Sledge obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

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Sledge, Patricia Hankins       25 Mar 2005    Mar 2005    Jerry Nelson

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge):  3/25/2005

SLEDGE, PATRICIA HANKINS 
A resident of Hammond, she died Thursday, March 24, 2005, at North Oaks
Medical Center, Hammond. She was 71 and a native of Coushatta. Visitation
at Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home, Hammond, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Friday, March 25. Visitation at Woodland Park Baptist Church, Hammond, from
9 a.m. until religious service at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 26, conducted by
the Rev. Leon Dunn. Interment in Greenlawn Cemetery. She is survived by her
husband, Jim R. Sledge, Hammond; daughter and son-in-law, Valine S. and
Kirk LaBorde, Prairieville; son and daughter-in-law, Scott H. and Melanie
C. Sledge, Hammond; five grandchildren, Maegan and Meredith LaBorde,
Ann-Marie, Amelia and Camp Sledge; and a sister, Pam H. Brown, Henderson,
Texas. She was preceded in death by her parents, Elmo and Aline Moore
Hankins. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Tangipahoa Parish
Library or Woodland Park Baptist Church Building Fund. She earned her
bachelor of arts degree in speech with minors in English and library
science from Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, a master of
science degree in library science from LSU and master's degree plus 30 with
certification in education administration and supervision from Southeastern
Louisiana University, Hammond. She was director of the Tangipahoa Parish
Library, a retired SLU Laboratory School librarian, supervisor of field
experience and an adjunct instructor with SLU. She worked with the
Louisiana Teacher's Evaluation Project as an outside observer with the
state Department of Education and held a state license as an agent in
property, casualty and life, and health insurance. 

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