Obituary
Lillie Collins Kado
East Baton Rouge Parish

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Lillie Collins Kado

"For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand,
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord,
the righteous judge, shall give me at that day." II Timothy 4:6-8a. Lillie
Collins Martin Kado, affectionately known as Nannie, died peacefully
surrounded by her devoted family at 10:10 p.m. Thursday, April 26, 2001,
at her home where she had lived for 82 years. She was 101, born April 9,
1900, on Mount Pleasant Plantation, Port Hudson, the first child of Marie
Marshall Collins and Joseph D'Antoni. Her maternal family tree dates back
to three generations born at Mount Pleasant Plantation. Her family moved
to Baton Rouge in 1903. She received her education at the Hickory Street
School, taught by Mal Carter-Walker and the turn-of the-century Sacred
Heart Catholic School for Colored Children. On April 9, 1921, she was
married to Eddie Martin, and on April 9, 1944, was married to Johnny J.
Kado. Both husbands preceded her in death. During the 1930s and 1940s,
she served on the Colored Recreation Committee for Baton Rouge. Out
of this committee, the W.K. Brooks Swimming Pool and Park, the
Baranco-Clark YMCA and the Maggie Nance Ringgold YWCA were founded.
Her life emulated a spirit of joy in serving others. Nannie was very
talented. She had a beautiful soprano voice, enjoyed playing the piano,
loved art, drew and painted, and was a great historian who remembered
dates and events. She traveled extensively and loved to catch
sac-a-lait. Her comical wit would catch you off guard. Her
family and friends loved her sense of humor and zest for life.
She was a delight to her friends, a joy to her family and a source
of goodwill to strangers. She lived as she died,
serene and beautiful. Those who will be most profoundly deprived of
the warmth of her personality and the strength of her noble character
are her devoted godson and his family, Oscar, Barbara and O'Kie Woods;
a loving and caring goddaughter, Ida Leon
                    Kleinpeter of Chicago; four devoted cousins, Juliette Noriega, Albany, N.Y., Emily
                    Lewis, New Orleans, Lillian Levingston and Dr. Juanita S. Bradford, both of Baton
                    Rouge; a niece, JoAnn Simon-Jones of Spokane, Wash.; and two nephews and their
                    families, Salvador and A.J. D'Antoni, both of Baton Rouge. Her ancestral lineage
                    includes the Sanford, D'Antoni, Woodfork, Marshall, Collins, Jacobs, Stewart and
                    Woods families. Her unconditional love and her generosity created an extended family
                    of daughters and sons whom she called her own children. They are Joyce Honore,
                    Yvonne G. Wilson, Dellouise Doyle, Beryl Doyle, Doris Andrews, Rubenstein P.
                    Coleman, Leola M. Havard, Rebecca Gayden, Allie Mae Hill, Mamie Bell-Vance, Carolyn
                    G. McKee, Joyce Gilmore, Jacqueline Harrison, Ruby Farley, Beverly "Kitty" Brown,
                    Mary Smith, Willie B. "Pat" Riley, Clovis Collins, Tommy Carter, Matthew M. Gilmore,
                    Robert Harris, Robert Ned "Tuxedo" McCray, Jesse Smith, her loving and kind
                    neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Singer Woods and Mr. and Mrs. Steven Kinsey and their
                    families, and her pastor and church family of St. Mark United Methodist Church that
                    brought her so much joy and happiness. Visiting at Desselle Funeral Home chapel from 3
                    p.m. Monday until a divine mercy prayer service conducted by the Missionary Sisters of
                    Mother Teresa at 3:45 p.m. with religious services at 4 p.m. Interment in Southern
                    Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be C. Jessie Brown, Clovis Collins, Willie Harris,
                    Julius Lacey, Welton Turner and Kenneth Washington. Honorary pallbearers are
                    Marcus Barnardez, Laddie Bolden, Tommy Carter, W.B. Chrisentery, Jimmy Christophe,
                    Olin T.C. Dawson, Derek Farley, Earl Farley, Alvin Forbes, Leonard Franklin, Dr. Preston
                    George, Matthew Murlin Gilmore, Kenneth Green, Robert Harris, Michael Harrison,
                    Walter Hatch, Houston Hawkins, Dr. Francis Henderson, Clarence Jones, Lloyd Jones,
                    Dr. Melvin Jones, Gene Kleinpeter, Dr. Milton Kleinpeter, Steven Kinsey, Calvin Lacey,
                    Allen Martin, Rodrick McKee, Calvin Payne, Jesse Smith, William Smith, Herman Stepter,
                    Emerson Trask, Todd Tyson, David Wilson, Oscar Kelly Allen Woods Jr., and Singer
                    Woods. We wish to express our deepest gratitude to the Missionaries of Charity Sisters
                    of Mother Teresa, Dr. Karen Miller and her wonderful staff, Precision Home Health,
                    Council on Aging, Hospice Foundation of Baton Rouge, Our Lady of the Lake Regional
                    Medical Center, Dr. Kantrow and the staff of the fifth floor, and especially our term of
                    home nurses, Greg Wynn, R.N., Mary Zukowski, R.N., Mary Tourres, R.N., Sylvia
                    Hamilton, N.A., and Beverly Weathrspoon, N.A.