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	This obituary appeared in the Bernice Banner

BERA I. BLACK ROCKETT

Funeral services for Bera I. Black Rocket, a resident of Baton Rouge
since 1949 and a native of Anniston, AL, were held Friday, August 11th
at 12:00 noon at Rabenhorst Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. C. Ferris Jordan
officating.  Interment was held in Greenoaks Memorial Park.
Survivors include a daughter, Jo Ann Rockett Bridges, Brandon, MS; four
sons, James L., B. Clyde, Jerry W. and Ted M. Rockett, all of Baton
Rouge; a sister, Laura Etta Thomas, West Monroe; a half-sister, Alberta
May McBee, Marietta, GA; two sisters-in-law, Mrs. Walter (Fern) Harrell,
Winnsbor, TX and Mrs. Arnold (Mildred) Thomas, Spearsville; 18 grand-
children and 27 great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Rockett was preceded in death by her husband, Lowell B. Rockett; a 
sister, Beulah A. Taylor, two brothers, H. Brady and Robert Black; a
half-sister, Bertha L. Hall; and two grandsons, Michael W. and R. Stephen
Rockett.
She was a faithful member of Cedarcrest Baptist Church.
Mrs. Rocket was a former resident of Junction City for many years.  She
and her husband operated the Movie Theater.

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