Everett Rawls

Funeral service for Everett Rawls will be held 3 PM Monday, August 7, 2006 in Marthaville First Baptist Church with Rev. Richard Kaufman officiating. Masonic graveside services will be in Lambertown Cemetery under the direction of Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home. Visitation will be Sunday, August 6, 2006 from 5 PM until 9 PM and on Monday, August 7, 2006 from 9 AM until service time in the church. Mr. Rawls, 73, of Robeline, La., died Friday, August 4, 2006, at Christus Coushatta Health Care System in Coushatta, La. He was a native of Marthaville, La. He was a retired Drilling Manager for Pool International Drilling Company. He was a member of Anthony Baptist Church and a master and past master of Ajax Masonic Lodge #325 F& AM. He was preceded in death by his wife; Imogene Cochran Rawls, parents, B Rawls and Elsie Desadier Rawls; brother, Wesley B Rawls, Jr. He is survived by one daughter, Elsie Powell of Zwolle, La.; four sons, Tim Rawls and wife Terri of Robeline, La., James Everett Rawls, Jr. and wife Pam of Marthaville, La., John V. Rawls and wife Becky of Marthaville, La., and Jason Rawls of Canton, Ohio; ten grandchildren, John Rawls, Jr., Jarrod Rawls, James Rawls III, Matthew Rawls, Josh Rawls, Christy Rawls, Dana Durr, Bill Powell, Rebecca Powell, and Dakota Powell; great grandchildren, Tinley Durr, Shelton Powell, Marvin Powell, Wendy Powell, Hunter Powell, Kayleigh Rawls and Reese Rawls; two sisters, Evelyn Soderquist of Marthaville, La. and Charlotte Thompson of Walnut Creek, Ohio; two brothers, David Rawls of Sturgeon Bay, Wis.and Roy Rawls of Robeline, La. Pallbearers will be grandsons.