Luella Batiste

Funeral services for Luella Gibson Batiste resident of Baton Rouge formerly of Lettsworth will be held on Saturday, May 20, 2017 beginning at 11am at Escude Funeral Home in Simmesportt. Visitation will be held on Saturday, May 20, 2017 beginning at 9am until 11am at Escude Funeral Home in Simmesport. Burial will take place at the Tree of Life Baptist Cemetery in Lettsworth. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Escude Funeral Home.

Luella Gibson Batiste, age 80, passed away on Monday, May 8, 2017 at her home in Baton Rouge. She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Batiste, Sr.; daughter, Jane Ruth Pate; sons, Ervin Batiste, Sr., Leburn Batiste, & Maryland Batiste; siblings, Wava Carter, Juliette Lewis, Florence Reissland, Cora Collins, Mary Barnes, Ophelia Jacobs, Jessie Pugh, Lillian Washington, Sam Pate, Jr., Clinton Pate, Tommy Pate, John Pate, Rudolph Pate, & Orange Pate.

Those left to cherish her memory are her daughters, Receiver Williams of Simmsport, Rosetta Ivory of Mansura, Ida Mae Batiste, Vera Mae Batiste, and Janetta Isah all of Baton Rouge; sons, Leon Ivory of Mansura, Edward Batiste, Jr. of Spokane, WA, and Vernon Lee Batiste of Baton Rouge; siblings, Sadie Lyles, Clementine Thompson, Naomi Everette, Jeraline Patterson, Willie Pate, & Winfield Pate. She is also survived by five grandchildren, a host of step-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, extended family and friends.

Visitation

Escude Funeral Home of Simmesport
625 Main St.
Simmesport, LA  71369
Saturday, May 20, 2017
9am-11am

Service

Funeral service

Escude Funeral Home of Simmesport
625 Main St.
Simmesport, LA  71369
Saturday, May 20, 2017
11am

Cemetery

Tree of Life Baptist Cemetery
Lettsworth, LA