Savage obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

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Savage, Mary Phillips    25 Jul 2008    Aug 2008    Jerry Nelson

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge):  7/25/2008

SAVAGE, MARY PHILLIPS
Mary Phillips Savage, 91, of Lake Charles, died on Wednesday, July 23,
2008, in a local hospital. Mrs. Savage was born Jan. 10, 1917, in Marshall,
Texas, to Roy Phillips and Amy Holmes. She graduated from Covington High
School, attended Normal Teacher's College in Natchitoches for two years and
then finished her education in Lafayette. A teacher for 41 years, Mrs.
Savage taught mostly first grade at a number of schools, including Vidrine,
Starks, Sulphur, Washington State, Oregon State, Baton Rouge, Loranger and
Amite. She married Levi F. Batte, of Vinton, in 1941, and together they had
a daughter, Jan. In 1978, she married Bill Helm and in 1981, she married
Louis J. Savage. She enjoyed bird watching, collecting rocks, square
dancing and traveling. Mrs. Savage was a lifelong member of the Methodist
Church and over the years taught Sunday school, directed and participated
in choirs and led prayer groups. She was preceded in death by her parents;
all three husbands; brothers, John Robert Phillips, who was of Polk City,
Fla., and William Phillips, who was of Los Angeles; sisters, Emma Nell
Sherlock, who was of Los Angeles, and Helen Heidelburg, who was of Panama
City, Fla. Mrs. Savage is survived by her daughter, Jan Batte Craven and
husband Bruce Craven, of Moss Bluff; three stepdaughters, Linda Zemler and
husband Gary, of Pittsburg, Texas, Nancy Smart and husband Steve, of
Pineville, and Sally Foret, of Lake Charles; granddaughter, Virginia Chi
and husband George, of League City, Texas; stepgrandchildren and their
spouses, Scott Doherty and Sharon, Brent Doherty and Joy, Todd Doherty and
Margaret, Bryan Smart and Stacey, Blair Clark and Bryant, Dr. Adam Foret
and Catherine, and Dr. Ryan Foret and Elise; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Her funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Friday, July 25, in the Johnson
Funeral Home Chapel, Lake Charles. The Rev. Richard Humphries will
officiate. Burial will follow in Big Woods Cemetery. Visitation will be at
the funeral home on Friday from 9 a.m. until the start of the service.
Words of comfort to the family may be expressed online at
www.johnsonfuneralhome.net. 
 
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