Lola Corinne Cross Tumminello

February 4, 2013

MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL FOR LOLA CORINNE CROSS TUMMINELLO, 92 WILL BE HELD AT 10:AM. MONDAY FEBRUARY 04, 2013 AT COMER FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL IN FERRIDAY WITH FATHER GEORGE OFFICIATING. INTERMENT WILL FOLLOW AT WOODLAWN MAUSOLEUM UNDER THE DIRECTION OF COMER FUNERAL HOME FERRIDAY. CORINNE TUMMINELLO WAS BORN IN MONTEREY, LA. ON MARCH 22, 1920 TO THE UNION OF LEVI SCOTT AND MARY ETTA SHOWS CROSS AND PASSED FROM THIS LIFE JANUARY 31,2013 IN CAMELOT NURSING HOME IN FERRIDAY, LA. CORINNE SUFFERED A STROKE SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND SLOWLY DECLINED IN HEALTH. SHE SPENT HER LAST DAYS AT CAMELOT NURSING HOME AND THE FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS THANKS FOR THEIR CARE AND A SPECIAL THANKS TO THEIR MOTHER'S ROOMATE, MARTHA JAMES RABB,AND CARE-GIVER JOHNNY LEE HUDNELL. CORINNE MARRIED VINCE TUMMINELLO, OF FERRIDAY IN 1937. SHE LOVED HER FAMILY VERY MUCH AND LOVED TO SPEND TIME PLAYING WITH HER GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SHE WAS AN EXCELLENT COOK AND ENJOYED MAKING COOKIES AND CAKES, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE HOLIDAY SEASON. SHE ALSO ENJOYED SPENDING TIME AT "THE VINCO" WHERE EVERYONE AFFECTIONALLY CALLED HER "MS T".SHE WAS A MEMBER OF ST. PATRICK'S CATHOLIC CHURCH WHERE SHE SERVED MANY YEARS ON THE ALTAR SOCIETY. SHE LEARNED TO BE A GOOD BUSINESS WOMAN AS SHE CONTINUED TO RUN THE STORE AND THE FARM AFTER HER HUSBANDS DEATH IN 1972. SHE LOVED TO READ, GARDEN AND TEND TO HER FLOWERS, AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT SHE LOVED TO MOW THE LAWN. CORINNE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND, VINCE TUMMINELLO, HER PARENTS LEVI SCOTT SR. AND MARY ETTA CROSS, HER BROTHERS, OMER AND LEVI SCOTT CROSS JR., HER SISTERS PHALA KELLY AND VELA DANIEL, HER SON VINCENT HENRY TUMMINELLO, AND HER DAUGHTER , "ANGIE" TUMMINELLO DAVIS. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER SON PHILLIP "SKIPPY", AND WIFE SANDRA, OF FERRIDAY, DAUGHTER MARGARET STANFORD AND HUSBAND STEVE, OF SMYRNA, TN., SON MARK AND WIFE PENNY OF MADISON, MS. AND SON-IN-LAW DONNIE DAVIS OF FERRIDAY. CORINNE HAS SIX GRANDCHILDREN; PHILLIP "SKIP" JR., MICHAEL AND WIFE RACHAEL, ASHLEIGH SIMONTON AND HUSBAND RUSS, MARK JR., CLAIRE AND CASSIE. SHE ALSO HAS FIVE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, SYDNEY, LAUREN, CORI, CORBAN AND CODY. PALLBEARERS WILL BE MARK TUMMINELLO, JR., MICHAEL TUMMINELLO; PHILLIP "SKIP" TUMMINELLO,JR.; RUSS SIMONTON; GENE WILSON AND JERRY MCLAIN. HONARARY PALLBEARERS WILL BE NEIL FAULKNER; KEITH WALKER AND PHILIP CROTHERS. FRIENDS MAY CALL FOR VISITATION ON MONDAY FROM 9:00 AM UNTIL SERVICE TIME AT 10:00 AM. AT THE CHAPEL OF COMER FUNERAL HOME, FERRIDAY, LA. ONLINE GUEST BOOK AT www.comerfh.com