Funeral services for Mrs. Ann Dearing Ezell, of Gilbert, will be 3:00 PM Sunday, November 27, 2022, in the chapel of Young’s Community Memorial in Winnsboro with Rev. Fran Guy officiating. Interment will follow at Providence Memorial Cemetery near Winnsboro under the direction of Young’s Community Memorial. Visitation will be from 1:00 PM until time-of-service Sunday at the funeral home.
Mrs. Ezell was born March 25, 1933, in Neshoba County, MS and passed from this life on November 24, 2022, in Winnsboro, LA at age of 89. She married her husband, Edward Ray Ezell on June 8, 1952, in Gilbert, a member of the Louisiana Secretary Treasurer Organization for 28 years and employed with the Franklin Parish Police Jury. She was a member of Gilbert Methodist Church, she loved music, and was director of music at churches she attended through the years. She enjoyed traveling, especially on trips to the Smoky Mountains, but most of all she enjoyed her time at the camp, just sitting and drinking her “river coffee”. Ann deeply loved her family, especially her grandchildren in whom she played a part in spoiling. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend and will be greatly missed.
She is preceded in death by her husband of 51 years, Edward Ray Ezell; her parents, Ardice Dearing and Lucille Talbert Dearing; her son-in-law, Mike Ellerbe; three brothers, Derrel Dearing, Bernard Dearing, and Levon Dearing; and five sisters, Ruby Lee Peyton, Monette Harris, Annette Fuller, Janice English and Barbara Emfinger.
Survivors include two daughters, Jean Carroll and husband, Glen, and Pat Ellerbe, all of Gilbert; seven grandchildren, Michael Carroll and wife, Stephanie of Gilbert, Dillon Carroll of Baton Rouge, Lindy Hazel and husband, Andy of Winnsboro, Aaron Carroll and wife, Elysia of Gilbert, LeAnn Easterling of Gilbert, Chad Easterling of Chase, Christy Medders and husband, David, of Mangham; four great-grandchildren, Dalton Easterling and Madeline Martin, both of Mangham, Ella Carroll and Molly Carroll, both of Gilbert; one great-great-grandson, Kayden Martin of Mangham; also survived by a host of extended family and friends.
Pallbeaers will be Chad Easterling, Michael Carroll, Aaron Carroll, Andy Hazel, David Medders and Dr. John Little. Honorary pallbearers will be Kayden Martin, Ted Holder, Jackie Fuller, Dalton Easterling and Dillon Carroll.
In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that donations be made in her memory to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital and The American Heart Association.