Obituaries: Ruthie Lee Arabie, Sabine Parish A-610 Source: Sabine Index, Many, La., Dec 20, 2000 Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck carlrad@earthlink.net ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Ruthie Lee Arabie Ruthie Lee Arabie, 69, died Dec. 16, 2000, at St. Patricks in Lake Charles. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m., Monday, Dec. 18, at Beauregard-Vernon Funeral Chapel, with interment following at Beauregard Cemetery in DeRidder. The Rev. Jeff L. Phillips, and the Rev. Jerome Hayes officiated. Arabie was a native of Sabine Parish, and had lived in the DeRidder area for the past 41 years. She was a retired retail salesperson, having worked for Ben Franklin, and retiring from K-Mart. She was a member of Shady Grove United Pentecostal Church. Survivors include one sister, Ozzia Hildebrand of Many; and grandson, Klayton Cooley of DeRidder. Arabie was preceded in death by her daughter, Kathy Arabie Cooley. Beauregard-Vernon Funeral Home, Leesville, La.