Funeral services for Elaine Graham Driggers will be held Saturday, March 5, 2022, at 1:00 p.m. at Rose-Neath Funeral Home in Coushatta, Louisiana. Interment will follow at Old Saline Baptist Cemetery. The family will receive friends Friday, March 4, 2022, at Rose-Neath in Coushatta from 5:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m.
Elaine Graham Driggers was born February 19, 1950, to Truly Thomas and Nancy McClory Graham in Campti, Louisiana and passed away February 16, 2022, in Annandale, Virginia. Elaine attended Northwestern State University and received her Masters Degrees from Tulane and Loyola Universities. She was a teacher for the Jefferson Parish School System and a member of the Visitation of Our Lady in Marrero, Louisiana.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Donny Royce Driggers, her parents, and her sisters, Olivia Graham and Mary Graham Smith.
Elaine is survived by her daughters , Angelique Nadine Russo of Metairie, Louisiana and Gwendolyn Yvonne Driggers of Annandale, Virginia; sisters, Truly Graham Lashley and Bernia Jean Rhodes; grandchildren, Christopher Russo IV, Gabriella Tai and Evelyn Tai.
Pallbearers will be Shelby Rhodes, Chris Russo III and Dewayne Hood. Honorary pallbearer will be Gene Driggers.