Services for Effie Paul Moreland, 100, of Monterey, who died Sunday, Dec. 24, 2006, at Resthaven Nursing Home, will be 2 p.m. Thursday at New Era Baptist Church with the Rev. Leland Briggs officiating.

Burial will follow at the church cemetery under the direction of Young’s Funeral Home, Ferriday.

Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time Thursday at the church.

Mrs. Moreland was born Sept. 26, 1906, in Catahoula Parish, La., the daughter of Daniel Paul and Sally Thompson Paul. She was a resident of Monterey, a homemaker and a member of the New Era Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Julius Moreland; daughter, Anita Moreland Gilley; son-in-law, Malcolm Gilley; and her parents.

Survivors include her son, Stewart Moreland and wife, Ceil, of Denver, Colo.; granddaughters Nancy Rogers and husband, Glenn, and Melissa J. Gilley, all of Lake Charles, and Rebecca Moreland of Arlington, Texas; and great-grandson, Collin Rogers of Lake Charles.

Pallbearers will be her great-grandson, nephews and great-nephews.

To leave an online condolence for the family, please visit www.youngsfh.com.