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12A 2015THE 1A Dorothy Taylor Hill passed away at Avalon Place Nursing Home on January 16, 2015. Ad er 91 years on this earth she is now at peace with her Lor and Savior. Funeral services will be Monday, January 19 at 3:00 pm at First United Methodist Church in Monroe. Visitation will be in the Fellowship Hall from 1:00 pm until service time. Rev.

Lynn Malone and Rev. J. Roddy Taylor will oc ciate. Interment will follow at Mulhearn Memorial Park under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home, Monroe. Dorothy was born on June 8, 1923 in Monroe to Clayton Livingston Taylor and Moise Vincent Taylor.

She grew up in Monroe, attended Ouachita Parish High School and graduated from NLU with a degree in elementary education. She also received her degree and plus 30 from NLU. She spent the majority of her teaching years at Jac Hayes School where she liked to say she taught multi-generations children. She had the unique ability to discern the needs of each child and she was loved and respected by her children and their parents. Dorothy was a member of First United Methodist Church in Monroe for more than 60 years and outside of her family, it was the most important thing in her life.

For years she sang in the choir and was a member of the United Methodist Women and Anna Gray Noe Sunda school class. She and her group of special spent man happy times together traveling, playing cards and Mexican Dominoes. In her last four years, spent at Azalea Estates and Avalon Place, she warmed the hearts of all who saw her because of her constant chuckle and ever-present smile. Even though Dorothy dearly loved her church, friends and work, her family was most important to her, and her unconditional love fo us was felt by each of us to the very end. She was always ready and excited about every family event, whether it was a birthday party, holiday celebration or vacation.

No matter how great our need, she was always there to lend a hand or show her support. i loss of our will leave a huge hole in our hearts. Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Marzelle Hill; son, Sam Hill; sisters and brothers-in-law, Lavania and John B. Woodburn and Marie and Harold Hunt. She is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, Fred and Pam Hill and Danny and Judy Hill; grandchildren and spouses, Kim Hill DeWitt and Ron; Jeh Hill and Sha; Stevie Hill and Kelly; Carmen Hill Eberts and friend Shayne; Craig Hill; Meagan Hill; Samantha Hill; Rachael Simmons and Mark; Rebecca Smith; Scott Dalton and Tammy; Brandon Dalton and Amber; brother and sister-in-law, Bill and Lois Taylor and 23 great-grandchildren.

She is also survived by a host of nieces and nephews and close friends. Grandsons and great-grandsons will serve as pall bearers. i family wishes to express their deep gratitude to the stah Azalea Estates and Avalon Place for the kind and gentle way the cared for our In lieu of owers, the family requests that memorial donations be made to First United Methodist Church, 3900 Loop Road in Monroe in her name. i ose gid would be a more lasting tribute to her through the good works they would allow the church to oh er to those in need. Nothing would please her more.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.kilpatrickfu- neralhomes.com Kilpatrick Funeral Home Monroe, LA Dorothy Taylor Hill Born January 20, 1929; Martha passed from this life ad er a long battle with dementia, i ursday, December 18, 2014. She was 85. i youngest nine children, Martha was preceded in death by her parents Richard and Dora Allgood Wallace, her husband James B. Edwards; 4 brothers, and 4 sisters; oldest son, Dan Watson, Jr also preceded her (December 4, 2014). Martha is survived by 1 daughter-in- law; Gail S.

Watson; 3 children: sons Paul Watson, MD of Monroe; and Carl Watson of Sibley, LA. and daughter Naomi Watson of Jackson, TN. Other survivors include 15 grandchildren, two great-granddaughters, her favorite niece, LaVerlan DeSoto of Sibley, LA, and best friend Beverly Levie of Monroe, LA. At the age of 50, Martha returned to school and became a Licensed Practical Nurse. She worked in the Intensive Care Unit at E.

A. Conway Memorial Hospital for 10 years, retiring in 1991. Never one to keep still, Mom worked as a private duty nurse until her marriage to James B. Edwards in 2000. Caring deeply about the training medical stah and medical research, many years ago, Martha made arrangements to have her remains sent to the LSU-S School of Medicine.

Honoring her wishes, there will be no public service. Mom carried the following article from CHICKEN SOUP FO THE SOUL with her everywhere she went and shared it with everyone. TO REMEMBER ME i day will come when my body will lie upon a white sheet, neatl tucked under four corners of a mattress located in a hospital busil occupied with the living and the dying. At a certain moment, a doctor will determine that my brain has ceased to function and that, for all intents and purposes, my life has stopped. When this happens, do not attempt to instill artif cial life into my body by the use of a machine.

And call this my Death Bed. Let it be called the Bed of Life. Let my body be taken from it to help others lead fuller lives. Give sight to the man who has never seen a sunrise, a face or love i the eyes of a woman. Give my heart to a person whose own heart has caused nothing but endless pain.

Give my blood to the teenager who was pulled from the wreckage of his car, so that he may live to see his grandchildren play. Give my kidneys to one who depends on a machine to exist. Take my bones, every muscle, every ber and nerve in my body and nd a way to make a crippled child walk. Explore ever corner of my brains. Take my cells, if necessary, and let them grow so that someday a speechless boy will shout at the crack of a bat and a deaf girl will hear the sound of rain against her window.

Burn what is led of me and scatter the ashes to the winds to help the owers grow. If you must bury something, let it be my faults, my weaknesses and all prejudices against my fellow man. If by chance you wish to remember me, do it with a kind deeds or a word to someone who needs you. I you do all I have asked, I will live forever. From the book Chicken Soup for the Grieving Soul by Jack Canf eld and Mark Victor Hansen.

Copyright 2012 by Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing, LLC. Published by Backlist, LLC, a unit of Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing, LLC. Chicken Soup for the Soul is a registered trademark of Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing, LLC. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.

Martha Wallace Watson Edwards LOTTERY Pick 3: 5-3-8 Pick 4: 5-7-4-4 Easy 5: 6 -13-19-21-35 Lotto: 7-8-17-28-37-40 Powerball: 2-4-10-41-53; Powerball 22; Power Play 2 Mega Millions: 26-32-44-45-58; Megaball 11; Megaplier 3 BIRTHS UNIVERSITY HEALTH ONWAY Anethra Butler, a girl, Aanieka Lorraine. Alexis Foy, a girl, Avari Elise. DEATHS Lisa Ann Graham, 5 1 Lisa Ann Graham, a clinical coordinator, died Saturday. ervices are 10 a.m. Wednesday at First Bap- ist Church.

Visitation is 9 a.m. Wednesday to service time at the church. Services are under direction of Riser Funeral Home. Malda Jones, 79 Malda Jean Larance Jones, a retired mail carrier, died Satur- ay. Services are 2 p.m.

Monday at Unionville Cemetery. Visitation is 5 -7 p.m. Sunday at Kilpatrick Funeral Home, uston. John D. Mailhes 9 3 John D.

Mailhes of onroe, a retired real estate appraiser, died hursday. Graveside services are 2 p.m. Sunday at Mulhearn Memo- ial Park Cemetery, under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Monroe. Visitation is 1:30 p.m. Thursday to service ime at the cemetery.

Bennett W. Sebren, 6 8 Bennett Wayne Sebren of West Monroe, a arpenter, died Wednesday. Memorial services are 11a.m. Monday at riffin Funeral Home. PREVIOUSLY ACKNOWLEDGED Badger, Corynthia: 11a.m.

Wednesday, Funerals by McFarland, Monroe. reland, Emily Hogan: 10 a Monday, Mulhearn Funeral Home, Monroe. oldston, Leon: 3 p.m. Sunday, Central State Funeral Home, Monroe. hite, Willie Sam: 1p.m.

Sunday, Mount Zion Baptist Church, Delhi. Williams, Bobby: 2 p.m. Saturday, Macedonia Baptist Church, Hilly. Boley-Williams, Edna Mae: 11a.m. Saturday, Mount Zion aptist Church, Monroe.

Williams, Eunice 11a.m. aturday, Kingdom Hall of Witness, Winnsboro. FUNERAL HOMES should ubmit death notice i nformation by 4 p.m. daily. Email: thenewsstar.com.

MILESTONES ULM College of Business Dean Ron Berry said the college has had a perfect placement rate for its computer science and computer information systems graduates for the past three years. And the demand for computer programmers promises to remain strong. The Louisiana Workforce Commission pro- ects a 33 percent growth in demand for programmers in the state during the next 10 years. Three major ongoing expansion projects across the state Centu- ryLink in Monroe, Comp uter Sciences Corp. in Shreveport and IBM in Baton Rouge have ramped up demand for programmers even higher.

three big job a nnouncements have really raised the bar because right now we have enough graduates in the pipeline to fill those jobs, which has created competition for Berry said. A nd that, in turn, has created greater compensation for those in the field. Though the Louisiana orkforce Commission lists the average annual salary of a computer programmer in northeastern Louisiana at $54,474, Berry said two ULM students who graduate in May have already secured jobs that will pay them $76,000, a record for the college. Barmore declined to reveal her starting salary, but she did say, was blown away by the a mount. higher than what most people expect to begin their she said.

Computer programming is also a versatile field, she said. confident I could get a job in any she said. it have to be as a programmer. I could run a high school computer lab, a hospital technology network really, the possibilities are The Monroe Chamber of Commerce publishes an annual guide featuring high-demand jobs that is distributed in local high schools and used by the United ay of Northeast Louisiana in its financial literacy program. Copies are also available at the office in downtown Monroe.

a planning tool for someone making a deci- ion on a chamber President Sue Nicholson said. Computer programmer is one of the jobs featured in the guide and one of Most jobs on a ULM College of Business promotional poster. It also earned a top five-star rating on the Louisiana Star Jobs system the workforce comm ission uses to rank occupations based on their ability to support and sustain families. Ratings (laworks.net/stars) take i nto consideration wages, short- and long- term demand projections and the number of actual job postings within the past year. Ratings go from one through five.

Anything rated three stars or above is considered a demand occupation. Job requirements for acomputer programmer include an undergraduate degree in computer cience or computer information systems. school and junior high students who are interested should focus on math skills and attend university summer camps like those on our Berry said. ULM has also established a post-baccalaureate certificate in computer information systems for four-year graduates who want to change fields. The first five peo- le in the program will earn their certificate in May.

approached us to help design the content to retrain some of its employ- es, but the program exclusive to Century- Berry said. CenturyLink said programmers, or developers as called at the company, are highly valued. CenturyLink, developers enable business automation, which drives efficiencies for our business and removes the potential for human Annmarie Sartor said. have a broad scope of responsibility and accountability, thus allowing them to consider new approaches to processes that were previously off limits to them. team has to understand a rapidly chang- i ng business to help ensure improved customer satisfaction and higher profit Barmore, who originally enrolled in pre-med at ULM, said she never regretted changing her ajor.

have to be a gamer or great at math; you just have to be she said. faculty here has been fabulous. even con- inced a few of my friends to change majors. They regret Follow Greg Hilburn on Twitter Jobs Continued from Page 1A just have to be CAMILLE BARMORE Computer Science major, University of Louisiana at Monroe NEW Some residents living along False River say they believe a three-foot water drawdown that was in- ended to help restore the oxbow lake is damaging their properties. The Advocate reports that a coalition of landowners living along the 22-mile-long shoreline wants officials to add ress concerns about the effects on man-made erosion barriers and the foundations of lakefront properties.

The False River Civic Association sent a letter the Pointe Coupee Police Jury asking for a meeting on Jan.28. The 3-foot drawdown began in September. The state authorized the par- i sh to lower the water level temporarily as part of an effort to promote vegetation growth and lessen silt buildup that affects fish habitats. The association has asked state Rep. Major Thibaut, D-New Roads; Stephen Chustz, assistant secretary of the Department of Natural Office of Coastal Management, and other officials connected to False restoration efforts to attend the Jan.28 meeting.

Patricia Schnur, the president, aid FRCA members and non-members approached her about setting up the meeting with officials. They believe the drawdown that took the water level from 16.5 feet to approximately 13.5 feet until March 1 could be the cause of the problems been experiencing. False River residents say drawdown is bad Clams made that properties are being damaged Associated Press.