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Betty <I>James</I> Roark

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Betty James Roark

Birth
Columbia, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, USA
Death
7 Dec 2004 (aged 65)
West Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial
Grayson, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, USA Add to Map
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Riser Funeral Home
Columbia, LA

Services for Betty James Roark, age 65 of West Monroe will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday, December 9, 2004 from the chapel of Riser Funeral Home in Columbia with Rev. Mark Fenn officiating. Interment will follow in the Welcome Home Cemetery in Grayson.

Mrs. Roark was born on May 17, 1939 in Columbia to the union of Walter and Mildred Faulks James and died Tuesday, December 7, 2004 at the Cornerstone Hospital in West Monroe.

She was a retired schoolteacher having taught at Raceland Junior High in Raceland and Caldwell Parish High School in Columbia.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband: Billy Ray Roark, her brothers: Jack James and Donnie James and her sister: Ann James Darden.

Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law Wendy Carlynn & Dwight Gilley of Baton Rouge, Her son and daughter-in-law Joseph Hammons & Lori Watkins Ware, Jr. of West Monroe, and Allison Rhea Roark of Memphis, TN, her step-daughter: Angela Denise Green of Gautier, MS and her grandchildren: James Luther Gilley, Katherine Rose Gilley, Hannah Kate Ware, Mallori Fay Ware and Joseph Hammons Ware, III.

Pallbearers are Dino Darden, Johnny Darden, Butch Darden, Donnie James, James Gilley and Dwight Gilley

Honorary pallbearers include John Dowling.

Visitation will be Thursday, December 9, 2004 from noon until time of services at Riser Funeral Home, 7131 Hwy 165, Columbia.

Any planned memorials may be made to the La. Baptist Children's Home in Monroe.
Riser Funeral Home
Columbia, LA

Services for Betty James Roark, age 65 of West Monroe will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday, December 9, 2004 from the chapel of Riser Funeral Home in Columbia with Rev. Mark Fenn officiating. Interment will follow in the Welcome Home Cemetery in Grayson.

Mrs. Roark was born on May 17, 1939 in Columbia to the union of Walter and Mildred Faulks James and died Tuesday, December 7, 2004 at the Cornerstone Hospital in West Monroe.

She was a retired schoolteacher having taught at Raceland Junior High in Raceland and Caldwell Parish High School in Columbia.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband: Billy Ray Roark, her brothers: Jack James and Donnie James and her sister: Ann James Darden.

Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law Wendy Carlynn & Dwight Gilley of Baton Rouge, Her son and daughter-in-law Joseph Hammons & Lori Watkins Ware, Jr. of West Monroe, and Allison Rhea Roark of Memphis, TN, her step-daughter: Angela Denise Green of Gautier, MS and her grandchildren: James Luther Gilley, Katherine Rose Gilley, Hannah Kate Ware, Mallori Fay Ware and Joseph Hammons Ware, III.

Pallbearers are Dino Darden, Johnny Darden, Butch Darden, Donnie James, James Gilley and Dwight Gilley

Honorary pallbearers include John Dowling.

Visitation will be Thursday, December 9, 2004 from noon until time of services at Riser Funeral Home, 7131 Hwy 165, Columbia.

Any planned memorials may be made to the La. Baptist Children's Home in Monroe.


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  • Created by: Ron Manley
  • Added: Oct 6, 2005
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11898717/betty-roark: accessed ), memorial page for Betty James Roark (17 May 1939–7 Dec 2004), Find a Grave Memorial ID 11898717, citing Welcome Home Cemetery, Grayson, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, USA; Maintained by Ron Manley (contributor 46788603).