Elsie Gardner Moak

Elsie Marie Gardner Moak, 82, passed away Monday, November 8, 2010 in her home with her loving family by her side.
A life resident of Sulphur, she was a graduate of Sulphur High School and attended Louisiana College. Elsie was an artist whose paintings are present in many homes. She enjoyed sewing, cooking and gardening. A devoted and active lifelong member of First Baptist Church of Sulphur, Elsie served as secretary of the nursery for over 60 years and worked in the business office as a young lady. She loved her church family and participated in the "Agin Cajuns", Senior Adult Choir. Elsie along with her husband John were active in the Shriners over the years. Elsie was a loving wife, mother and grandmother who devoted her life to her family's needs and her home.
Survivors include her husband of 63 years, John E. Moak; children Carol Moak Buchert (Charles), Marcia Moak Bertrand (Ronald) and Jon Lane Moak (Tonya LeBlanc); grandchildren Blake Buchert (Amy); Hunter Buchert and Carly Bertrand; sister Joyce Moses; aunts Helen Johnson and Barbara Heddins (Charlie); daughter-in-law Debbie Navarre and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
She is preceded in death by her parents, James Matthew Gardner and Bessie Brouse; sisters Lottie McMillin and Erie Mae Allen and brother Wilbur "Son" Gardner.
Her funeral will be at 2 pm, Thursday, November 11, 2010 in First Baptist Church of Sulphur under direction of Hixson Sulphur Memorial Funeral Home. Dr. David Holder will officiate. Burial will be in Mimosa Pines Cemetery –South in Carlyss. Visitation will be in the funeral home from 4 p.m. until 9 p.m. Wednesday and from 9 until 11:30 a.m. on Thursday. Visitation will continue at the church on Thursday from 1 p.m.
Memorial donations may be made to "Agin Cajuns" of First Baptist Church of Sulphur, the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering or The First Baptist Church Building Fund- 401 South Huntington Street Sulphur, LA 70663.
Words of comfort may be given at www.hixsonfuneralhomes.com