Obituaries:  Nell Beatrice Roberts McCord, Sabine Parish       M-263
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jun 12, 2002
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Nell Beatrice Roberts McCord

  Nell Beatrice Roberts McCord, 80, died June 4, 2002, at her home
in Stanley, after a brief illness. She was born Dec. 22, 1921, in
Mansfield, and spent her early years in Sabine Parish. She was a
graduate of Many High School and Northwestern State University.

  Before her marriage, she taught home economics at Pleasant Hill
High School. Following her marriage to Capt. Andrew McCord Jr. in
1950, they lived at several Army bases in the U. S., and in
Germany, where their second daughter, Marsha, was born. After his
retirement from the military, and her retirement from the staff
of St. Joseph's Hospital in Fort Worth, they lived on Roberts
Road in Stanley, where Nell was a gracious hostess to many family
gatherings.

  She loved planting trees and flowers, and enjoyed reading,
sewing, and making quilts. Everybody loved her pleasant
disposition, and her wonderful sense of Humor.

  She was preceded in death by her husband, Andrew McCord Jr.;
parents, William Obe and Loula Latham Roberts; and two sisters,
Elizabeth and Wilma.

  Survivors include two daughters, Beth Blasingame and husband
Butch of Houston, Texas, and Marsha Takao and husband Alan of
Bryan, Texas; several loving cousins, in-laws, and a host of
friends.

  Funeral services were conducted Saturday, June 8, by the Rev.
Guy Murphy, former pastor of Mt. Olivet Baptist Church. Burial
was in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.