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Ila Mae Pender
(July 16, 1919 - December 4, 2010)

Mrs. Ila Mae Pender, age 91 of Winnfield, Louisiana passed away on Saturday, December 4, 2010, at the Winn Parish Medical Center in Winnfield.

Born Wednesday, July 16, 1919 in Sikes, Louisiana, she was the daughter of the late Young R. Thomas and the late Anna Durrett Thomas. She was also preceded in death by her husbands, William Joe ``Buddy'' Higdon and W.H. Pender; her brothers, George W. Thomas, Gene Thomas, Ed Thomas and John L. Thomas, and sisters, Viola Thomas and Joy Bell Curry.

Mrs Pender was a member of Midway Baptist Church and was retired from Autumn Leaves Nursing Home as a Nurse's Aide

Surviving are son, William R. Higdon of Winnfield, LA, daughter, Mae Ellen Griffin of Winnfield, LA; 7 grand children; 9 great grand children; and 3 great great grand children.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at Southern Funeral Home in Winnfield with the Rev. Norris Curry officiating. Interment will follow in Old Union Cemetery, Joyce, LA.

Jimmy Ray Gates, Bobby Ray Stanfield, Kevin Wiggins, Shannon Higdon, Billy Higdon, and Shane Sanders will serve as pallbearers.

The family will receive friends from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM on Tuesday, December 7, 2010 and on Wednesday from 8:00 AM until service time at Southern Funeral Home in Winnfield.