Obituaries:  Mrs. Ethel Bates Whitley, Sabine, Natchitoches Parish       W-340
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Aug 30, 1995
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Mrs. Ethel Bates Whitley

  Funeral services for Mrs. Ethel Bates Whitley, 92, of Provencal,
were held at 2 p.m., August 16, 1995, at Provencal United
Methodist Church of Provencal.

  Officiating were the Rev.'s James Moore, Kevin Moss, and Don
Davis. Interment was in Provencal Cemetery, under the direction
of Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home of Natchitoches.

  Mrs. Whitley died Sunday, August 13, 1995, at Evangeline of
Natchitoches Nursing Home.

  Mrs. Whitley was a native and resident of Provencal, and resided
at the Evangeline Nursing Home for the past 5 years. She was
known to her family as "Aunt Ethel", lived and worked in
Natchitoches and Sabine parishes as a teacher, social worker, and
a store clerk. She was widowed by her husband, Jack Whitley of
Robeline. They owned and operated "Whitley Grocery and Market"
for many years.

  Survivors are one son, Jean Whitley of Orange, Texas; one
daughter, Marjorie Harvey of Albuquerque, N. M.; one brother,
Martel "Bill" Bates of Provencal; five grandchildren; five great
grandchildren; a host of nieces, nephews, and friends.

  Pallbearers were Wade Stephens, Robbie Dupree, Duane Bates, John
Moore Jr., Marty Moss, and Stan Harvey Jr.