Extracted from The News-Star (Monroe, LA)
Saturday, May 1, 2004

Hila Mae Adams McCarty

Services for Hila Mae Adams McCarty, age 80, of Columbia will be held at 4:00 PM Sunday, May 2, 2004 from the chapel of Riser Funeral Home in Columbia with Rev. Bruce McGee officiating. Interment will follow in the Welcome Home Cemetery in Grayson.

Mrs. McCarty was born on May 7, 1923 in Winn Parish to the union of Thomas Watson and Ruth Ann Parker Adams and died Friday, April 30, 2004 at the Our Lady of The Lake Hospital in Baton Rouge.

She was a homemaker and a member of the Columbia Heights Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband: Elzie F. McCarty and her sons: Jerry McCarty and Tom McCarty.

Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law: Beckey and Chris Clausen of Baton Rouge, her grandchildren: Michael Clausen of Baton Rouge, Kevin McCarty of Lufkin, TX, Karin McCarty Burback of Shreveport, Adam McCarty and Joe David McCarty both of Monroe and Will McCarty of Columbia; five great-grandchildren and her brother and sister-in-law: Douglas Delane and Sue Adams of Sikes and her daughters-in-law: Linda Fisher McCarty of Shreveport and Emily Causey McCarty of Columbia.

Pallbearers will be Kevin McCarty, Michael Clausen, Adam McCarty, Joe David McCarty, Will McCarty, Dexter Adams and Brandon Bruback.

Visitation will be Saturday from 6:00 PM until 9:00 PM and Sunday from 1:00 PM until time of services at Riser Funeral Home, 7131 Hwy 165, Columbia, LA.