Extracted from The News-Star (Monroe, LA)
MYRA PITTMAN OLIPHANT
Cox Funeral Home - Delhi, LA
Funeral services for Mrs. Myra Pittman Oliphant, 84, of Delhi will be held at 2:00 PM, Thursday, April 6, 2006 in the Chapel of Cox Funeral Home of Delhi. Rev. Wesley Pittman will officiate. Burial will be in the Epps Cemetery under the direction of Cox Funeral Home of Delhi. Mrs. Oliphant died Tuesday. She was a native of Enterprise and a member of the Baptist Faith.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Elmer K. Oliphant and parents, Andrew Levi Pittman and Lorena Ruth Holmes Pittman.
She is survived by a daughter, Pamela Tweddle and husband, James ``Jimmy'' of Delhi; granddaughters, Shelley and her husband, Larry ``Moose'' Redden and Candice and husband, Paul Ogden; great-grandchildren, Brad Hutchinson, Allie Ogden, Andy Redden and Cade Redden; sister, Vermell McPherson of Benton, LA; brother-in-law, Robert Oliphant and wife, Bonnie of Harrisonburg, LA; sister-in-law, Maudell Oliphant of Dayton, TX; a special cousin, A. A. Holmes of Epps, LA and a host of nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be Kevin Holmes, Jimmy Holmes, Scott McPherson, Clayton Cooper, Leo Coleman and Ken Loftin.
The family would like to express special thanks to Dr. Corey Albritton, Tracy, Othell, Kristine, Lowery and Chasady, and to the many friends for their phone calls, visits, food, cards, concern and prayers.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to Little Creek Baptist Church, 2441 Mitchiner Road, Epps, LA 71237. To leave a message of condolence to the family please visit our website at www.coxfuneral.com.
Thursday, April 6, 2006