Mary Borde

Published 8:56 am Monday, August 17, 2015

Mary Elizabeth Crain Borde, age 77, born on April 21, 1938, in Washington Parish, died on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015, at Our Lady Of The Angels Hospital in Bogalusa.

She is survived by one daughter, Anne Elizabeth (Michael) Dowdy of Angie; one son, Richard Dale Borde of Bogalusa; two sisters, Willene (Dennis) Adams of Crossett, Ark., and Wilda (John) Bufkin of Bogalusa; one brother, Shelton Crain of Covington; three grandchildren, Jessica Diane (Bryan) Burch, Chelsea Anne Borde and Michael Robert Dowdy; and one great-grandchild, Bradley Ian Burch.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard Earl Borde; her parents, Willis and Lutie Crain; six sisters, Agnes Ard, Nell Corkern, Ruth Kennedy, Vera Kennedy, Verlie Breland and Patsy Crain; and two brothers, Woodrow Wilson Crain and Carl Ray Crain.

Visitation was held at Poole-Ritchie Funeral Home on Friday, Aug. 14, 2015, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The funeral services were held at 2 p.m. at Poole-Ritchie Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Larry Mizell and the Rev. Patrick Magee officiating. Interment followed at Ponemah Cemetery.

To view and sign the register book online, visit pooleritchiefuneralhome.com.