Obituaries:  Miss Beulah Lee Berly, Sabine, Natchitoches Parish       B-640
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Nov 8, 2000
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Miss Beulah Lee Berly

  Services for Beulah Lee Berly, 91, of Marthaville, were held at
1 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 4, 2000, in the First Baptist Church at
Marthaville. The Rev. Bob Salley officiated. Burial followed at
Marthaville Cemetery.

  Miss Berly died Wednesday, Nov. 1, at the Natchitoches Parish
Hospital in Natchitoches.

  Miss Berly lived most of her life in the Marthaville Community,
where she was a founding member of Crossroads Baptist Church, and
a long time member of First Baptist Church of Marthaville. She
faithfully served her church in many capacities, including Sunday
School teacher, and Church Clerk.

  She worked for the U. S. Postal Service, and served as Post
Mistress at the Marthaville Post Office until her retirement in
March 1973.

  She was preceded in death by her parents, Arthur and Annie Ogden
Berly; a brother, Clyde Berly; two sisters, Nellie Berly
Barnhill, and Doris Berly Woodel.

  Survivors include three brothers, the Rev. George Clarence Berly
of Beaumont, Texas, formerly of Marthaville, Robert Berly of
Campti, and Edwin Berly of DeRidder; and a number of nieces and
nephews.

  Pallbearers were her nephews.

  Miss Berly lived an exemplary life in service to her family, her
church, and the community in which she lived. She was a friend to
everyone, and loved by a host of friends from Marthaville
Community.

  Her family wishes to acknowledge with grateful appreciation, the
loving care and attendance provided by her nieces, Joyce Crump,
and Helen Barnhill, and numerous friends from the Marthaville
community.

  Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home, Natchitoches, La.