Saturday, October 6, 2007
Yvonne Ina Maddox Sayers
SHREVEPORT, LA -- Funeral services celebrating the life of Yvonne Ina Maddox Sayers will be 11:30 a.m., Monday October 8, 2007 at Rose-Neath Southside Chapel. Officiating will be Brother Robert Richardson and Brother Don Bush. Serving as pallbearers will be Johnny Brock III, D.P. Morris, and her grandsons. Interment will follow in Forest Park West Cemetery. The family will receive friends for visitation at the funeral home Sunday, October 7th, from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.
Mrs. Sayers was born May 9, 1919 in Cheneyville, LA to Wesley and Florence Maddox. At 4:30 a.m. Wednesday morning, October 4, 2007 there was more laughter in heaven than ever before. Yvonne Sayers walked through the gates of heaven and filled the celestial with joy. She is now at rest.
As a wife she stood strong by her husband of 68 years, Walter Aaron Sayers, with great love and devotion. As a mother for her three children Ronald Aaron Sayers, Linda Gayle Bancroft and Robert Don Sayers she was always there with enormous liveliness to encourage and lift up. She cherished her grandchildren, Rusty Sayers, Aaron Sayers, Susan Combs Holt, Spencer Combs, Amy Yvonne Sayers, and Bradley Sayers. Her great-grandchildren, Jackson Combs, Beckett Combs, Blake Holt, and Jacob Sayers were precious to her as well. Mrs. Sayers was affectionately known to her grandchildren and great-grandchildren as ``Tha G''. Mrs. Sayers served her Savior and Lord Jesus Christ with joy as a member of Kingston Road Baptist Church. Her service and fellowship also extended to her membership in the Sunset Chapter of The Eastern Star. As a friend to many she was full of vim and vigor and she brought a smile to everyone she met. To all who never had an opportunity to meet her we can only say, ``What a wonderful blessing you missed.'' Just to be in her presence was an uplifting experience for all.
Mrs. Sayers' family suggests her memory be kept by making memorial donations in her name to Kingston Road Baptist Church.
Rose-Neath Funeral Home
Southside Chapel 687-1256