Extracted from The Morning Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)
Wednesday, November 24, 1982

BETZ, MRS. MERTIS MOORE

Died Tuesday, Nov. 23, 1982, at Seventh Ward Hospital, Hammond. She was 79, a native of Franklinton and resident of Ponchatoula. Religious services were held at Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home, Ponchatoula, at 3 p.m. Tuesday. Burial was in Ponchatoula Cemetery.

Survived by a daughter, Mrs. Inez Lusk Hepburn, Ponchatoula; a son, Frederick W. Betz, Metairie; two sisters, Mrs. Maudine Harrison, Bogalusa, and Mrs. Lucille Illg, Metairie; six grandchildren and six great grandchildren.