Erica Lynn Terrell
Services for Erica Lynn
Terrell, 29 will be held Thursday, August 4, 2011 at 2 p.m. at Trinity Baptist Church on Trinity Road in Pineville. Visitation will be at the church from
11 a.m. until time of the service at 2 p.m. with Reverend Darryl Hoychick
officiating. Music will be provided by Erica’s great aunt, Tonnette Ducote.
Burial will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Ball, under the direction of
Hixson Brothers, Alexandria.
Erica’s life ended far too soon in a highway accident in Pineville on July 31,
201. She was born in Alexandria on July 24, 1982 and attended St. Francis
Cabrini Elementary School. She was a graduate of Aiken High School in Alexandria and attended LSU-A. Erica attended The North Boulevard Family Church. She loved
playing the piano and was musically gifted. Erica was a loving and
compassionate person to all, and she loved her children deeply. She enjoyed
family gatherings, friends, and helping those in need.
She was preceded in death by her paternal great-grandparents, Milton and Clara
Conrad, Wheeler Thomas and Edith Bell Terrell; her maternal great-grandparents
Mondell and Ola Ducote and Herman and Grace Richie and her maternal grandfather
James “Jackie” Ducote.
Those left to mourn her loss and cherish her memory include one son Landon
Michael Terrell; one daughter Gracelynn Mae Shockley; father Harry Lynn
Terrell; mother Cynthia Cespiva and her husband Brian; three brothers, Jason
Conrad Terrell, Brian Cespiva II and Brandon Cespiva; paternal grandparents
Harry and Melvalyn Terrell; maternal grandmother Shirley Richie; one special
cousin Braden Ducote; two special friends David Ducote and Brandon Shockley;
and several aunts and cousins.
Honored to serve as pallbearers are Jason Terrell, Brandon Shockley, Jody
Rasch, Scott Terrell, Ken Cox, Terry Riche, Camille Gravel and Josh Nessmith.
Eternal rest granted unto her, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon her.
May she rest in peace. Amen.
To extend online condolences to the Terrell family, please visit us at
www.hixsonbrothers.com
Source: AvoyellesToday.com August 3, 2011
Pelican Footnote: Erica’s maternal grandmother, Shirley Riche, was a 1956 graduate of EHS.