Alton Ellis Gerald

Alton Ellis Gerald, age 46, died Friday, December 26, 2008 in Pine, Louisiana. Alton Gerald was a lifelong resident of Thomas, Louisiana. Alton Gerald has worked the past 10 years for Washington-St. Tammany Electric Company. He was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather. Alton Gerald was survived in death by his wife of 28 years, Dana Cupp Gerald of Thomas; two daughters and son-in-law, Kristina Gerald and Amanda Gerald Hall and Christopher Hall of Pine, Louisiana; three grandchildren, James Alton Taylor, Ashtin Skylour Hall and Christian Bryce Hall; father and mother, Shelton and Ernestine Gerald; grandmother; Hazel Gerald; brothers and sister-in-laws, Ronald and Barbara Gerald and Brent and Peggy Gerald; sister and brother-in-laws, Rita and Bruce Nielson, Lynn and David Brooks and Lachelle and Daryl Barber; mother-in-law, Linda Cupp; brother-in-laws and sisters-in-law, Ray and Deanna Myers, Ricky and Debra Byrd, David and Harriet Cupp, Mike and Denise Gilmore and Derald and Rachel Cupp; mieces and nephews: Grant Gerald, Jennifer Nielson, Dudley Nielson, Brittney Nielson, Gaven Nielson, Nature Grace, Jacob Brooks, Debbie McElveen Rebecca Gerald, Miran Wood, Kassie Barber, Mechelle Galloway, Melany Rochester, Allen Dupre III, Misty Bickham, Casey Byrd, Kristal Lebo, Tanner Westmoreland, Madelyn Cupp, Meagan Crain, Mallory Gilmore, and Jerald “Jay” Cupp, and numerous great nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandfather and grandmother; Ellis & Ida Keaton, paternal grandfather; Alton Gerald, father-in-law; Rev. Jerald J. Cupp, and Uncle; Floyd Gerald. Visitation will be Saturday December 27th at Crain Funeral Home from 6pm until 9pm and after 10am on Sunday. A funeral service will be held at 2pm Sunday in the funeral home chapel with Rev. Denny Brumfield and Rev. Harold Gaddy officiating. Burial will follow in the Alton Gerald cemetery. Pallbearers and Grant Gerald, Casey Byrd, Gage Thomas, Allen Dupre III, Colt McElveen, James H. Bickham Jr., Wade Forbes, and Tony Gerald. Honorary pallbearers are: James A. Taylor, Ashtin Hall, Bryce Hall, Dudley Nielson, and Jacob Brooks. Obituaries can be viewed online at www.crainfh.com.

Alton Ellis Gerald

February 20, 1962 - December 26, 2008

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