Extracted from The Franklin Sun (Winnsboro, LA)
Wednesday, April 22, 1998

Rethie Odell Womack

Funeral services for Rethie Odell Womack, 79, of Winnsboro were held Tuesday at the Fort Necessity Baptist Church with the Rev. Scott Covington and the Rev. Hershal Clanton officiating.

Interment followed in the church cemetery.

Mrs. Womack died Saturday, April 18, 1998 in Memphis, Tenn.

She was a member of the Fort Necessity Baptist Church and retired from the Franklin Parish School System.

Mrs. Womack was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Lawson Womack, Sr., and parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. G. ``Brack'' Taylor; and three grandchildren.

Survivors include six daughters, Kathryn Talley, St. Martinville; Ernestine ``Tina'' Robinson and husband, Si, of Ferriday; Annette Darden and husband, Billy; Brenda Wade and husband Michael, all of Calhoun, Marcia LeLeux and husband, Michael, of Alexandria; Lisa Henry and husband, Joe, of Winnsboro; six sons, Charles Wayne Womack and wife Elise, of Shreveport; Robert Lawson Womack Jr. and wife, Peggy, of Indianapolis, Ind.; Rickey Womack and wife, Mercill, of Winnsboro; Donald Womack and wife, Martha Kay, of Mangham; Ralph Womack and wife, Dianne, of Opelousas; Glen Dale Womack and wife, Judy, of Harrisonburg; two sisters, Edna Johnston, Winnsboro; Verdie Mae Beach, Wisner; two brothers, Barney Taylor and James Taylor, both of Winnsboro; 33 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.

Sons served as pallbearers.

Memorials may be made to the Fort Necessity Baptist Church, Fort Necessity, La.