Gerald Files

Mansfield, LA - Funeral services honoring the life of Victor Gerald Files, 90, will be at 10:00 AM Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at Rose-Neath Funeral Home in Mansfield, LA with Reverend Jon Lord officiating. Burial will follow at Prude Cemetery in Mansfield, LA. The family will receive friends at Rose-Neath Funeral Home on Tuesday, September 20, 2016 from 6:00 till 8:00 PM. Gerald was born on February 13, 1926 to Walter and Emaline Wall Files and passed away on September 18, 2016 in Mansfield, LA. Gerald was a WWII Navy Veteran and also a horse and cattle rancher his whole life. He ran landing barge landing troops in Okinawa. Gerald was a Judge for American Quarter Horse Association, American Paint Horse Association, and American Appaloosa Association. Gerald was also published in numerous horse publications. Preceding Gerald in death were his wife Jacqueline Files; parents Walter and Emaline Files; brothers, George Files, Leon Files, and sister, Edra Krute. Those left behind to cherish his memory are his son Jim Files and wife Amanda of Stanley, LA; daughter, Vicki Jernigan and husband Adam of Center, TX; sister, Agnes Sutch of FL; 3 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren, and one special niece Carolyn Allen of Wasilla, AK.