home.