Saturday Addition

Wilda Phillips Westmoreland
(Died May 1, 2009)

Wilda Phillips Westmoreland, 82 years old, died Friday, May 1, 2009 at North Oaks Medical Center. She was a lifelong resident of Tangipahoa Parish and resided in Fluker. She was a graduate of Kentwood High School and retired Bookkeeper at Kent Truck and Trailers in Fluker. She was a member of Tangipahoa Baptist Church and a former Sunday School Teacher. She is survived by two sons, Dr. Leo R. Westmoreland, Jr. and wife Patricia of Hammond and Dr. Daryl M. Westmoreland of Fluker and three grandchildren, Jessica M. Westmoreland, Daryl M. Westmoreland, Jr., and Dannon M. Westmoreland all of Fluker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Leo R. Westmoreland, Sr., parents, Grace Bridges Phillps and Pierce Madison Phillips, one sister, Christina Day Sims, two brothers, Buddy and Joe B. Phillips and a special nephew, Wallace Day. Visitation will be at McKneely Funeral Home in Kentwood from 8:00 a.m. until 10 a.m. with services at the funeral home at 10 a.m. Interment will be in Tangipahoa Cemetery. In lieu of flowers the family request that donations be made to the Richard Murphy Hospice Foundation, 16013 Halbert Road, Hammond, LA 70403. The family would like to take this opportunity to thank the physicians and staff of North Oaks Medical Center for the wonderful and compassionate care provided to her. Pallbearers will be Daryl M. Westmoreland, Jr. , Robert W. Caston, III, Donald Kent, Duke Kent, Wayne Mitchell, and Tim Day.

Note: The obituary does not give the date for the visition/service. I have left a message with McKneely’s and will post the day later.

Later: The services will be MONDAY.