Sweatt obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana 

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Sweatt, Doris Bankston          12 Feb 2009    Feb 2009    Jerry Nelson

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge):  2/12/2009

SWEATT, DORIS BANKSTON
A resident of Tickfaw, Doris Bankston Sweatt, 81, died Tuesday, Feb. 10,
2009, at North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond. She was born on Sunday, Dec.
11, 1927, in Bolivar. Mrs. Sweatt was a member of Westchurch Church of
Christ in Hammond. She was a retired educator who taught business courses
at Ponchatoula High School and Hammond High School. Mrs. Sweatt was a
55-year member of Delta Kappa Gamma Honor Society and she volunteered for
20 years for the AARP Tax Program for the Elderly and Mary Bird Perkins
Cancer Center. Surviving are her husband, Dr. Basil O. Sweatt Sr.;
daughter, Arnelle Adcock; son, Owen Sweatt Jr.; three grandchildren, five
great-grandchildren; sister, Brenda Bankston; and brother, Hollis Bankston.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Ruth Vine and Levi Houston
Bankston; sister, Esther Pettitt; and five brothers, Harold, Johnny,
Curtis, Sidney and Billy Bankston. Friends will be received at Harry
McKneely & Son Funeral Home in Hammond on Thursday, Feb. 12, from 6 p.m. to
8 p.m. and Friday, Feb. 13, from 10 a.m. until service at 11 a.m., with
Brother Jim Mauldin officiating. Interment in Parklawn Memorial Gardens in
Hammond. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Southeastern
Louisiana University College of Business Scholarship Fund or The Delta
Kappa Gamma Honor Society, 20470 Old Covington Highway, Hammond, LA 70403.
An online guestbook is available at www.harrymckneely.com.  

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