SAREPTA, LA - A Service Celebrating the life of Asberry Mercer Dodge, 83, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, February 3, 2019, at Rose-Neath Funeral Home Chapel, 705 S. Spruce Street, Vivian, LA. Officiating will be Rev. Marty Wright of New Sarepta Baptist Church in Sarepta, LA. Interment will follow at Independence Cemetery, Fouke, AR, with Military Graveside Rites. The family will receive friends from 12:00 p.m. until service time at Rose-Neath.
Asberry was born November 18, 1935 in Vivian, LA to Susie Hart Dodge and Asberry Mercer Dodge and passed away January 31, 2019, in Bossier City, LA. He served his country in the United States Navy. Asberry retired as Post Master with the U.S. Postal Service. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend who will be greatly missed.
Preceding Asberry in death were his parents. Left to cherish his memory is his loving wife Jessie Dodge of Bossier City, LA; his son, Kenton Dodge of Sarepta, LA; his daughters, Ann Reeve and husband Danny of Jasper, TX and Kellie Henson and husband Shane of Atlanta, TX; sister, Mercedese Ivins of Canton, TX; grandchildren, Kristin Dimitry, Ryan Reeve, Lacey Girod, Landon Henson, Reagan Dodge and Layton Henson; 6 great- granddaughters and one great-grandson.
Honoring Asberry as pallbearers will be his grandsons.