Funeral services for Mrs. Lela Mae Hammons 96, of West Monroe, LA are at 11:00AM, Friday, June 15, 2012, in the Chapel of Kilpatrick Funeral Home of West Monroe with Rev. Skip Dean officiating. Interment follows at Long Straw Cemetery, Choudrant, LA, under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home West Monroe, LA. Visitation is on Friday from 10:00AM until the time of service. Mrs. Hammons was born November 27, 1915 in Choudrant, LA and passed away June 13, 2012 in Shreveport, LA. She was a member of Highland Baptist Church for many years. She was a member of the West Ouachita Senior Center and the Western Pride and the RSVP. Mrs. Hammons was preceded in death by her husband Oren and infant son, Kenneth Hammons, her father and mother Edd and Willie Boyd of Choudrant, LA and two sisters. Mrs. Hammons is survived by her children, Keith Hammons and wife Opal of Choudrant, LA, Jane and husband Harry Boyd of Shreveport, LA; grandchildren, Tim Hammons and Mark Hammons and wife, Carla, of Choudrant, LA, and Kris Boyd and wife, Ann of Shreveport; one great-granddaughter, Abbie Hammons of Ruston, LA, and two great-grandsons, Mason and Collier Boyd of Shreveport, LA; one niece Charlotte and husband, Reggie Edmiston, and nephew Kenneth Allen of Choudrant, LA. Memorials may be made to Highland Baptist Church. Family members will serve as pallbearers.