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Lelia Bates Avriett - Madison Parish, Louisiana

From Tallulah Madison Journal November 28, 1974

MRS. LELIA BATES AVRIETT

Funeral services for Mrs. Lelia Bates Avriett, 79, of Tallulah, were held 10:00 a.m. at the First 
Baptist Church with the Rev. Crawford Williams officiating. Burial followed in Providence 
Memorial Cemetery.

Mrs. Avriett was a native of St. Helena and had lived in Tallulah for the past 26 years. Before her 
retirement, she was a social worker with the Louisiana State Welfare Department.

Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Opal Cagnolatti of Tallulah, two grandchildren and two 
great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were J. Louis Tonore, H. S. Weaver, Collins Thomas, J. C. Stocks, R. W. Gandy, Jr. 
and E. B. Towne, Jr.

Honorary pallbearers were Dr. H. S Provine, Dr. Lucian Ferris and the deacons of the First Baptist Church.