Extracted from The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS)
Friday, February 14, 2003

Helen T. Arender

Polkville -- Helen Traxler Arender, 81, died Thursday, February 13, 2003, at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. Visitation is 5-8 p.m. today at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Morton. Services are 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home with burial in Polkville Cemetery.

Mrs. Arender was a native and lifelong resident of Polkville. She was a member of Polkville Baptist Church, and was a very loving mother, grandmother, relative, and friend to all who knew her.

Survivors include: daughter, Mary Helen Arender of Polkville; son, Gene and wife Cissy Arender of Pelahatchie; grandson, Allen and wife Laura Arender of Baton Rouge, La. She was preceded in death by her husband, Herschel Arender and a brother, Ray Traxler.