Edythe Faye Nethery

Mrs. Edythe Faye Nethery, of Natchitoches passed away Friday, August 22, 2008. Graveside services will be held at Old Bethel Cemetery near Clarks, Louisiana on Saturday, August 23 at 11:00 am under the direction of Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home of Natchitoches. Reverend Tommy Rush will officiate the service. Memorial services for Mrs. Nethery will be Saturday, August 23, 2008 at 4:00 pm in the Chapel at First Baptist Church in Natchitoches. Friends are invited to greet the family following the service in the Family Life Center of the First Baptist Church. Mrs. Nethery spent 22 years of her adult life as a resident of Olla, Louisiana, and lived the last 44 years in Natchitoches. In Olla, she was active in the First Baptist Church and the Olla Garden Club. In Natchitoches, she was active in First Baptist Church, the Association for the Preservation of Historic Natchitoches, and the Gideon’s International Ladies Auxiliary. Mrs. Nethery was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, W. B. Nethery, her sister Elsie Mercer, and her parents, Arch and Belle McKinney. She is survived by, her sons, W.B.Nethery, Jr. and his wife Barbara of Baytown, Texas, Tom O. Nethery and his wife Betty of Fort Worth, Texas, her daughter, Dolores Floyd of Longview, Texas, and her brother Bill McKinney. In addition, she is survived by eight grandchildren and seventeen great grandchildren. Pallbearers will be her eight grandchildren, W. B. Nethery, III, Heath Floyd, Susan Nethery Hogan, David Nethery, John Nethery, Stephanie Floyd Bennett, Stephen Nethery, and Kristi Floyd Waggoner. Memorials in Mrs. Nethery’s name may be given to Gideon’s International Memorial Bible Fund, P.O. Box 1232, Natchitoches, LA 71458 or the Association for the Preservation of Historic Natchitoches, P.O. Box 2248, Natchitoches, LA 71457.