Extracted from The Town Talk (Alexandria, LA)
Thursday, March 12, 2015

Elsie Mae Freeman

The Home-Going celebration for Elsie Mae Freeman will be held 11 a.m., Saturday, March 14, 2015 in the G.A. Mangun Center Auditorium in Alexandria, Louisiana, with Reverend Anthony Mangun and Reverend Tim Mahoney officiating. Interment will follow in the Greenlawn Memorial Park in Natchez, Mississippi under the guidance of White Oaks Funeral Home, Alexandria.

Elsie, 87, of Alexandria, passed from this life to the next on Saturday, March 7, 2015 in the Lexington House of Alexandria. She was born May 11, 1927 in Jackson, Mississippi to the union of E.L. and Edwina Mizell. She was a Pentecostal by faith, homemaker, and a member of the Pentecostals of Alexandria. Elsie was a loving mother, sister, aunt, and friend.

She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, C.D. Freeman; grandson, Joshua Ragsdale; three brothers, Colvin Mizell, Edward Mizell, and Murray Mizell; stepmother, Inez Joy.

Those left behind to cherish her memory are: three sons, Tommy Freeman (Frankie) of Brookhaven, Mississippi, Dewey Freeman (Kelly) of Sulphur, Louisiana, and Timothy Freeman (Amy) of Alexandria, Louisiana; three daughters, Boots Ragsdale (Johnny) of Nashville, Tennessee, Barbara Brown (Steve) of Fort Smith, Arkansas, and Darlene Boyte of Alexandria, Louisiana and Ron of Oshkosh, Wisconsin; one brother, Ronnie Mizell of Natchez, Mississippi; one sister, Grace Foster (Ernest) of Natchez, Mississippi; 11 grandchildren; 8 great grandchildren; and a host of family and friends.

Pallbearers to serve will be Tommy Freeman, Dewey Freeman, Timothy Freeman, Johnny Ragsdale, Steve Brown, and Brandon Freeman.

Visitation will begin Friday, March 13, 2015 in the G.A. Mangun Center Auditorium from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m., then on Saturday, March 14, 2015 from 10 a.m. until service time in the church. Graveside service will begin Saturday, March 14, 2015 at 4:30 p.m. in the Greenlawn Memorial Park in Natchez, Mississippi.

White Oaks Funeral Home
Oakdale, LA 318-335-5000