Delena Dacus Gilbreath - Madison Parish, Louisiana 
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Delena Dacus Gilbreath - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Vicksburg Post August 2000

TALLULAH - Delena Dacus Gilbreath died Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2000, at Madison Parish Hospital. 

She was 79.

Born in Dardanelle, Ark., Mrs. Gilbreath had lived in Tallulah for the past 59 years. She was 
a housewife. She was a member of the Tallulah Church of Christ, where she taught Sunday school 
for many years. She was a member of the Tallulah Garden Club and Tallulah Sewing Circle.

Survivors include her husband, Earl E. Gilbreath of Tallulah; two daughters, Linda Gilbreath 
Philpott of Montgomery, Ala., and Bettye Gilbreath Whaley of Baton Rouge; three sons, George 
Earl Gilbreath of Concord, N.C., Jerry Lynn Gilbreath of Monroe and Gary Ben Gilbreath of 
Bossier City; two brothers, Holman Dacus of Transylvania and Amon Dacus of Conroe, Texas; 
a sister, Hazel Feder of Vicksburg; 11 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 2 p.m. today at the Tallulah Church of Christ with Richard Taylor 
officiating. Burial will follow at the Memorial Park Cemetery in Lake Providence under the 
direction of Glenwood Funeral Home.

Pallbearers will be James Gilbreath, Jerry W. Gilbreath, Steven Whaley, William L. Philpott, 
Ron Hallsell and Robbie Mitchell.