Obituary of MIGNON CARTER ELIAS, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

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From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.  

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Date:   September 1, 1999, Wednesday

Headline:  Area Deaths

Mignon Carter Elias, 81, of Olla, died Thursday, August 26, 1999, at the 
Baton Rouge General Hospital in baton Rouge.

She was a retired school bus driver in LaSalle Parish and had worked as a 
florist and owned Mignon's Ceramic in Olla.  She was also a member of First 
Baptist Church of Olla.  

She was born on August 2, 1918, at Calvin to the union of Wise and Myrtle 
Smith Carter.

Services were held at 10 a.m., Saturday, August 28, at the First Baptist 
Church in Olla with Rev. Milton Wilson officiating.

Interment followed in the Olla Cemetery under direction of Riser Funeral Home 
of Olla.

Survivors include her daughter, Camille Elias Denson of Denham Springs; four 
grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Todd Denson, Brad Denson, Keith Moody, William Moody, Dub 
Comeaux, and Tim Hitt.

Honorary pallbearers were Mac Barksdale, Timmy Duke, and Danny Comeaux.