Earl Garland

Mr. Earl Garland
Mulhearn Funeral Home
West Monroe, LA
 Funeral services for Earl Garland, 97, of Downsville, LA will be at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday July 2, 2008 in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home in West Monroe with Dr. Greg Clark officiating.  Burial will be in Aulds Chapel Cemetery in Downsville, LA.
Mr. Garland died June 30, 2008. He was a farmer and gin operator.  Mr. Garland loved to be outside in his garden raising his many vegetables and fruits, especially his watermelons and tending to his cattle.  He planted literally thousands of pine trees with the Department of Agriculture.  Mr. Garland is preceded in death by his parents and five siblings
Survivors include his wife of 72 years Alice Garland; children, Malcolm Garland and wife Carolyn, Sharon Tanck and husband Ken, Sandra G. Lyons, Gregg Garland and wife Janine; grandchildren, Michael Garland, Deborah Bearden and husband Chuck, Cindy Garland, Scot Tubbs, and Angela Garland; three great grandchildren, two great- great grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be Chuck Bearden, Kenny Hearne, Michael Garland, Dennis Parker Jacob Reppond, Henry “Skip” Fife.
 Visitation will be from 5:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M. Tuesday July 1, 2008 at Mulhearn Funeral Home in West Monroe.
 Memorials may be made to the Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home in Monroe, LA.
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