Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....PARDUE, DEMARIS WHITARD January 19, 2015
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News Star World - February 22, 2015
DEMARIS WHITARD PARDUE

Funeral services and burial will be held on Monday, February 23, 2015, for 
Demaris Whitard Pardue, 87, a retired bookkeeper, wife, and mother. Mrs. 
Pardue went to be with her Lord on Thursday, February 19, passing away with 
family by her side. The funeral will be conducted by Pastor Warren Eckhardt in 
the chapel of North Monroe Baptist Church at 11:00 am, and burial will follow 
at the Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday evening at 
Mulhearn Funeral Home, Monroe, LA from 5:00 -7:00 pm.

Mrs. Pardue is survived by her two daughters, Dr. Janis Pardue Hill and 
husband Charles A. Hill, Jr. and Gayle Pardue Williams and husband Dr. Mark L. 
Williams; four grandchildren, Charles A. (Trey) Hill III, Dr. Amy Hill 
Bourgeois and husband Bartley P. Bourgeois, Zachary M. Williams, and Adeline 
E. Williams; one great grandson, Jackson Charles (Jack) Hill; and two great 
granddaughters, Harper Katherine Bourgeois and Emma Jane Bourgeois; one 
brother, Charles Ray Whitard and wife Kadie; two brothers-in-law, Leo Pardue 
and wife Bertha, and Kenyon Pardue; five sisters-in-law, Ernestine Westbrook, 
Iris Smith, Joy Baker, and Cora Crain and husband Benoit; and a myriad of 
nieces, nephews, and their children and grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her beloved husband of sixty-six years, J. C. 
Pardue; parents, Frank S. and Janie L. Whitard; and brother, William F. 
Whitard and wife Carolyn.

Mattie Demaris Whitard was born March 28, 1927, in Good Pine, LA; moved with 
her parents and brothers to Sterlington, LA; and graduated from Ouachita 
Parish High School. After high school, she enrolled at the Bish Mathis 
Institute (BMI), a business education college located in downtown Monroe, and 
graduated with a business degree.

In 1945, she met and married the love of her life, J. C. Pardue, a soldier and 
war hero who had just returned from World War II; and in 1946, they married 
and established a home in Monroe, LA. She later worked for K&B Drugs where she 
was the Bookkeeper for twenty-five years, retiring in 1995. Both J. C. and 
Demaris Pardue were Charter Members of North Monroe Baptist Church where, 
during her younger years, she sang in the choir, was a member of the Women's 
Missionary Union (WMU), and worked in the nursery, Sunday School, and Vacation 
Bible School.

Loved by family, friends, and co-workers, Demaris Pardue was a dear and loving 
Christian wife and mother. Blessed by God with a giving spirit, she was 
devoted to family and compassionate and kind to all she met. Her special loves 
were her two daughters, four grandchildren, and her three great-grandchildren. 
She will be daily missed by all.

Her family would like to thank the friends and caregivers who have offered 
prayers and support over the last few months, specifically, Nurse Practitioner 
Matilda Stephens; Former POW Coordinator Naline Salone, Barksdale Air Force 
Base; Executive Director Jennifer Bass and Asst. Director Leslie Bates at 
Azalea Estates Assisted Living and her "family" there; and the nurses, nurse 
assistants, and staff at The Guest House in Shreveport, LA. Finally, and most 
importantly, the family extends great love and thanks to Penny Teagle, RN and 
Director of Nursing at The Guest House, and Dr. Clarence Teagle, without whom 
our mother's last days would have been infinitely more difficult.

Pallbearers will be Charles A. Hill, Jr., Mark L. Williams, Charles A. (Trey) 
Hill III, Zachary Williams, Kenneth Matkins, Allen Whitard, and Colin Pardue.

Honorary Pallbearers will be Jack Hill and Bartley Bourgeois.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the North Monroe Baptist Church 
or the Alzheimer's Association .

Online Registry/Condolences: www.mulhearnfuneralhome.com

Mulhearn Funeral Home

Sterlington Road

Monroe, LA

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