Funeral services for Verla Mae Burleson Micale will be held at 12:00 p.m. on Monday, February 9, 2026, at East Leesville Baptist Church with Reverend Gil Arthur, Reverend Doug Dixon, Dr. Tommy Kiker, and Chaplain William “Bill” Tisdale officiating. The burial will follow in Central Louisiana Veterans Cemetery under the direction of Jeane’s Funeral Service. Serving as pallbearers will be D.J. Brown, Donald Roy Perkins, Ben Iles, Roy Sons, Rick Jones, and Michael LeJeune. The honorary pallbearers will be Robert “Bob” Westmoreland and Donnie Perkins.

A visitation will be held at East Leesville Baptist Church on Monday from 10:00 a.m. until the time of service.

Verla was born and raised in Kistachie, Louisiana and graduated from Kistachie High School in 1952 then earned a degree from a business college in Lake Charles, Louisiana in bookkeeping. During her career as a bookkeeper, she worked for Transit Bus Company, Roger Auto Parts, and Holicer Gas Company all of Leesville, Louisiana.

Verla was a Godly lady who loved her church, family, and everyone she came in contact with. You would always find her doing embroidery projects, word searches, and playing cards with family and friends. Also, she loved working in her yard and garden, and you would often see her sitting on her porch in her rocking chair.

Those preceding her in death were her husband of 50 years, Samuel C. Micale; daughters, Cindy Salvatore, Debra L. McWhirt, and Sandra K. Lewis; parents, James and Lula Burleson; brothers, Lester Burleson and Homer Burleson; sisters, Tru Dell Mullen and Exie Burleson; nephew, Donald Ray Burleson; and niece, Diane Brown.

Left to cherish her memory are daughters, Denise L. Waddell of DeRidder, LA and Anne Marie Micale of Leesville, LA;

grandchildren, Christina Feldkamp (Tom), Shannon Willis (Greg), Ashley Cushing, Kyle Waddell Jr., Notley Mark Lewis II (Sarah), Shane H. Waddell (Dustie), Samantha Haymon Marker (Kyle), James Lewis, and Chelsea McWhirt Elsey (Nathan);

great-grandchildren, Aubree Marker, Paulyanna Lewis, Notley Mark Lewis III, Kayden Willis, Bentley Willis, A.J. Feldkamp, Amelia Waddell, and Hadley Mae Waddell; brother-in-law, James Eugene Micale of Liverpool, NY; and a host of nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Verla’s family would like to thank The Compassionate Care of Alexandria Hospice team and all the nurses, aides, doctors, and social workers for their love and support during the care of their mother.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Verla’s memory to either St. Jude Children’s Hospital (www.stjude.org) or Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home and Family Ministries (www.lbch.org).