Morehouse County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....COLLINS, MARY ELIZABETH "BETSY" March 26, 2014 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Gina Brown rootsgirl36@gmail.com April 6, 2014, 2:04 am Cox Funeral Home Records - March 2014 MARY ELIZABETH "BETSY" COLLINS BASTROP, LA. Funeral services for Ms. Mary Elizabeth "Betsy" Collins will be held 3:00 p.m. Friday, March 28, 2014 at the Chapel of Cox Funeral Home of Bastrop. Father Thomas Lijo will officiate the services. Interment will follow at Pine Grove Church Cemetey under the direction of Cox Funeral Home. Mary Elizabeth Collins was born June 4, 1954 in Bastrop, Louisiana to the union of Minnie Olivia Madison Chandler and Joe Will Chandler. She passed away peacefully on March 26, 2014 at Morehouse General Hospital in Bastrop. Betsy was a member of the Holy Cross Catholic Church in Crossett, Arkansas and a former millright with Georgia Pacific Plywood Mill in Crossett. She loved animals, especially dogs, and enjoyed needlework and gardening. She is preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Joe Chandler. Betsy is survived by her son, Raymond Blanchard of Bastrop, Louisiana; two sisters, Ruby Courson and husband Danny of Bastrop, Louisiana and Jean Busby and husband Steve of West Monroe, Louisiana; a brother, Jimmy Chandler and wife Lynette of West Monroe; five nieces, Amanda White and husband Heath of Marshall, Texas, Holli Courson and husband Poketa Bell of Bastrop, Louisiana, Terri Cons and husband Rafael of Bastrop, Katherine Busby of Pensecola, Florida, and Sherry Ann Hughes of West Monroe; four nephews, Joseph Chandler and wife Wendy of West Monroe, Joe Chandler, Jr. of Tallulah, Louisiana, Robert Chandler of Monroe, Louisiana, and Daniel Courson and wife Donna of Sterlington, Louisiana; and twelve great nieces and nephews. Serving as pallbearers will be Daniel Courson, Rafael Cons, Chris Keating, Gary Lowery, Scotty Lowery, and Joseph Chandler. The family will receive friends Thursday, March 27th, from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at Cox Funeral Home of Bastrop. Additional Comments: Born in Bastrop, Louisiana on Jun. 4, 1954 Departed on Mar. 26, 2014 and resided in Bastrop, LA. Cemetery: Pine Grove Cemetery-Crossett Road File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/morehouse/obits/c/collins2488nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/lafiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb