Effie Arthurine Voigt died Tuesday, May 11, 2010, at Shady Lawn Nursing Home. She was 71.

Mrs. Voigt was born in Vicksburg and had lived most of her life in Luling, Texas. She had worked as a newspaper carrier for The Vicksburg Post.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond Voigt; her parents, Andrew and Effie May Oser; a brother, Arthur Oser; and a sister, Vera Barker.

Survivors include a son, Carl Dennis Voigt of Luling; three sisters, Betty Scallions, Patricia Hutchison and Audry Muirhead, all of Vicksburg; three grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Glenwood Funeral Home with the Rev. Rodger Cresswell officiating. Burial will follow at Redbone Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9 until 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.

Pallbearers will be Robbie Presley, James Wilkerson, Chris Hartley, Larry Hartley, Lee Roy Muirhead and Jay Barlow.

Honorary pallbearers will be Robert Sibley and employees of Patient’s Choice Hospice.