Extracted from The News-Star (Monroe, LA)
Thursday, January 1, 1970

Mrs. Mattie Beauchamp

Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie Mae Beauchamp, 90, widow of Thomas Beauchamp of Clarks, was at 2 p.m. today in the chapel of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home of Monroe with the Revs. C. Roger Johnson and Vester R. Headrick officiating.

Burial was in the Riverview Cemetery.

Mrs. Beauchamp died Wednesday morning at St. Francis Hospital after a short illness.

She was a native of Caldwell Parish and a member of Fellowship Baptist Church.

Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. W. E. Bennett Sr., Mrs. T. K. McLemore and Mrs. J. A. Gonzales, all of Monroe; one son, O. L. Patton of Monroe; one sister, Mrs. Ethel Wainwright of Monroe; one brother, A. L. Smith of Los Angeles, Calif.; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Fred Huenefeld Jr., Walter Bennett, Wayne McDonald, Frank McDonough, N. H. Shepherd and Briggs Becton.