2024ObituariesMargueritte Travis Stanbery

Margueritte Travis Beck Stanbery, 90, a native of Helena, Arkansas, passed away Friday, November 22, 2024. She was a graduate of the Methodist Hospital School of Nursing, Memphis, Tennessee. After graduation, she worked at Lane Memorial Hospital, ER and Labor and Delivery. She was also a member of the LA Realtors Association working with Century 21 Sasser & Associates. Margueritte always enjoyed cooking, fishing, golf, church choir, crossword puzzles, card games, and dancing, and she was a great lover of music. She was a devoted mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt and friend and will be missed by all who knew her.

She is survived by daughters: Janet Beck Schwartz, Karen Beck Perry, Julie Beck Schopfer, Joni Beck Fleshman (Roy); Stepsons, Steven Stanbery, Randall Stanbery (Liz); Grandchildren: Colby Schopfer (Jade), Rachel Schopfer, Brandon Scott (Melissa), Brian Scott (Sarah), Melanie Scott; eight great-grandchildren, and many beloved nieces and nephews. Also, a brother, William E. Travis, Sr. of Many, Louisiana; Brother-in-Law, Sidney Paul Beck of Eagan, Minnesota; and dear friends: Joyce Sasser, Alice Byrd, Nora Beth Abat.

She was preceded in death by her parents: Eura Hicks Mauldin (Mother) and James Howard Mauldin (Father); husbands: Clyde M. Stanbery of Wichita Falls, Texas, and Harold Leo Beck of Oxford, Mississippi; three brothers: Gentry Travis, Emmitt Travis, Edward Travis; stepdaughter: Linda Kay Stanbery; and grandson: Stephen Christopher Schwartz.

A visitation will be held at Seale Funeral Home, Denham Springs, Tuesday, November 26, from 11 a.m. until memorial service at 12 p.m.

The family would like to extend a special thanks to the staff and caregivers at Holly Court Assisted Living and Audubon Hospice. In lieu of flowers: The Alzheimer’s’ Association Louisiana Chapter.