Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....LEOTY, HELEN March 4, 2015
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News Star World - March 07, 2015
HELEN LEOTY

Funeral services for Helen Leoty, age 88, of Tallulah, La., will be held at 
2:30 P.M., on Sunday, March 8, 2015, at the First United Methodist Church of 
Tallulah with Rev. Johnny Wilkins officiating. Visitation will be at 1:30 P.M., 
at the church until the time of the service. A private burial service will 
follow for the family at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Helen was born November 8, 1926 in Pollock, La., and passed away March 4, 2015 
at the Olive Branch Senior Care Center in Tallulah. Helen met her husband, 
Tommy Leoty Sr., while attending Louisiana Tech University. After graduation 
they made their home in Tallulah, La. She helped her husband start and run a 
successful insurance business in Tallulah for 30 years. In 1985 she opened The 
Word Works, a religious gift shop specializing in the scriptures. In her spare 
time she enjoyed working in her yard, writing poems and songs, and taking care 
of her pets. She served as one of the first council members for the Village of 
Richmond, La., and was always helping those less fortunate. She loved her 
family and enjoyed taking trips with her children and grandchildren.

Mrs. Leoty was preceded in death by her husband, Tommy Leoty, Sr., a daughter, 
Linda Leoty Lebowitz, her parents, Ted and Blanche Bartlett of Glenmora, La., 
her sister June Hall, her brother, Kenneth Bartlett and his wife Rose.

Survivors include her son and his wife, Tommy and Margaret Leoty of Tallulah, 
La., grandson and his wife, Trey and Jennifer Leoty of Monroe, La., 
granddaughter, Elizabeth Leoty Craddock and her husband, Frank of Washington 
D.C., brother Clyde Bartlett and his wife Marie of Glenmora, La., 4 great 
grandchildren and a host of nieces and nephews.

Memorials can be made to the First United Methodist Church of Tallulah, 300 
South Cedar St.. Tallulah, La., 71282 or to St. Jude Children's Research 
Hospital , 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, Tn., 38105.

We would like to thank Dr. Pops Neumann and all the staff at The Olive Branch 
for all the care they gave to us.

Crothers Glenwood

Funeral Home

Tallulah, LA 

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