Rosia G. Metoyer Obituary (1930 - 2022)

Rosia G. Metoyer, 92, of Alexandria, LA. passed on Monday, May 10, 2022 at Rapides Regional Medical Center. A service celebrating her life and legacy will be held on Friday, May 20, 2022 at Nazarene Missionary Baptist Church, 2611 Overton Street, Alexandria, LA. 71301 Public Viewing and Visitation will begin at 9:00AM and will continue until the start of service at 10:00AM Mrs. Metoyer will be taken to the Louisiana National Cemetery in Zachary, LA. where she will be laid to rest immediately following the service. Please keep the Metoyer Family in prayer. Rosia G. Metoyer was born in Boyce, LA on March 2,1930. She was married to Granvel G. Metoyer for 67 years and to this union 4 children were born. She was preceded in death by her husband, Granvel George Metoyer, her daughter, Toni Metoyer Booker, by her parents, Elouise Pannell Washington and Horace Gilbert, two sisters, Lenora Madison and Barbara McCray, two brothers, Ameal Washington, Jr., and Rudolph Washington. Rosia attended Peabody High School, and earned a B. S. Degree from Grambling State University in Elementary Education and from Northwestern in Library Science. She also received her Master's Degree from Webster University. Rosia was an Educator with the Rapides Parish School System. She taught 4th grade, and later she Served as Librarian at Lincoln Road Elementary and in other Libraries. Rosia, along with the Alexandria Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, began the Alexandria Sickle Cell Anemia Research Foundation through a service project in 1973. This was the only local organization formed to resolve a health problem in the Black community. She served as Executive Director for over 40 years. Rosia served on the City of Alexandria Human Relations Commission,the Alexandria Zoning Review Board,and the Rapides Hospital Board. She was a member of DPEC - Democratic Parish Executive Committee and was on the Rapides Voters Registration Committee. she was also a proud member of the Zeta Lambda Omega Chapter of the Alpha Kappa Sorority. ~Miller & Hill "The Funeral Directors"~