Doris Falkenheiner

Doris Falkenheiner, a long time resident of BR, a retired attorney, an avid genealogist and conservationist, passed away on Thursday, June 5, 2025 at The Carpenter House at the age of 83. She was born on June 6, 1941 in Ferriday, LA and grew up in Vidalia, LA. Doris was a 1959 graduate of Vidalia High School. Doris received a Bachelor of Science degree from LSU, and a Juris Doctor degree from LSU in 1966. She was among the first 100 woman licensed attorneys in Louisiana. Doris was preceded in death by her parents, Raymond & Doris Fenton Falkenheiner of Vidalia. Doris enjoyed reading, traveling, birdwatching, counting counties & genealogy. Her collection of genealogy research records of the Falkenheiner family & her extensive collection of genealogical research books were donated to the Concordia Parish Library & are housed in the Doris Falkenheiner Room. Doris was an active member of many genealogy associations as well as conservation groups, among them: the Sierra Club, the Audubon Society, & Le Comite des Archives de la Louisiana, Inc. She will be inurned at Greenlawn Memorial Center in Natchez, MS on Saturday, June 28, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. The family would like to offer special thanks to her sitters, Jynell Hurst & Doretha Wright for their loving care of Doris while she was a resident of Jefferson Manor Nursing Home. They were her angels on earth. In lieu of flowers, please make a contribution in her name to Le Comite des Archives de la Louisiana, Inc., PO Box 1547, Baton Rouge, LA 70821-1547 or the Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 1700 Mardi Gras Blvd, New Orleans, LA, 70114.