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Graveside services and interment for Mrs. Gertieann Cochran Twitty will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at the Springhill Cemetery under the direction of Bailey Funeral Home, Springhill, LA.
A Celebration of Life for Mrs. Twitty will follow at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at the Springhill United Methodist Church.
Mrs. Twitty was born on September 3, 1929 to Porter and Gertrude Francis Houston Cochran in Springhill, LA and passed away Saturday, July 15, 2017 in Bossier City, LA. She was a lifelong resident of this area and had lived in Shreveport since 2009. She was a member of the Springhill United Methodist Church. She and husband, Billy, owned and operated Porterville Feed and Farm Supply for many years. She was a member of the Springhill Art League, was active in the Springhill Rodeo Association and many other civic and community activities. After moving to Shreveport, Gertieann became a member of Brookwood Baptist Church.
Mrs. Twitty was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Billy Lamar Twitty; her parents; sister, Maggie Cochran Wallace and brother, Melbourn Cochran.
She is survived by Mason Lavelle Ferguson, with whom she shared a sweet second marriage of eight years; children, Patricia Twitty Cochran, Ruth Ellen Voss and husband, Jerry, David Lee Twitty and wife, Gail; seven grandchildren; twenty-two great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be Alan Stanford, Brad Stanford, Mark Stanford, Phillip Stewart, Cole Stanford, Nicholas Stanford and Porter Stanford.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation; St. Jude's Children Research Hospital or donor's choice.
Notifications of memorials may be sent to the family, via Patricia Twitty Cochran, 111 Andrew Place, Bossier City, LA 71111.
(Published by Bailey Funeral Home of Springhill, LA)
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