Jelks obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

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Jelks, Mary Margaret Robertson,	20 Jul 2001,	Jul, 2001,	Don Johnson

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on:  7/20/2001
JELKS, MARY MARGARET ROBERTSON

Retired from Hammond Developmental Center and a native and resident of Tickfaw, she 
died Monday, July 16, 2001, at West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital, Sulphur, as the result 
of an automobile accident. She was 66. Visiting at Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home, 
Hammond, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and 8 a.m to 12:15 p.m. Sunday. Religious 
services at Old Zion Hill Baptist Church, Tickfaw, at 1 p.m. Sunday, conducted by the Rev. 
Errol Faust and the Rev. Edward Jelks. Interment in church cemetery. Survived by her 
husband, Russell Jelks, Tickfaw; two sons and daughters-in-law, Vaughn and Becky Jelks, 
Covington, and Rodney and Beth Jelks, Tickfaw; two daughters and sons-in-law, Margaret 
and Russell Sibley, Amite, and Linda and Leslie Bankston, Roseland; grandchildren 
Monette and David Cleveland, Gene and Summer Sibley, Emily Sibley, Maggie Sibley, Layton 
Bankston, Laura Bankston, Trey Jelks, Jessica Jelks, Amanda Jelks, Jamie Jelks, Adam 
White, Eric White and Patrick White; a great-granddaughter, Meredith Cleveland; a sister, 
Mildred Robertson Briggs, Tickfaw; a brother, Wesley J. Robertson Jr., Tickfaw; and 
numerous nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by her parents, Wesley James and 
Della Rogers Robertson. She was a member of Old Zion Hill Baptist Church.