Funeral services for Patricia L. “Trisha” Brister, 66, of Leesville will be
held at 3 p.m. on Feb. 25 at Labby Memorial Funeral Home with Rev. Bill Wilson officiating with the burial to follow in the Canaan Cemetery in Leesville. Services are under the direction of Labby Memorial Funeral Home of Leesville.
Visitation will be held from 5-9 p.m. on Feb. 24 and from 9 a.m. to the time of service on Feb. 25 at the funeral home.
Trisha, the daughter of Charlie H. and Iva Beatrice Anderson Hankins, was born on Nov. 10, 1945, in Glendale, Ark.
She passed away on Feb. 23, 2012 at Byrd Regional Hospital in Leesville.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Jerry D. Brister; brother, Charlie M. Hankins and sisters, Edna Farley, Mary Ann Heller, and Lizzie Bell
McKinney.
She survived by her daughters, Stephanie Burrow and her husband, Randall, of Rosepine and Gina Alcala-Parker and her husband, Ryan of Dallas; son, Rodney A. Brister of Leesville and Jack Kealaula of Leesville; brothers, Lee
Hankins of Glendale Ark., Tom Hankins of Rison, Ark. and Vernon Hankins of Woodlawn, Ark.; and grandchildren, Kimber Kealaula, Taylor Licare, James Parker and Cory Kealaula.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to
Lung Cancer Research at the American Cancer Society.
Words of comfort may be expressed to the Brister family at www.labbymemorial.com.