Extracted from The Caldwell Watchman (Columbia, LA)
Wednesday, January 31, 1996

Veteree Mason Strange

Funeral services for Mrs. Veteree Mason Strange, age 84, of Columbia will be held at 2:00 p.m. (today) Wednesday, January 31, 1996 from the chapel of Riser and Son Funeral Home with the Rev. Boyd Tannehill and Rev. Lester Bounds officiating. Interment will follow in the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, west of Columbia.

Mrs. Strange, a homemaker died Monday, January 29th at the Citizens Medical Center in Columbia following an extended illness.

Mrs. Strange was born on October 19, 1911 to the union of Robert and Mary Jane Layton Mason in Mississippi. She was a member of the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, and was preceded in death by her husband, Mr. Andrew Strange, and two sons, Bob Strange and Melvin Strange.

Survivors include: one son, James Strange of Columbia; two daughters, Joyce Stephens of Columbia and Lorene Hatten of Chatham; 21 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren.

Visitation will continue today from 8:00 a.m. until time of service.

Pallbearers will be: R. D. Calhoun, Jack Clarke, Rev. Wayne Hendrixson, Elvis Coates, Lloyd Williams, and Joe Strange Jr.