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Geraldine Ferris Brice

Created on: 04/28/10 04:07 PM Views: 2560 Replies: 1
Geraldine Ferris Brice
Posted Wednesday, April 28, 2010 11:07 AM

I'm told by several of our classmates that they remember this teacher in elementary school at Warren Easton so I'm posting it.

From website of Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home, Natchitoches, LA, www.blanchardstdenisfuneralhome.com

 

Geraldine (Ferris) Brice
(October 4, 1911 - April 25, 2010)

Funeral service for Mrs. Geraldine Ferris Brice will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home with Reverend Thomas Rush officiating. Interment will follow at Greenwood Memorial Park in Pineville, LA. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time on Wednesday. Mrs. Brice, 98 years of age passed away Sunday, April 25, 2010. She was born October 4, 1911 in New Verda, LA to the late Madison Luther Ferris and late Sarah Ann Higdon Ferris. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Leon C. Brice; three sisters; and two brothers. She is survived by a nephew, Charles Lee Walters of Ohio; a special friend, Kay Lang Snyder; and 2 grand-nieces. Mrs. Brice was an educator and taught as a supervising teacher at Northwestern State University as well as being an educator in Rapides Parish Public School system. She held degrees in business and elementary education as well as a Masters degree from the University of Houston. Her interests include writing poetry, collecting books, Indian artifacts, colonial glassware and miscellaneous antiques. She was a long time member of the First Baptist Church of Natchitoches and enjoyed teaching Sunday School.
 
RE: Geraldine Ferris Brice
Posted Tuesday, May 18, 2010 10:48 AM

Yes, I remember Mrs. Brice, well.  She was 3rd grade, I believe.  I had Miss Day 3rd grade.  The other teachers seemed much older than Mrs. Brice, in dress and persona.  She was a very neat person.  Hair, clothes, makeup, just so, but she seemed old, as the others were old.  Was anyone in her class??

Mrs. Parks, 1st grade, Miss Carver, 2nd grade, Miss Day, 3rd grade, Miss Winters, 4th grade.  Then to M.R. Weaver Elem. and Mrs. Berry, 5th grade, Mrs. Corley, 6th grade, and Genie Livingston, 7th grade.  I remember so many specifics, even words spoken, from then.

Yet, I don't remember yesterday.....I'm scared.....I have destroyed all my brain cells.....I was warned, but did I listen??  Apparently not.