Lena Mae Woodard Easley

A homemaker and a resident of Baton Rouge, she was called home by her Lord and Savior at 6 p.m.Sunday, Jan. 21, 2007at Our Lady of theLakeRegionalMedicalCenter. She was 79 and a native of Kentwood. Visiting at Rabenhorst Funeral Home East, 11000 Florida Blvd., on Tuesday from 5 p.m.until 9 p.m.Visiting resumes in the funeral home chapel Wednesday from 8 a.m.until religious service at 10 a.m., conducted by the Rev. Al Moore. Graveside service will be held at 1 p.m.Wednesday inNewZionCemeteryin Kentwood. She is survived by her husband of 58 years, Wallace Y. Easley Sr.; four daughters and three sons-in-law, Shirley Blue, Lena and Jerry Godso, Ann and Richard Sparks, and Lynn and Glenn Sparks; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Sidney and Brenda Easley and Wallace Y. Easley Jr.; a sister and brother-in-law, Rosa Lee and Charles Foster; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Sammy and Billie Rose Woodard, and Joe Jr. and "Mi Mi" Woodard; 19 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her granddaughter, Stacey Nicole Blue; son-in-law, Thomas D. Blue; three sisters and three brothers. Pallbearers will be Sidney, Chris, Wallace Jr., and "Tre" Easley, Tommy Blue, Ricky and Chad Sparks and James Hoover. Honorary pallbearers are Jerry Godso and Glenn Sparks. She was a member of American Legion Auxiliary andBethanyWorldPrayerCenter. The family would like to express special thanks to the staff of theFifthFloorTowerat Our Lady of theLakeRegionalMedicalCenter, and special friends of the family, Karla Roubique and Nancy Altman, for their love and care of our beloved wife, mother, sister and grandmother.