RUTH HASSELL Obituary: Lafourche and Terrebonne Parishs, La.

Submitted by: Nancy Wright

Source: Joint publication: Comet; Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, La.
						Courier, Terrebonne Parish, La.

17 Dec 2005

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Thursday September 1, 2005

Ruth Hassell						[Photo}

   Ruth Brooks Hassell, 77, a native of Bayou Blue and a resident of Bourg, died 
at 11:50 p.m. Friday, Aug. 26, 2005.

   Visitation will be from 9:30 A.m. to funeral time Friday (Sep 2 2005) at 
Chauvin Funeral Home. Services will be a 3 p.m. Friday at the funeral home 
chapel, with burial in Rogers-Matherne Cemetery.

   She is survived by three sons, Kenneth Elgene Brooks and wife, Elizabeth 
Ledet Brooks, of Lafayette, Glen Warren Brooks and wife, Ramona Bourgeois 
Brooks, and Faron Keith Brooks and wife Jennifer Henry Brooks, of Summit, Miss.; 
one daughter, Adia Brooks Landry and husband David Landry of Bourg; two 
stepsons, Tom Hassell and wife, Ruth, of Cut Off, and Mr. and Mrs. Warner 
Hassell, Jr. of Tennessee; one stepdaughter, Sarah Ellen Beery and husband 
James, of Kentucky; two sisters, Georgia Porche and Rhoda Savoie; one brother, 
Earl Joseph Savoie; 16 grandchildren; seven step grandchildren; 16 great 
grandchildren; and three step-great-grandchildren.

   She was preceded in death by her first husband, Henry E. Brooks; her second 
husband, Warner Hassell; her parents, Joseph Savoie and Gracieus Martin Savoie; 
one sis Kirby Wayne Brooks; four brothers, Warren, Hudson, Nolan and Titus 
Savoie; five sister, Nora Savoie, Lorina Babin, Eula Savoie, Hilda Smith and 
Pearl Savoie; two grandchildren; and one great grandchild.

  She was homemaker and a member of Assembly of God of Bayou Blue.  

  In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to Bayou Blue Assembly 
Building Fund.