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Echols, Joyce Marie Green       17 Aug 2007    Aug 2007    Jerry Nelson  

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Obituary published in The Hammond Daily Star on:  8/17/2007

ECHOLS, JOYCE MARIE GREEN
Joyce Marie Green Echols, age 92, born in Little Rock, Arkansas, passed
away at Life Path Hospice House in Ruskin, Florida, on August 8, 2007.
She had been a resident of Hammond from 1952 until moving to Covington in
1999 residing there with her daughter.  Following Hurricane Katrina's
damages she went to Ruskin and was there at her death.  She was one of
Billups Petroleum Co.'s original employees.  She was a member of Holy Ghost
Catholic Church, serving as a eucharistic minister and volunteer for the
church.  She is survived by three children, R.M. "Bob" (Jan) Echols of
Picayune, Miss.; M.V. "Jenny" (Frank, deceased) Bankston, Covington;
Delores E. (George, deceased) Todd, Ruskin; daughter-in-law, Joyce A.
Echols, Metairie; a sister, Lucy May Byers, Indio, California; grand-
children, Gayle (Leslie) Levenson, Metairie; F.B. "Chip" (Jayne) Bankston
and Jennifer B. (Allen) Buras of Covington; Brenton H. (Jan Turk) Bankston
of New Orleans; Rhonda (Drew) Freeman, Bradenton, Florida; Adam (Sandy)
Ripley, St. Paul Minnesota; Waide (Laurie) Echols, Robin (Russell) Hardy,
Todd Echols, Nancy E. Bosch, all of Slidell; Dean (Michelle) Echols,
Mandevile; Bradley (Michelle) Echols, Pearl River; Patrick (Michelle)
Echols, Lacombe; 23-great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceeded in death by her parents, Gerorge and Annie Laura Green of
Little Rock, Arkansas; husband, B.W. Echols, son, EW "Bud" Echols,
Metairie; grandson, Bradford Waide Bankston, Covington; four sisters and
two brothers of Little Rock, Arkansas.  A memorial Mass will be celebrated
by the Rev. Edward Everett on Saturday, August 18, 2007, 1 p.m. at Holy
Ghost Catholic Church, Hammond.  In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may
be made to Life Path Hospice, 3725 Upper Cree, Dr., Ruskin, Florida 33573
or Holy Ghost Catholic Church in Hammond.
 
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