Verna Verniece DeShazor Walding

March 28, 1919 - January 20, 2020

“White hair is a crown of glory and is seen most among the godly.” Proverbs 16:31 Funeral services for Verna Verniece DeShazor Walding will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, January 24, 2020 at Gardner Baptist Church with her son, Rev. Dee Walding and her son-in-law, Rev. Wayne Headrick officiating. Interment will follow in Calvary Cemetery under the direction of John Kramer & Son Funeral Home. Visitation will be held at the church on Thursday, January 23, 2020, from 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. and will resume on Friday, from 10:00 a.m. until time of service. Verna Verniece DeShazor Walding was born on March 28, 1919, and passed from this life on Monday, January 20, 2020 arriving at the age of 100 years and 10 months. She is preceded in death by her mother and father, Rev. and Mrs. Denton DeShazor; her husband for over 30 years, Elmo Walding; two sons, John Edward Walding, and Francis Jared Walding; and two brothers, Marvin DeShazor and Vadon DeShazor. Verna was a bookkeeper at A & P Supermarket and proudly continued to wear her A & P jacket for 20 years after her retirement. She was the Louisiana Nursing Home Association Beauty Pageant Queen. Verna loved playing bingo and kept her mind sharp by practicing her bookkeeping skills by keeping a ledger of all her bingo wins. Verna was “Nan” to all who knew and loved her, she will be missed by all. She is survived by her son, Rev. Dee Walding and his wife Lynne; her daughter, Geralean Faye Walding Headrick and her husband Rev. Wayne Headrick; 9 grandchildren; 23 great grandchildren, and 48 great-great grandchildren with three on the way. To extend online notes of condolence to the Walding Family, please visit www.KramerFunerals.com.