Funeral services for Mrs. Mildred Marie Stoker, will be held on Monday, February 9, 2015, at 12 p.m., in the Chapel of Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home with Reverend’s Cecil Boswell, Sr. and Christopher Dew officiating. Interment will follow at Central Baptist Cemetery in Robeline, LA. The family will receive friends on Monday, February 9, 2015, from 10:30 a.m. until 12 p.m. at Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home.
Mildred, was born on June 6, 1933, to Clifton Joshua Berry and Mattie Ola Broadway Berry, and passed from this life at 81 years of age on Friday, February 6, 2015. Mildred was beloved by her family and friends. She filled so many roles and held so many titles: Wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, aunt, cook, helper, and beloved friend. She will be greatly missed by all who knew her.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Clifton Berry and Mattie Berry of Robeline; three brothers, Harvey Berry of Burleson, TX, Charles Berry of Marthaville, and Limuel Berry of Robeline; one sister Ethel Freeman of Natchitoches; one grandson Scott Byles of Robeline and one great grandson Cole Byles of Tyler, TX.
She is survived by her husband of 54 years, Donald Ray Stoker of Robeline; her two daughters, Dianne Byles and husband Jimmie of Robeline, and Shirley Graybiel and husband Jed of Bethany; her sister, Hattie Mae Hall and husband R. C. of Robeline; three grandsons, Chad Byles and wife Misty of Many, Christopher Dew and wife Rachel of Vichy, MO, and Dexton Dew of Hagewood; seven great grandchildren, Kenneth and Ashlee Byles, Karsten, Kayden, and Kellen Dew, Logan and Lucas Dew; as well as numerous nieces, nephews, and friends.
Those honored to be pallbearers will be Kenneth Walls, Jed Graybiel, Chad Byles, Max Stoker, Eric Stoker, Dexton Dew, Seth Stoker, Whitt Stoker and Dale Stoker will serve as an honorary pallbearer.