Betty Grace Person Loomis

Published 12:32 am Monday, October 6, 2014

FERRIDAY — Memorial services for Betty Grace Person Loomis, 82, of Lake St. John, who died Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014, in Ferriday, will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at Lake St. John Community Baptist Church with the Rev. Clyde Ray Webber and the Rev. Mark Richardson officiating under the direction of Young’s Funeral Home.

Visitation will be 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at Lake St. John Community Baptist Church.

Betty Grace was born May 7, 1932, on Lake St. John, the daughter of William Earnest Person Sr. and Bessie Fogleman Person. She was a resident of Lake St. John and a member of Lake St. John Community Baptist Church. Betty Grace loved spending time with her family. She loved to travel, read westerns and daily devotionals and the Bible. Her grandchildren and great-grandchildren knew her as “Maw”. She will be deeply missed by all who knew her.

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She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, William Kermit “Duke” Loomis III; one brother, W.E. Person Jr., and one grandson, Michael Boykin.

Survivors include three daughters, Sandra Tiffee and huband Scott of Monterey, Cindy Boykin of Lake St. John and Kelly Billeaud and husband Lee of Carencro; one brother, Richard Person and wife Marilyn of Baton Rouge; one sister, Norma Jean Price of Lake St. John; two grandsons, Aaron Tiffee and Brandon Billeaud; four granddaughters, Amber Passman, Lacy Boykin, Caroline Loomis and Taylor Loomis and 11 great-grandchildren.

Online condolences may be made to youngsfh.com.