Musselwhite obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

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Musselwhite, Mayble Lard         4 Dec 1998    Dec 1998    Don Johnson

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on:  12/4/1998

MUSSELWHITE, MAYBLE LARD "MAY MAY"
Retired from the family business, Big River Insurance Agency, which was
established in 1935, and the first mutual insurance agency in Louisiana,
she died at 7:15 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2, 1998, at Our Lady of the Lake
Regional Medical Center. She was 89, born in Hammond and lived in Baton
Rouge since the 1920s. Visiting at First United Methodist Church, 8:30 a.m.
Monday until memorial services at 11 a.m., conducted by the Rev. Chris
Andrews. Survived by her daughter, Juliana Musselwhite Roberts and a
son-in-law, Frank Ford Roberts Jr.; two grandchildren, Julie Caroline
Roberts Galiano and her husband, Nicky Galiano and Frank Ford Roberts III;
and a great-grandson, Mason Reed Galiano, all of Mandeville; 11 nieces and 
nephews; 12 great-nieces and nephews; and four great-great-nieces and
nephews. Preceded in death by parents, Lawson Augustus Lard Sr. and Annie
Gayle Lard; and a brother, Lawson Augustus Lard Jr.; and three sisters,
Johnnie Lard Tanner, Billie Lard LaCour and Clemanti Lard Ward. Honorary
pallbearers are Frank Ford Roberts III, Sam LaCour, Lew Ward, Lawson A.
Lard III, Loren Kleinpeter, Roy Coleman, Lint LaCour, David LaCour, Robert
Ward, Steven Ward and Cole Coleman. She attended LSU and Southeastern
University where she was a charter member of the Yellow Jacket Club. She
was active in the First United Methodist Church, Good News Sunday school
class, care team and Bible study. She was past president of the Ladies of
Kappa Sigma, Kappa Kappa Gamma Mothers Club, LeLivre Book Club and Needle
Pushers Club. She was in several bridge clubs and volunteered in public
schools. In lieu of flowers, family requests memorial contributions to
First United Methodist Church or Hospice of Baton Rouge. Rabenhorst Funeral
Home, 825 Government St., in charge of arrangements.

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