Ethridge obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

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Name,  date of obit,  date submitted,  submitted for the USGenWeb Archives by:

Ethridge, Floye Yarborough Skaggs    3 Aug 2001    Aug 2001    Don Johnson
Ethridge, Mary Lou                  27 Oct 2004    Nov 2004    Jerry Nelson

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on:  8/3/2001

ETHRIDGE, FLOYE YARBOROUGH SKAGGS
A resident of Biloxi, Miss., she died Thursday, August 2, 2001, at her residence. 
She was 72 and a native of Kentwood. Visiting at McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, 
from 1 p.m. Saturday until religious services at 3 p.m., conducted by the Rev. 
Dennis Mitchell. Interment in Woodland Cemetery, Kentwood. Survived by her 
husband, Thomas E. Ethridge, Biloxi; a daughter, Rebecca Skaggs Ladner, Biloxi; a 
son and daughter-in-law, Tommy and Sonja Skaggs, Mobile, Ala.; two stepdaughters, 
Mary Ann Jones and Sherry Powell, both of Pass Christian, Miss.; three brothers, 
Hubert and Bobby Yarborough, both of Kentwood, and Roy Yarborough, Hammond; four 
grandchildren, Scott Ladner, Shannon Ladner, Trey Skaggs and Adam Skaggs; six 
stepgrandchildren, Meredith Jones, Preston Jones, Katie Powell, Brett Powell, 
Chris Ethridge and Aaron Ethridge. Preceded in death by her parents, Lanis and 
Pearl Yarborough; first husband, Jean T. Skaggs; two sisters, Hilda Stevens and 
Jewell Herrington; four brothers, Willie Joe Yarborough, Lanis Yarborough Jr., 
Lee Ponder Yarborough and Clarence Pearson; and a stepson, Randy Ethridge. 

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on:  10/27/2004

ETHRIDGE, MARY LOU 
A resident of Ponchatoula, she died Monday, Oct. 25, 2004, at her home. She
was 82, born Aug. 13, 1922, in Smithdale, Miss. Visitation at Harry
McKneely & Son Funeral Home, Ponchatoula, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday.
Visitation at the funeral home from 8 a.m. until religious service at 
10 a.m. Thursday, conducted by the Rev. Steve Wells. Interment in Nettles
Family Cemetery, Smithdale. She is survived by a son, Harold Ethridge Jr.,
Walker; three daughters, Lynn Hoover and Janey Duncan, both of Ponchatoula,
and Tommie Korn, Colorado Springs, Colo.; two brothers, Earl Nettles,
Springfield, and the Rev. James Nettles, Ponchatoula; nine grandchildren;
two great-grandchildren; and a foster son, Stephen Frutuoza, Franklinton.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Harold Ethridge; parents, Charles
and Dennie Mathews Nettles; and a grandson, Timothy Davis. She was a
registered nurse for 50 years, a volunteer nurse for the American Red Cross
and a foster mother.  

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