Her headstone date is wrong. She mistakenly
put her sons day of birth on it when she
had it made.
A Celebration of Life will be observed for Mrs. Orene Grant Gewin, at 10:30 AM, Saturday April 4, at North Monroe Baptist Church, Finks Hideaway Rd., Monroe. The Reverends David Worthington, Dwight Munn, and Eric Hodge will officiate at the service. Visitation will be 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Friday, April, 3, at Kilpatrick's Funeral Home, Lamy Lane, Monroe.
Mrs. Gewin's grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Interment will follow the service at Loch Arbor Baptist Church Cemetery, Highway 139, Swartz, Louisiana.
Mrs Gewin, of Monroe, Louisiana, died Tuesday, March 31, at the Louisiana State University Medical Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, following a lengthy illness. She was born on November 19, 1926, in Choudrant, Louisiana, one of 5 children of James and Ruth Grant. She was preceded in death by her parents, and siblings J. L. Grant, Laverne Johns, and Ollie Aswell, and by her husbands Warren Johns, and Kennie Ernest Gewin.
Survivors include a son, Kenneth Johns and his, wife, Helen, of Crossett, Arkansas, two daughters, Donna Johns Strickland and husband Hollis, of West Monroe, Louisiana, and Brenda Gewin Brant and husband, Don, of Monroe, Louisiana , a sister, Kate Bell Pickering Caskey and husband, Kent Caskey, of Bastrop, Louisiana and by her brother-in-law, Homer Aswell, of Dallas, Texas.
Grandchildren are Tamara Reid and her husband, Leslie, Susan Kitchens, Michael Johns, Kiley Haught and husband, Chad, Truett Glass and wife, Charlotte, Lea Ann Reynolds and husband, Randy, Joel Strickland and wife, Liz, Elizabeth Glass and husband, Todd, Amy Brooks and husband, Lance, Kathryn Fendall and husband, Michael, Deborah Biggerstaff and husband, Daniel, and Patricia Brant.
Also, great grandchildren, Lydia and Lexie Reid, Caleb and Cade Kitchens, Haleigh and Hannah Johns, Emily, Andrew Glass, Justin Glass, Jackson, Ellie, and Cooper Haught, Caitlin and Caleb Reynolds, Gabbi, Holli, and Jared Strickland, Hunter, Sarah Grace, and Logan Brooks, Myranda, Dylan, Brittney and Brittany Caroline Fendall, Madison, Cain, and Wyatt Biggerstaff, Sophie and Lily Padgett and numerous nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Gewin was a ongtime resident of Collinston, Louisiana, and an active member of Loch Arbor Baptist Church of Swartz, where she taught Sunday School for 25 years. She had a deep love for children and it is said she never met a child she didn't love! This was reflected in the care and concern she showed for her children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, and the children of her friends whom she "adopted" as her own.
When Mr. Johns died, leaving her with two small children, Mrs Gewin worked as a waitress to support her family. Later she met and married Mr. Gewin. She was an accomplished seamstress; a talent that allowed her to have her own business after all the children were in school.
In 2004, she moved to Monroe where she was a member of North Monroe Baptist Church and the Winsome Sunday School Class.
She was an avid reader. For years there was not a book in the Collinston Library that did not have her name on the check-out card. Mrs. Gewin was happiest when working in her garden, and her love for God's creation was evident in her gardening skills. Bird watching was another favorite pastime. When not working in the garden, she could be found playing cards with her longtime friends.
The family would like to extend heartfelt appreciation to the physicians and staff of St. Frances Medical Center, St. Frances Medical Center North, and LSU Medical Sciences Center and to all their friends and family for the love, care, encouragement and support during Mrs. Gewin's long illness.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Louisiana Baptist Children's Home, 7200 DeSiard Street, Monroe, La. 71203 or the Building Fund, North Monroe Baptist Church, 210 Fink's Hideaway Rd., Monroe, La. 71203.
Online condolences may be made to the family at www.kilpatrickfuneral homes.com
Originally published April 03, 2009.
put her sons day of birth on it when she
had it made.
A Celebration of Life will be observed for Mrs. Orene Grant Gewin, at 10:30 AM, Saturday April 4, at North Monroe Baptist Church, Finks Hideaway Rd., Monroe. The Reverends David Worthington, Dwight Munn, and Eric Hodge will officiate at the service. Visitation will be 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Friday, April, 3, at Kilpatrick's Funeral Home, Lamy Lane, Monroe.
Mrs. Gewin's grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Interment will follow the service at Loch Arbor Baptist Church Cemetery, Highway 139, Swartz, Louisiana.
Mrs Gewin, of Monroe, Louisiana, died Tuesday, March 31, at the Louisiana State University Medical Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, following a lengthy illness. She was born on November 19, 1926, in Choudrant, Louisiana, one of 5 children of James and Ruth Grant. She was preceded in death by her parents, and siblings J. L. Grant, Laverne Johns, and Ollie Aswell, and by her husbands Warren Johns, and Kennie Ernest Gewin.
Survivors include a son, Kenneth Johns and his, wife, Helen, of Crossett, Arkansas, two daughters, Donna Johns Strickland and husband Hollis, of West Monroe, Louisiana, and Brenda Gewin Brant and husband, Don, of Monroe, Louisiana , a sister, Kate Bell Pickering Caskey and husband, Kent Caskey, of Bastrop, Louisiana and by her brother-in-law, Homer Aswell, of Dallas, Texas.
Grandchildren are Tamara Reid and her husband, Leslie, Susan Kitchens, Michael Johns, Kiley Haught and husband, Chad, Truett Glass and wife, Charlotte, Lea Ann Reynolds and husband, Randy, Joel Strickland and wife, Liz, Elizabeth Glass and husband, Todd, Amy Brooks and husband, Lance, Kathryn Fendall and husband, Michael, Deborah Biggerstaff and husband, Daniel, and Patricia Brant.
Also, great grandchildren, Lydia and Lexie Reid, Caleb and Cade Kitchens, Haleigh and Hannah Johns, Emily, Andrew Glass, Justin Glass, Jackson, Ellie, and Cooper Haught, Caitlin and Caleb Reynolds, Gabbi, Holli, and Jared Strickland, Hunter, Sarah Grace, and Logan Brooks, Myranda, Dylan, Brittney and Brittany Caroline Fendall, Madison, Cain, and Wyatt Biggerstaff, Sophie and Lily Padgett and numerous nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Gewin was a ongtime resident of Collinston, Louisiana, and an active member of Loch Arbor Baptist Church of Swartz, where she taught Sunday School for 25 years. She had a deep love for children and it is said she never met a child she didn't love! This was reflected in the care and concern she showed for her children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, and the children of her friends whom she "adopted" as her own.
When Mr. Johns died, leaving her with two small children, Mrs Gewin worked as a waitress to support her family. Later she met and married Mr. Gewin. She was an accomplished seamstress; a talent that allowed her to have her own business after all the children were in school.
In 2004, she moved to Monroe where she was a member of North Monroe Baptist Church and the Winsome Sunday School Class.
She was an avid reader. For years there was not a book in the Collinston Library that did not have her name on the check-out card. Mrs. Gewin was happiest when working in her garden, and her love for God's creation was evident in her gardening skills. Bird watching was another favorite pastime. When not working in the garden, she could be found playing cards with her longtime friends.
The family would like to extend heartfelt appreciation to the physicians and staff of St. Frances Medical Center, St. Frances Medical Center North, and LSU Medical Sciences Center and to all their friends and family for the love, care, encouragement and support during Mrs. Gewin's long illness.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Louisiana Baptist Children's Home, 7200 DeSiard Street, Monroe, La. 71203 or the Building Fund, North Monroe Baptist Church, 210 Fink's Hideaway Rd., Monroe, La. 71203.
Online condolences may be made to the family at www.kilpatrickfuneral homes.com
Originally published April 03, 2009.
Her headstone date is wrong. She mistakenly
put her sons day of birth on it when she
had it made.
A Celebration of Life will be observed for Mrs. Orene Grant Gewin, at 10:30 AM, Saturday April 4, at North Monroe Baptist Church, Finks Hideaway Rd., Monroe. The Reverends David Worthington, Dwight Munn, and Eric Hodge will officiate at the service. Visitation will be 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Friday, April, 3, at Kilpatrick's Funeral Home, Lamy Lane, Monroe.
Mrs. Gewin's grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Interment will follow the service at Loch Arbor Baptist Church Cemetery, Highway 139, Swartz, Louisiana.
Mrs Gewin, of Monroe, Louisiana, died Tuesday, March 31, at the Louisiana State University Medical Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, following a lengthy illness. She was born on November 19, 1926, in Choudrant, Louisiana, one of 5 children of James and Ruth Grant. She was preceded in death by her parents, and siblings J. L. Grant, Laverne Johns, and Ollie Aswell, and by her husbands Warren Johns, and Kennie Ernest Gewin.
Survivors include a son, Kenneth Johns and his, wife, Helen, of Crossett, Arkansas, two daughters, Donna Johns Strickland and husband Hollis, of West Monroe, Louisiana, and Brenda Gewin Brant and husband, Don, of Monroe, Louisiana , a sister, Kate Bell Pickering Caskey and husband, Kent Caskey, of Bastrop, Louisiana and by her brother-in-law, Homer Aswell, of Dallas, Texas.
Grandchildren are Tamara Reid and her husband, Leslie, Susan Kitchens, Michael Johns, Kiley Haught and husband, Chad, Truett Glass and wife, Charlotte, Lea Ann Reynolds and husband, Randy, Joel Strickland and wife, Liz, Elizabeth Glass and husband, Todd, Amy Brooks and husband, Lance, Kathryn Fendall and husband, Michael, Deborah Biggerstaff and husband, Daniel, and Patricia Brant.
Also, great grandchildren, Lydia and Lexie Reid, Caleb and Cade Kitchens, Haleigh and Hannah Johns, Emily, Andrew Glass, Justin Glass, Jackson, Ellie, and Cooper Haught, Caitlin and Caleb Reynolds, Gabbi, Holli, and Jared Strickland, Hunter, Sarah Grace, and Logan Brooks, Myranda, Dylan, Brittney and Brittany Caroline Fendall, Madison, Cain, and Wyatt Biggerstaff, Sophie and Lily Padgett and numerous nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Gewin was a ongtime resident of Collinston, Louisiana, and an active member of Loch Arbor Baptist Church of Swartz, where she taught Sunday School for 25 years. She had a deep love for children and it is said she never met a child she didn't love! This was reflected in the care and concern she showed for her children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, and the children of her friends whom she "adopted" as her own.
When Mr. Johns died, leaving her with two small children, Mrs Gewin worked as a waitress to support her family. Later she met and married Mr. Gewin. She was an accomplished seamstress; a talent that allowed her to have her own business after all the children were in school.
In 2004, she moved to Monroe where she was a member of North Monroe Baptist Church and the Winsome Sunday School Class.
She was an avid reader. For years there was not a book in the Collinston Library that did not have her name on the check-out card. Mrs. Gewin was happiest when working in her garden, and her love for God's creation was evident in her gardening skills. Bird watching was another favorite pastime. When not working in the garden, she could be found playing cards with her longtime friends.
The family would like to extend heartfelt appreciation to the physicians and staff of St. Frances Medical Center, St. Frances Medical Center North, and LSU Medical Sciences Center and to all their friends and family for the love, care, encouragement and support during Mrs. Gewin's long illness.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Louisiana Baptist Children's Home, 7200 DeSiard Street, Monroe, La. 71203 or the Building Fund, North Monroe Baptist Church, 210 Fink's Hideaway Rd., Monroe, La. 71203.
Online condolences may be made to the family at www.kilpatrickfuneral homes.com
Originally published April 03, 2009.
put her sons day of birth on it when she
had it made.
A Celebration of Life will be observed for Mrs. Orene Grant Gewin, at 10:30 AM, Saturday April 4, at North Monroe Baptist Church, Finks Hideaway Rd., Monroe. The Reverends David Worthington, Dwight Munn, and Eric Hodge will officiate at the service. Visitation will be 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Friday, April, 3, at Kilpatrick's Funeral Home, Lamy Lane, Monroe.
Mrs. Gewin's grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Interment will follow the service at Loch Arbor Baptist Church Cemetery, Highway 139, Swartz, Louisiana.
Mrs Gewin, of Monroe, Louisiana, died Tuesday, March 31, at the Louisiana State University Medical Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, following a lengthy illness. She was born on November 19, 1926, in Choudrant, Louisiana, one of 5 children of James and Ruth Grant. She was preceded in death by her parents, and siblings J. L. Grant, Laverne Johns, and Ollie Aswell, and by her husbands Warren Johns, and Kennie Ernest Gewin.
Survivors include a son, Kenneth Johns and his, wife, Helen, of Crossett, Arkansas, two daughters, Donna Johns Strickland and husband Hollis, of West Monroe, Louisiana, and Brenda Gewin Brant and husband, Don, of Monroe, Louisiana , a sister, Kate Bell Pickering Caskey and husband, Kent Caskey, of Bastrop, Louisiana and by her brother-in-law, Homer Aswell, of Dallas, Texas.
Grandchildren are Tamara Reid and her husband, Leslie, Susan Kitchens, Michael Johns, Kiley Haught and husband, Chad, Truett Glass and wife, Charlotte, Lea Ann Reynolds and husband, Randy, Joel Strickland and wife, Liz, Elizabeth Glass and husband, Todd, Amy Brooks and husband, Lance, Kathryn Fendall and husband, Michael, Deborah Biggerstaff and husband, Daniel, and Patricia Brant.
Also, great grandchildren, Lydia and Lexie Reid, Caleb and Cade Kitchens, Haleigh and Hannah Johns, Emily, Andrew Glass, Justin Glass, Jackson, Ellie, and Cooper Haught, Caitlin and Caleb Reynolds, Gabbi, Holli, and Jared Strickland, Hunter, Sarah Grace, and Logan Brooks, Myranda, Dylan, Brittney and Brittany Caroline Fendall, Madison, Cain, and Wyatt Biggerstaff, Sophie and Lily Padgett and numerous nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Gewin was a ongtime resident of Collinston, Louisiana, and an active member of Loch Arbor Baptist Church of Swartz, where she taught Sunday School for 25 years. She had a deep love for children and it is said she never met a child she didn't love! This was reflected in the care and concern she showed for her children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, and the children of her friends whom she "adopted" as her own.
When Mr. Johns died, leaving her with two small children, Mrs Gewin worked as a waitress to support her family. Later she met and married Mr. Gewin. She was an accomplished seamstress; a talent that allowed her to have her own business after all the children were in school.
In 2004, she moved to Monroe where she was a member of North Monroe Baptist Church and the Winsome Sunday School Class.
She was an avid reader. For years there was not a book in the Collinston Library that did not have her name on the check-out card. Mrs. Gewin was happiest when working in her garden, and her love for God's creation was evident in her gardening skills. Bird watching was another favorite pastime. When not working in the garden, she could be found playing cards with her longtime friends.
The family would like to extend heartfelt appreciation to the physicians and staff of St. Frances Medical Center, St. Frances Medical Center North, and LSU Medical Sciences Center and to all their friends and family for the love, care, encouragement and support during Mrs. Gewin's long illness.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Louisiana Baptist Children's Home, 7200 DeSiard Street, Monroe, La. 71203 or the Building Fund, North Monroe Baptist Church, 210 Fink's Hideaway Rd., Monroe, La. 71203.
Online condolences may be made to the family at www.kilpatrickfuneral homes.com
Originally published April 03, 2009.
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