HARRISONBURG, La. — Services celebrating the life of Carmen Elaine Boothe Doles, 65, of Rosepine, La., who died Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, at St. Francis Cabrini Hospital in Alexandria, La., will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Rosin Creek Pentecostal Church with the Rev. A.J. Kimball and the Rev. George A. Boothe officiating.
Burial will follow at the Ellis Boothe Cemetery under the direction of Young’s Funeral Home in Jonesville.
Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. today at the church.
Mrs. Doles was born June 3, 1944, in Wisner, La., the daughter of Ellis M. and Doretta C. Boothe. She graduated co-valedictorian of Harrisonburg High School in 1962 where she was an All-District basketball player. She was also a graduate of Louisiana State University and retired as a budget analyst with the Department of the U.S. Army at Fort Polk.
She was preceded in death by her father; maternal grandparents, Henry and Alpha Cooper; and paternal grandparents, Ellis and Jincy Boothe.
Survivors include her adoring husband of 38 years, James Pat Doles; one daughter, Jincy Elaine Newman and husband, David; one son, James Adrian Doles; one precious grandson, Cade Newman, all of Rosepine; three brothers, Leo Boothe and wife, Kim, of Dunbarton, La., Shelby R. Boothe of King Salmon, Alaska and Ellis M. Boothe Jr. and wife, Mary Beth, of Jonesville; and a number of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Pallbearer will be nephews, Patrick Boothe, Chris Boothe, Joey Boothe, Barry Boothe, Wiley Boothe, and Joe Hall and David Simmons.
Honorary pallbearers will be Wyatt Boothe and Cade Newman.
Online condolences may be sent to www.youngsfh.com.