McElwee obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana 

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McElwee, Deacon M.L.        11 May 2006    May 2006    Jerry Nelson  

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge):  5/11/2006

McELWEE, DEACON M.L. 
A native of Amite County, Miss., he was born May 2, 1932, and died on
Thursday, May 4, 2006. He was a resident of Independence and formerly
resided in Metairie for 33 years. Deacon McElwee is survived by his wife of
50 years, Ruthie M. White-McElwee; son, Melvin M.L. McElwee Sr. and wife
Sylvia; two daughters, Marian M. McElwee-Clark and husband Willie and
Cassandra A. McElwee-Cotton and husband Richard; eight grandchildren,
Michael, Durrell, Melvin Jr., Jermal, Millard, Malonda, Allen and Jordon;
and two sisters, Adell McElwee, Milwaukee, and Idell Wells, Baton Rouge.
Visitation at Zion Travelers Baptist Church, 165 Hickory Road,
Independence, (I-55 N, Exit 40 to La. 40 E) on Friday, May 12, from 5 p.m.
to midnight. Funeral service at the church on Saturday at 11 a.m. Funeral
arrangements by Richardson Funeral Homes Inc., Amite. 

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