Obituaries:  Mrs. Lela Robertson Petty, Sabine Parish       P-300
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Oct 2, 1986
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Mrs. Lela Robertson Petty

  Funeral services for Lela Robertson Petty, 98, of Shreveport,
were held at 11 a.m., Friday, Sept. 26, at Centuries Memorial
Chapel. Services were conducted by Brother Step Martin, pastor of
Calvary Baptist Church, where Mrs. Petty was a member.

  She passed away at 2 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 24, 1986, after an
extended illness. She had been a resident of Shreveport for the
past 39 years, moving here from Montgomery, La.

  Mrs. Petty was a retired nurse from Highland Hospital. She was a
member of the Eastern Star for 68 years, and was a past matron of
two Eastern Star chapters. In 1981, Mrs. Petty was honored as
"Mother of the Year", with a proclamation from the mayors of both
Shreveport, and Bossier City. She was preceded in death by her
husbands, Henry Edgar Robertson, and Charles Arthur Petty; and
one son, Ross Robertson.

  She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Emma Breithaupt Madden of
Shreveport; two granddaughters, Mrs. Frances Murphy, of
Shreveport, and Mrs. Julianne Jackson of Dallas, Tex.; four great
grandchildren; and five great-great grandchildren; one brother,
Mr. O. E. Williams of Hickory, N. C.; three sisters, Mrs. Lelis
DeWitt, and Mrs. Ruth Pickler of Zwolle, Mrs. Leta Cox of
Montgomery, La.; and a number of nieces and nephews.

  Pallbearers were Dr. Fleater Palmer Jr., Ralph Ballentine, and
Charlie Ross.

  In Lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Calvary Baptist
Church Building Fund.