Betty Jane Brown Bailes, Obituary, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Kim Wise
Source: Riser Funeral Home
Date: September 2004



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Obituary of Betty Jane Brown Bailes
February 25, 2004

Services for Betty Jane Brown Bailes, age 61, of Riverton will
be held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, February 25, 2004 from the chapel
of Riser Funeral Home in Columbia with Rev. Julius Russell and
Rev. Jeff Wyant officiating.  Interment will follow in the Hebert
Cemetery in Hebert.

Mrs. Bailes was born in Hebert on January 21, 1943 to the union
of Carl Carroll and Opal Jones Brown and died Sunday, February
22, 2004 at the St. Francis Cabrinia Hospital in Alexandria.

She was co-owner of Bailes Grocery in Riverton for 26 years 
and served as Constable of District 1 in Caldwell Parish for 13
years.  She was also a member of the Hebert United Methodist
Church.

Survivors include her husband: Julius "Buddy" Bailes of Riverton,
her sons: Jeff Bailes of Columbia and Jay Bailes and his wife:
Wendy of West Monroe, her daughters: Susan Hett and her husband: Alan 
of Marion, Kansas and Carla Moore and her husband: Chris of Columbia, 
her grandchildren: Jacob Bailes, Morgan Bailes, Christen Moore, Catherine 
Baker, Taylor Bailes, Christine Hett, Danny Hett and Caleb Hett, her 
brother: Carl Brown and his wife: Helen of Columbia and her sisters: 
Debbie Frost and her husband: Paul of West Monroe and Virginia McLemore 
and her husband: Carl of Homer.

Pallbearers will be Charlie Mack Rowland, Joe Carroll Bates, Kyle
Guillory, Wilbur Rucker, Roy Smith and Bobby Ryan.

Honorary pallbearers are Billy Ellis, Charlie Anderson, Tony Wolf,
Allan Brown, Ellis Spangler, Allen McKeithen, Garland Grant and 
Donnie Carson.

Visitation will be Tuesday from 2 p.m. until 9 p.m. and Wednesday
from 9 a.m. until services at Riser Funeral Home, 7131 Hwy 165,
Columbia.