Batieste obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana 

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Batieste, Melva       11 Jun 2002    Jun 2002    Don Johnson

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on:  6/11/2002 

BATIESTE, MELVA 
A resident and native of Independence, she died Friday, June 7, 2002, at
North Oaks Medical Center, Hammond. She was 49. Visitation at Richardson
Funeral Home, Amite, from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday. Funeral at Zion
Traveler Baptist Church, Independence, at 11 am. Wednesday, conducted by
the Rev. Wilbard Jones. Burial in White Cemetery, Independence. Survived by
her husband, Willie H. Batieste Sr., Independence; four sons, Willie H.
Batieste Jr., Folsom, and Joaquin A. Batieste, Deshun K. Batieste and
Desmond J. Batieste, all of Independence; a daughter, Devona N. Martin,
Independence; six sisters, Ruthie McElwee, Georgia White, Clare Baham and
Jessie Watkins, all of Independence, Girlia Sanders, Kenner, and Josephine
Thomas, Austin, Texas; two brothers, Tolar White, Baton Rouge, and Benjamin
White, Independence; mother, Inez White, Independence; and eight grand-
children. Preceded in death by her father, the Rev. Joseph White. 

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