Extracted from The Alexandria Daily Town Talk (Alexandria, LA)
Friday, January 31, 2003

Mrs. David Monk

OAKDALE -- Funeral services for Mrs. David (Dorothy) Monk, age 77, will be held on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2003, at 2 p.m. at the Northside Baptist Church in Oakdale. Elder Larry Wilson will officiate the services. Burial will follow in the Oak Hill Cemetery, Oakdale, under the direction of Ardoin Funeral Home of Oakdale.

Mrs. Monk passed away on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2003, at Oakdale Community Hospital in Oakdale. She was a lifelong resident of Oakdale. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 31, 2003, in the Northside Baptist Church and continue until the time of services in the church.

Mrs. Monk is survived by her loving husband of 57 years, David Monk; sons, W.D. Monk of Crowley, Jimmy Monk of Pitkin, and Bruce Monk of Oakdale; daughters, Cissy McMorris of Tioga, Peggy Guidry of Breaux Bridge, and Nelda Johnson of Oakdale; one brother, Kenneth Eastwood of Antlers, Okla.; 27 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Willie and Jewel Eastwood; three sons, Gerald Wayne Monk, Harold ``Butch'' Monk, and Tommy Glenn Monk; daughter, Diane Monk; two brothers, Rudolph Eastwood and Willie Eastwood, Jr.

Pallbearers will be Bruce, Jimmy, W.D. Jared, and Jason Monk, Greg Garris, Dan Taylor, and Francis Guidry.