NELDA SUE CARROLL Obituary: Lafourche Parish, La.

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Source: Daily Comet, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, La.

4 Dec 2005


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November 29. 2005 12:13PM

Nelda Sue Carroll

Nelda Sue Carroll died at 9 p.m. on Nov. 24, 2005 at River Region Hospice after 
a courageous battle with cancer at the age of 55. She was born on May 1, 1950, 
in Hammond.

She attended Jackson High School with the class of 1968, and received her 
equivalency diploma in January 1970. She studied nursing at Hammond Area 
Vocational School, and was certified as a nurse by the State of Louisiana in 
1971 and 1984. She worked as a licensed practical nurse for 23 years, and worked 
for Thibodaux Health Care, formerly Heritage Manor Nursing Home, since 1982 
where she had been voted employee of the month several times by the residents. 
She continued her studies in nursing at Nicholls University in Thibodaux, 
Louisiana.

She had been a member of the Thibodaux Jaycees, and did volunteer work with the 
Special Olympics for several years. She was also a den mother for the Cub Scouts 
Association of America. She loved to read, and her favorite book and film was 
"Gone With the Wind." She had seven cats which she doted on. She had a wonderful 
sense of humor, and was dedicated to and much loved her family who will miss her 
dearly.

She was preceded in death by her father, Nathan "Bilbo" Conleay, and mother, 
Juanita Caston Conleay.

She is survived by two sisters, Betty and husband, Kim, Verret of New Iberia and 
Evelyn Schilling of Jackson; two brothers, Ronald and wife, Becky, Conleay 
Bossier City, and Lawrence Conleay, who passed away on Nov. 26; and sons Jeff 
and wife, Dawn, Carroll of New Orleans, Chris Carroll of San Francisco; her 
former husband Wallace Carroll of El Dorado, Ark.; grandson Zachary Carroll of 
New Orleans; and many other relatives and friends.

Services will be at 2 p.m. on Wednesday graveside, at the Second Baptist Church, 
on Highway 10, in Jackson, and will be presided over by brother Mack Stewart. 
Services will also be held for her brother Lawrence Conleay at the same 
location, with viewing beginning at 8 a.m. Friends and relatives are welcome 
from 8 a.m. at the church.

In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been set up in her name at River Region 
Hospice.