Mary W. Oglesby

MARY W. OGLESBY, 89, LEFT THIS EARTH ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2011, GOING TO HER HEAVENLY HOME TO WHICH OUR LORD HAS PROMISED HER. MARY WAS BORN IN MINDEN, LA TO THE LATE MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM P. WISINGER. SHE WAS RAISED IN LOUISIANA, GRADUATING FROM FLORIEN HIGH SCHOOL IN FLORIEN, LA. . SHE WAS A MEMBER OF BARKSDALE BAPTIST CHURCH IN BOSSIER CITY, LA FOR OVER 50 YEARS. MARY RETIRED FROM BOSSIER MEDICAL CENTER. SHE WAS AWARDED EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR IN 1981 AND SHARED MANY HAPPY YEARS WITH HER FELLOW CO-WORKERS. SHE ALSO DID VOLUNTEER WORK AS A PINK LADY. SHE WAS A LOVER OF ANIMALS AND A FRIEND TO MANY. MARY WAS LOVED AS A MOTHER, WIFE, SISTER, DAUGHTER, AUNT, AND GRANDMOTHER. SHE WAS DEVOTED TO HER HUSBAND, FAMILY, AND FRIENDS AND WAS KNOWN AS A VERY KIND, STRONG AND HARD WORKING PERSON WHO KEPT A SMILE ON HER FACE. MARY WAS PREDECEASED BY HER PARENTS, MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM P. WISINGER; HER HUSBAND, MARSHALL J. OGLESBY, SR.; DAUGHTER, VIRGINIA OGLESBY STILES; THREE SISTERS, VIRGIE PETERS, DORSEY LUMAS, AND REBECCA STOCKTON; THREE BROTHERS, J.D. WISINGER,WILLIAM PAUL WISINGER, AND PURRY MATTHEW WISINGER. MARY IS SURVIVED BY TWO SONS, GARY OGLESBY AND MARSHALL J. OGLESBY JR. OF JACKSONVILLE, FL. TWO GRANDDAUGHTERS, SHAWNA OGLESBY STINSON OF BOSSIER CITY, LA AND VICTORIA STILES OBERLE, OF MIDDLETON, WISCONSIN, ONE GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER, JOSIE ANNABETH STINSON, OF BOSSIER CITY, LA. , HER LOVING CAT, TIGER, AND A HOST OF NIECES AND NEPHEWS IN THE ARK-LA-TEX AREA AND WASHINGTON STATE. HER SPECIAL FRIENDS WHO HAVE BECOME FAMILY AFTER YEARS OF FRIENDSHIP, TINA AND EARNEST DEWOLF, DOROTHY AND WAYNE CRISP, AND LINDA AND THE LATE LYNN BISSELL.THE FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE DOCTORS AND STAFF AT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND McGRAW COMMUNITY HOSPICE FOR THEIR CARE AND COMPASSION. AS MARY WISHED HER BODY TO BE CREMATED, MEMORIALS MAY BE SENT TO GOOD NEWS BAPTIST CHURCH @ 2600 ST. JOHNS BLUFF RD. SOUTH IN JACKSONVILLE, FL. 32246 OF WHICH SHE WAS A MEMBER OR TO ANY HUMANE SOCIETY. ARRANGEMENTS ARE WITH A DIGNIFIED ALTERNATIVE-HATCHER CREMATIONS, JACKSONVILLE, FL (904) 260-2522. PLEASE SIGN THE GUESTBOOK @ www.adignifiedalternative.net.