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Pardue, Helen Iva McMurry       22 Sep 2006   Oct 2006   Jerry Nelson

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge):  9/22/2006

PARDUE, HELEN IVA McMURRY
Mrs. Helen Iva McMurry Pardue, age 96 and a resident of Prairieville,
passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2006, in Baton Rouge. She was a native of
Ruston, but grew up in Quitman. Graduating from Quitman High School in
1926, she went to Louisiana Tech, where she received a two-year teaching
certificate. She taught school for a few years, married and settled in
Jonesboro, where she lived with her husband, the late Travis B. Pardue,
chief deputy sheriff of Jackson Parish at the time of his death on Dec. 11,
1962. She worked in the Registrar of Voters Office and the Jackson Parish
Police Jury office with her husband until he moved to the Sheriff's Office.
At that time, she assumed the position of secretary/treasurer of the
Jackson Parish Police Jury, remaining there until her retirement in January
1973. She received credit for 34 years in state-connected service. She was
the longtime pianist for First Baptist Church of Jonesboro before moving to
Donaldsonville to reside with her daughter and son-in-law. Mrs. Pardue was
a resident of Jonesboro for approximately 60 years, but had made her home
with her daughter and son-in-law in Donaldsonville from May 1990 until July
2004, when the family moved to Prairieville. Survivors include a daughter,
Myrna P. Robbins of Prairieville; two sons and daughters-in-law, Freddie
and Blanche Abbott Pardue of San Augustine, Texas, and Cary and Kathy
Blount Pardue of Lake Charles; 12 grandchildren and their spouses, Renee
Robbins-Phares and Bobby of Amite, Denise Robbins, G. Milton Robbins Jr.
and Lisa Robbins and Claire Robbins Ledet, all of Gonzales, Pamela P. Sharp
and Bill of Arlington, Texas, Margarite P. Anderson of Tolar, Texas, Sharon
P. Jandrain and Chris of Austin, Texas, Blake and Ben Daugherty, both of
Lake Charles, Lee Brady and Andy of Houston, Laura Dear and Tracey of
Chicago, and Bill Fowler and Kaye of Dayton, Ohio; 11 great-grandchildren
and their spouses, B.J. Phares of Amite, Robin Phares Wilkinson and Duane
of Ponchatoula, Blake Ledet and fiancée Rachel Hawkins of Gonzales, Haylie,
Alaina and Natalie Robbins, all of Gonzales, John Christopher Sharp of
Arlington, Libby and Laura Anderson, both of Tolar, and Luke and Samuel
Jandrain, both of Austin; three sisters-in-law, Eleanor P. King, Hot
Springs, Ark., Wylma P. Guy, Bastrop, and Libba D. Pardue, Little Rock,
Ark.; and several nieces, nephews and cousins. Special thanks go out to her
dedicated sitter, Mrs. Donna Gail Howard, and her helper, Beulah Hall. She
was preceded in death by her husband, Travis Booth Pardue; parents, Elzie
and Iva McMillan McMurry; son-in-law, Gerald Milton Robbins Sr.;
daughter-in-law, Darlene Dennis Pardue; father-in-law and mother-in-law,
Cleaton Madison Pardue and Olive Rebecca Hays Pardue; brothers-in-law and
sisters-in-law, Kenzie Pardue and Willard Pardue, Myra Pardue, Dera P.
Davidson Taylor and Ethlyn B. Pardue. Visitation at Ourso Funeral Home,
Gonzales, was on Thursday, Sept. 21, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Visitation at
Edmonds Funeral Home, Jonesboro, is on Saturday, Sept. 23, from 11 a.m.
until religious service at 1 p.m., conducted by the Rev. Keith Crider.
Interment in Gardens of Memory Cemetery, Jonesboro. In lieu of flowers,
donations may be made to Cancer Services or Louisiana Baptist Children's
Home, P.O. Box 4196, Monroe, LA 71211-9986. 

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