Obituaries: Mattie Byrd Gardner, Sabine Parish G-635 Source: Sabine Index, Many, La., Feb 27, 1991 Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck carlrad@earthlink.net ************************************************ Submitted to the LAGenWeb Archives ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ Mattie Byrd Gardner Services for Mattie Byrd Gardner, 91, were held at 11 a.m., February 19, in the Lake Lawn Funeral Home Chapel, Metairie. Officiating was Dr. Roger Freeman, pastor of First Baptist Church in New Orleans, where Mrs. Gardner was a member for 67 years. Mrs. Gardner died February 17, in Taccoa, Georgia. She was the wife of the late Lawrence C. Gardner. She is survived by two daughters, Shirley Mae G. Peyronnin of Harahan, La., Theresa G. Burnes of Clayton, Georgia; five grandchildren, Mark, Paul, and Karl Peyronnin of Harahan, La., Jacee Burnes, and Brannon Burnes of Clayton, Georgia; two sisters, Lois B. Holland, and Lena B. Chronister of Newville, Pennsylvania.