THOMAS TED GULLATT Services for Thomas Ted Gullatt, 77, of West Monroe will be 2:00 P.M. Monday, July 3, 2006, at Kilpatrick Funeral Home Chapel in Ruston with Rev. Weldon Bares officiating. Interment will follow in Gullatt Cemetery near Simsboro, LA under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home of Ruston, LA. Mr. Gullatt died Friday, June 30, 2006 in Monroe, LA following a lengthy illness and was a member of Lea Joyner United Methodist Church. He received a BS in Education from Louisiana Tech in 1949 and completed his masters and plus 30 at LSU. Mr. Gullatt taught high school chemistry and coached in the Lincoln and Iberville Parish School districts for many years. His teams made multiple appearances in the state basketball tournaments including a Class B State Championship in 1958 at Simsboro High School and an appearance in Class 3A State Finals in 1968 at Plaquemine High School. He retired in 1988 as Assistant Superintendent of the Iberville Parish Schools. Mr. Gullatt is preceded in death by his parents, Jap Gullatt, Sr. and Carrie Pesnell Gullatt; brother, Harrel Gullatt; sisters, Etta, Margie, Jessie, and Milledge. Survivors included his wife of 47 years, Ann Jo Sarah Sally Savage Gullatt of West Monroe; sons , Tom Gullatt and wife Denise of Monroe and John Gullatt and wife Angela of West Monroe; grandchildren, Emily, Ryan, Madison, John Bailey, Kinsley, and Brooks Gullatt; brothers, William Gullatt and wife Gloria of Ruston; Jap Gullatt and wife Patsy of Haughton; Sam Ledbetter and wife Jayne of Jonesboro; sisters-in-law Mildred Gullatt of Ruston and Carrie McClure and husband Glynn of Tunica, LA; brother-in-law Jules Johnson of New Orleans; and numerous nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Bob Bell, Chuck McCullen, David Gullatt, Steve Gullatt, Patrick Gullatt, Jules Johnson, Jr., O.G. McClure, and Blaine McClure. Visitation will be held at Kilpatrick Funeral Home in Ruston from 5:00-8:00 P.M. on Sunday, July 2, 2006. Memorials may be made to the Methodist Children≠s Home, 901 S. Vienna Street, Ruston, LA 71270. The family would like to extend special thanks to the medical staff at St. Francis Medical Center, St. Francis Specialty Hospital, and the congregation and ministers of Lea Joyner Methodist Church.