Obituaries:  Bertha Ellen Speight, Sabine Parish       S-123
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Mar 5, 1981
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Bertha Ellen Speight

  Funeral services for Mrs. Bertha Ellen Speight of Many, were
held at the Little Flock Baptist Church on Saturday, Feb. 28, at
10:30 a.m. The Rev. Mike Fort, the Rev. A. F. Ott, and the Rev.
Avon Cavanaugh officiated, Burial was in the Little Flock
Cemetery, under the direction of the Warren Meadows Funeral Home.

  Mrs. Speight died in the Natchitoches Parish Hospital on
Thursday, Feb. 26, at 1:30 p.m. She was 86.

  Survivors include five sons, Preston Speight of Shreveport, C.
W. Speight of Many, Edward Speight of Negreet, Eugene Speight of
Many, and Cedric Speight of Fort Jesup; two daughters, Audrey
Walker of Jacksonville, N. C., and Hattie Savell of Many; two
brothers, Jim Nelson, and Willie Nelson, both of Florien; one
sister, Emma Nelson of Florien; 30 grandchildren, and 37 great
grandchildren.