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Dessie Mae Launius

DESSIE MAE LAUNIUS, age 88 of Little Rock passed away very gently and peacefully after a brief illness Thursday morning, May 30, 2013 with her sons at her side in Houston, Texas. She was born March 27, 1925 in Belfast, Ark. the daughter of the late Lawson and Willie Mooney. Dessie was retired from Westinghouse Electric in Little Rock where she worked for 38 years. She was a long time member of Landmark Missionary Baptist church where she was one of the oldest regularly attending members. She is preceded in death by her parents Lawson and Willie Mooney, her husband of 38 years Earnest Launius, three brothers Leon and Leo Mooney of Prattsville Ar. and Marion (Buster) Mooney of Malvern. She is survived by her two sons, Howard of Kingwood, Texas and Herman and his wife Pam of Gulf Breeze, Fla. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Monday, June 3 at Landmark Missionary Baptist Church 17201 Arch St., Little Rock followed by burial at the Landmark Cemetery. Online guestbook: www.rollerfuneralhomes.com/drummond.

Published June 2, 2013

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