Tuesday Addition

Pray for Joan Hagan as she has outpatient tests in Hammond.

Judy Fowler suggested I include this obituary:

Agnes Yarbrough (Bennett) Rhodes
Mrs. Agnes Bennett Yarbrough Rhodes, 79, of Hammond, died Wednesday, July 9, 2008, at Belle Maison Nursing Home, Hammond. She was born on Monday, Sept. 17, 1928, in Kentwood, daughter of the late Otis Bennett and Lennie Cutrer Bennett. She graduated from Southeastern Louisiana University with a bachelor’s and master’s degrees plus 30 in education. She served on a team to establish the nationally recognized B’Yon program for talented/gifted children. She was devoted to educating the youth of Tangipahoa Parish for 25 years. Surviving are her husband, Donald G. Rhodes; son and daughter-in-law, Lanis and Anita Yarbrough III; two daughters and sons-in-law, Beth and Craig Lieberman and Leann and Donnie Pickens; four grandchildren, Scott Pickens, Amanda Yarbrough, Tory Lieberman and Laine Lieberman. Preceded in death by her parents, Otis and Lennie Cutrer Bennett; first husband, Lanis Yarbrough Jr.; and sister, Marion Gill. Friends will be received at Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home, Hammond, on Sunday, July 13, from noon until service at 2 p.m. in the chapel, officiated by Dr. Lonnie Wascom. Interment in Woodland Cemetery, Kentwood. The family wishes to thank the nurses, aides and staff of Belle Maison Nursing Home for their devoted care of our beloved Agnes, and to Marthetta, her companion and caregiver, our most heartfelt thanks. An online guestbook is available at http://www.harrymckneely.com.
Published in The Advocate on 7/11/2008