Edla Hess

Published 12:03 am Friday, June 15, 2012

SIMMESPORT, La. — Services for Edla Hess, 84, of Alexandria, who died Tuesday, June 12, 2012, at Avoyelles Hospital in Marksville, La., were held Thursday, June 14, at Christ the King Church of Simmesport.

Burial followed at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Pineville, La., under the direction of Escude Funeral Home.

Ms. Hess was preceded in death by her parents, Lionel and Amy Rabalais Voiselle; five brothers, Lyman Voiselle, Jules Voiselle, Herbert Voiselle, Lamar Voiselle and Claiborne Voiselle; and three sisters, Agnes Couvillion, Ida Voiselle and Ruby Smith.

Survivors include three children, Richard Harrison Hess Jr. of Natchez, Robert Lionel Hess of Birmingham and Eric Gerard Hess of Alexandria; one grandson, Robbie Hess.