Funeral services for Mrs. Thelma May O’Banion were held at 2 p.m. Monday January 19, 2009 in the Pine Hill Baptist Church in Leesville with the Rev. D.R. Davis officiating.� Burial followed in the Pine Hill Cemetery under the direction
of the Labby Memorial Funeral Home of Leesville.
Mrs. O’Banion was a native of Bonham, Texas.� She was a foster parent and a seamstress while she lived in Texas.� She moved to Vernon Parish 19 years ago.� She was a homemaker who
loved canning. She also served as a volunteer at the Helping Hands ministry in Leesville.
Mrs. O’Banion is preceded in death by one son, Eric O’Banion and her sister and brother-in-law, Florence and Bobby Gene Bush and four
brothers.
She is survived by: her husband, Chris O’Banion of Leesville; two sons, � Steven Whitten of Vidor, Texas and Michael and wife Terri Whitten of Vidor, Texas; daughter-in-law, Brenda O’Banion of Leesville; four daughters and
sons-in-law, Darla and Kenneth Ross of Lenard, Texas, Sonya Gayle and Douglas Savell of Leesville, Cindy and Russell Lyon of DeRidder and LaWanda & Brian Case of Leesville; brother, Lawrance McKinney of Oklahoma; 25 grandchildren; and 16 great
grandchildren.
Visitation will be held at the Pine Hill Baptist Church from 10 a.m. until service time Monday, January 19, 2009.
Words of comfort may be expressed to the O’Banion family at www.labbymemorial.com.