Extracted from The News-Star (Monroe, LA)
Friday, May 26, 2006

ZULA MAE ``NICKIE'' YELVERTON

Brown-Holley Funeral Home
Rayville, LA

Funeral services for Mrs. Zula Mae ``Nickie'' Yelverton, 89, of Rayville, LA will be held at 2:00PM, Friday, May 26, 2006 at Woodlawn Baptist Church in Rayville, LA with Rev. David Herrington and Dr. Alan Miller officiating. Interment will follow at Stevenson Cemetery in Rayville, LA under the direction of Brown-Holley Funeral Home of Rayville, LA.

Mrs. Zula Mae ``Nickie'' Yelverton was born on September 9, 1916 in Morton, MS and passed away on Wednesday, May 24, 2006 in Monroe, LA. She was a member of Boeuf River Baptist Church in Rayville, LA. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Atlas Durwood Bagbey and Preston J. Yelverton.

Survivors include her daughter, Sandra Johnston and husband, Charles, Jr. of Rayville, LA; step-son, Jake Yelverton and wife, Emilia of Rayville, LA; two grandchildren, Lindsey Allen and husband, Tim of Rayville, LA; and Jude Atlas Johnston of Rayville, LA; one great grandson, Ty Allen of Rayville, LA; two step-grandsons, Mark Yelverton and Todd Yelverton; one sister, Myrtis Payne of Rayville, LA; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be Ken Raborn, Tom Raborn, Jonathon Raborn, Larry Joe Nichols, Henry Rice, and Andy Johnston.

Memorials can be sent to the Louisiana Baptist Children's Home, 7200 Desiard St., Monroe, LA, 71203 or you can call 318-343-2244.

Condolences can be made at www.brownholleyfuneralhomes.com.