Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....SWEET, ANTOINETTE TICHELI December 29, 2012
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News Star World - January 01, 2013
ELLOUISE SCRUGGS WAY


Funeral services for Ellousie Scruggs Way, 90, of Jacksonville Beach, FL, will 
be held at 10:00 AM Wednesday, January 2, 2013, in the Mausoleum Chapel of 
Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery, Monroe, LA, with Dr. Alan Miller. Interment 
will follow at Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery.

Ellousie passed away peacefully at Avante' Nursing Home of Jacksonville Beach 
in Jacksonville Beach, FL on December 29, 2012, after a lengthy illness with 
Parkinson's disease. She was born on August 11, 1923, in Humnoke, Arkansas, 
the daughter of Eric Plato Scruggs, Sr., of Keo, AR, and Mildred Ruth Turner 
of Conway, AR. 

Ellouise had a successful 45 year career as a Registered Consultant Dietitian 
to nursing homes and hospitals in North Louisiana. She graduated from England 
High School in England, AR at sixteen years old; she received her 
undergraduate degree at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, AR. Her 
graduate degree was from Louisiana Tech University with a Masters of Science 
in Nutrition and Dietetics. She was a member of the American Dietetic 
Association, and was active in her local, state and national Dietetic and 
Consultant organizations. She was the founding member and chairwoman of the 
National Dietitian Consultant Group of NE Louisiana. She was a trailblazer in 
her time as the working woman with children and attending school to receive 
double masters in her field. She helped mentor many women in the Dietitian 
field. She was also a member of Parkview Baptist Church, Monroe, LA. She was a 
published author of "Holiday Cooking, A Collection of Holiday Recipes for 
Family and Friends" which has been re-printed countless times for family and 
friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry Louis "Cicero" Way, two sons, 
William Crawford Jowers, Jr. and Gus Eric Jowers and her brother Eric Plato 
Scruggs, Jr.

She is survived by her son Bradford Scruggs Way and stepson Henry Louis Way, 
Jr.; daughters-in-law Sheryl Jowers, Katherine Deen Way and Enimia Way, nine 
grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren.

The family will receive friends and family at Mulhearn Funeral Home, 
Sterlington Road, Monroe, from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM Tuesday, January 1, 2013.

In lieu of flowers, the family has requested donations to be made to the 
National Parkinson Foundation.


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