SHREVEPORT, LA - Funeral services celebrating the life of Aubrey Paul Weaver, Jr., 87, will be held at 1:00 p.m. on December 22, 2015 in the chapel of Rose-Neath Southside Funeral Home. Officiating will be Rev. Tom Hill and Rev. James Phillips. Interment following in Centuries Memorial Park. Visitation will be held from 12:00 p.m. until 1:00 p.m., December 22, 2015 at Rose-Neath Southside.
Aubrey was born on February 21, 1928 in Fairview Alpha, LA and went to be with his Lord Jesus on December 19, 2015. He moved to Shreveport after graduating high school and went to work for Mr. Lonnie Kilpatrick driving an ambulance. Aubrey served in the Marine Corps. He attended Plumbers and Fitters Trade School, and LIFE Bible College, Los Angeles, CA where he was also the head basketball Coach. He worked as a journeyman plumber for sixty five years and retired in 1997 from the City of Shreveport as a plumbing inspector. He was a past mason, member of the Scottish Rite, 33rd degree and El Karubah Shrine.
Aubrey was a faithful member of the Foursquare Gospel Church since 1949 and served as pastor for forty years, building, pioneering, and pastoring churches in Oklahoma and Louisiana.
Aubrey is preceded in death by his parents, Lizzie Cothren Weaver and Aubrey Paul Weaver; grandmother who raised him Beulah Weaver, Sisters Dora Lee Weaver Cook, and Nora Lee Weaver Williams and grandson Blake Evan Weaver. He is survived by his loving wife of 55 years, Shirley Anne Weaver, daughters, Glenda Raley (Larry), Rhonda Mangum (Russell), sons, Paul Weaver (Loretta) and Timothy Weaver (Susan), ten grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers the family suggest memorial donations be made to Shriners Hospital for Children or Shreveport-Bossier Rescue Mission.