Lucy Belle Tucker Beets

Published 12:16 pm Saturday, May 11, 2013

BEETS

Lucy Belle Tucker Beets, 80, a resident of Bogalusa, passed away Thursday, May 9, 2013, at Louisiana Heart Hospital. She was born May 19, 1932.

She is survived by one son, Butch (Julie) Beets of Bogalusa; two daughters, Sheila Mendel and Lorie (Duel) Jenkins, both of Bogalusa; two sisters, Agnes Heflin of Jackson, Miss. and Ruby Lancaster of Bentonia, Miss.; her grandchildren, Brandy Beets (Jamie) Young, Bethany Beets (Ryan) Quave, Adam Scott Jenkins, Justine Lee Messina “Jessica,” and Jonathan and Bradley Mendel; and her great-grandchildren, Ashlin Noel Young, Theresa Mendel, Andreana Mendel, Trindon Young and Lily Young.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry Odell Beets; her parents, Oscar and Missouri Belle Tucker; and her brothers Oscar, Joe, Bud and Dewitt Tucker.

Visitation was held Saturday, May 11 at Brown-McGehee Funeral Home from 9 a.m. until time for services in the chapel at 11 a.m. Burial followed in Ponemah Cemetery. Rev. Rupert Breland will officiate.

Family and friends may view and sign the online guestbook at www.brownmcgehee.com.