Gertrude Phillips Cole

January 14, 2020

Gertrude Phillips Cole Rayne, LA - Funeral services will be held on Saturday, January 25, 2020 at a 11:00 am Mass of Christian Burial at Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church in Rayne, LA for Gertrude Phillips Cole, 93, who died Tuesday, January 14, 2020 at The Ellington Nursing Home in Rayne, LA. Interment will be in Our Mother of Mercy Cemetery in Rayne, LA. Rev. Emmanuel O. Awe S.S.J., Pastor of Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church in Rayne, LA will be the Celebrant of the Funeral Mass and will conduct the Funeral Services. Survivors include seven children, Bernadette Cole of Rayne, Melvin Cole, Jr. and spouse Norma of Rayne, Daniel Cole, Sr. of Rayne, Sandra C. Livings and spouse Hilton of Rayne, Helen C. Oscar of Lafayette, John G. Cole and spouse Jappari of Rayne, Jude Cole of New Orleans, one non-biological son, Milton Wiltz of Houston, TX, thirty three grandchildren, fifty nine great grandchildren, eleven great great grandchildren, two sisters, Jane Louis Harmon of Rayne, Delores Boards of Rayne, daughter-in-law, Mary Ann Cole of Rayne. She was preceded in death by husband, Melvin Joseph Cole, Sr., parents, Roosevelt Phillips, Sr. and Esther Evans Phillips, son, James R. Cole, daughter, Esther Marie Evans Cole, three grandchildren, one great grandchild, one great great grandchild, sister, Nettie Phillips Foreman, four brothers, James B. Phillips, Roosevelt Phillips, Jr., Vincent Phillips, Leroy Phillips, Sr.. Pallbearers will be Daniel Cole, Jr., Melvin Cole, III, Thaylon Alfred, Charles Rochester, Jr., Marvis Cole, Markel Cole, Jamathen Cole, Quincy Rochester. Honorary pallbearers will be Melvin Cole, Sr., Daniel Cole, Sr., John Cole, Jude Cole, Chetwin Cole, Jasper Cole, Milton Wiltz, Kenneth R. Phillips, Rodney Figaro, Jonavon Cole, Martin Lewis, James Cole, Jr., Hilton Livings, Sr. A Rosary will be prayed Friday, January 24, 2020 at 7:00 pm in Gossen Funeral Home in Rayne LA. The family requests that visitation be observed in Gossen Funeral Home in Rayne LA on Friday, January 24, 2020 from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm and on Saturday, January 25, 2020 from 8:00 am to 10:30 am. Friends may view the obituary and guestbook online at www.gossenfuneralhome.net. Arrangements have been entrusted to Gossen Funeral Home, Inc. of Rayne, LA, (337) 334-3141. Gossen Funeral Home, Inc.