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Funeral services will be held Friday, Dec. 14, at 2 p.m. in the Chapel of Geesey-Ferguson Funeral Home for Deborah “Debbie” Sipes Gardiner, 66, who died Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018, at 1:37 a.m. at Lafayette General Medical Center.
Mrs. Gardiner was a native of Texas and longtime resident of Crowley. She served as a bank vice-president at First National Bank in Paris, Texas, and was a teacher at Crowley Middle School and then became a secretary at the Acadia Parish School Central Office, which she retired from in 2014.
She loved the outdoors, traveling and her dogs, Taco and Tully.
Rev. Cullen Clark, pastor of First Baptist Church, will officiate for the services.
The family requests visiting hours Thursday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Friday from 10 a.m. to service time.
Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Mrs. Gardiner is survived by one daughter, Sherry Wallace and husband Timothy of Bossier City; one granddaughter, Amy Boon of Bossier City; three sisters, Mary Willifaye of Macon, Missouri, Peggy Silvey of Henderson, Texas, and Joy Jackson of Palestine, Texas; and her companion, Michael Leonards of Roberts Cove.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. H.L. Gardiner Jr.; and her parents, Elbert E. and Lucille Craig Sipes.
Words of comfort may be sent to the family at www.geesey-ferguson.com
Arrangements have been entrusted to Geesey-Ferguson Funeral Home, 301 N. Avenue F, Crowley, 337-783-3313.

Sgt. Darrell J. Ceasar Sr. was born on Dec. 11, 1974, to the union of Alvin and Samella Ceasar. He was the ninth of 10 children.
On Dec. 4, 2018, Sgt. Ceasar answered his final reveille, when God called him home.
He was a member of Morning Star Baptist Church. He married Timica Cain on Dec. 31, 1994, and they had two children, Darrel J. Ceasar Jr. and Bryana Ceasar.
He attended Crowley High School and graduated from Church Point High School in 1992. After graduation, Sgt. Ceasar enrolled in the U.S. Army and served until his honorable retirement in 2013. He completed one tour in Korea and three tours in Iraq with 603rd Transportation Company (Road Warriors).
His most recent accomplishment was the completion of his Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology from the University of Phoenix of Houston, Texas.
His memories will be cherished by his wife, Timica Ceasar; his children, son Darrell Ceasar Jr. and daughter Bryana Ceasar; one sister, Catherine Ceasar; and four brothers, Alvin Ceasar Jr. (Yolanda), Kenneth Ceasar, Arron Ceasar and Jason Ceasar; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Charles and Linda Cain; one sister-in-law, Nicole Cain (Melvecchio); and a host of relatives and friends.
Sgt. Ceasar was preceded in death by his father, Alvin Ceasar Sr.; his mother, Samella Ceasar; four sisters, Jacqueline, Alvinetta, Zelda and Marilyn; and one brother, Michael; and one brother-in-law, Cornelius Cain Sr.
A memorial service for Sgt. Ceasar will begin at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 14, at First Church of God in Christ in Crowley.
Ford and Joseph Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.