Rosa Lucille Herbert Fountain

Published 12:00 am Friday, August 23, 2013

082313 RosaFountain obitpicJune 15, 1939 – Aug. 18, 2013

WOODVILLE — Services for Rosa Lucille Herbert Fountain, 74, of Woodville, who died Sunday, Aug. 18, 2013, at her residence, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at King Emanuel Baptist Church in Woodville with the Rev. Dywane Anthony officiating.

Burial will follow at Bunker Hill Cemetery under the direction of Rollins Funeral Home.

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Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Mrs. Fountain was born June 15, 1939, in Woodville, the daughter of Johnny Herbert and Alice Wade Herbert. She was retired from AJFC Headstart as a driver.

Mrs. Fountain was a member of King Emanuel Baptist Church. She was also a member of Heroines of Jericho and served on the church’s usher board and in the choir.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one son; one daughter; four brothers; and four sisters.

Survivors include her husband, Willie T. Fountain; one daughter, Vida Faye Fountain of Woodville; four sons, Berman Herbert and wife, Pearl, of Baker, La., Willie Lynn Fountain and wife, Martha, Thomas Fountain Sr., all of Woodville, and Quenton Fountain of Baton Rouge; one stepson, Donald Carter and wife, Linda, of Woodville; eight grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and a number of other relatives and friends.

Pallbearers will be members of Fort Adams Masonic Lodge 622.

Online condolences may be sent to www.rollinsfuneralhome.com.