Ernest Favorite Sr.

Published 12:00 am Friday, November 6, 2009

WATERPROOF — Services for Ernest Favorite Sr., 79, of Waterproof, who died Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009, at Riverland Medical Center in Ferriday, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Myrtle Grove Baptist Church.
Burial will follow at Good Samaritan Cemetery in Waterproof under the direction of Concordia Funeral Home in Ferriday.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Mr. Favorite was born July 30, 1930, in Marrero, La., the son of Dewey and Eloise Hammond Favorite. He was retired from Tensas Parish School System as a bus driver. He also served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.
He was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers; one sister; and two grandchildren.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Bailey Favorite; three sons, Rickie Favorite of Waterproof, Ernest Favorite Jr. and wife, Janet, of Marrero and Michel Favorite of Raleigh, N.C.; two daughters, Vickie Favorite of Grand Prairie, Texas and Allison Stacker and husband, Gerald, of Arlington, Texas; 12 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Online condolences may be sent to www.concordiafuneralhomeinc.com.