Glenna Sevier DiBenedetto

Glenna was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania on September 26, 1946 in an orphanage run by the Volunteers of America. She was adopted Glenna Louise Long by Mallie Jordan Long and Robert Glenn Long at eight days of age and lived with them in Flushing, New York until 1952 when her adoptive parents moved to Taullah, Louisiana, Mallie's original home city. After returning to Tallulah, Mallie past away from cancer in 1952 and Glenna was adopted as Glenna Louise Sevier in 1956 by Howard Spencer Sevier and Helen Mae Leoty Sevier in Tallulah, Louisiana. Glenna attended Tallulah Elementary and Tallulah High before attending LSU Baton Rouge from 1964 to 1968 when she graduated with a B.A. degree. She worked as a Flight Attendant and Purser for Pan American World Airways from 1969 to 1983 and traveled internationally in that capacity. She was fluent in Spanish as a second language.
Glenna's grandfather was Andrew Leonard Sevier, Sr., an attorney from Tallulah, Louisiana, who served for thirty years from 1932 until his death as a Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate. Her grandmother, Irene Jordan Sevier, sister to Mallie Jordan Long, served in her husband's senate seat after his death.
Glenna is survived by her husband, Vincent J. DiBenedetto, whom she married on May 19, 1979 who was a native of New Orleans and Metairie, Louisiana; her brother, Robert "Spencer" Sevier and his wife Mary, and children, Anna, Grady and Howard;.cousins and other family members.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend the Funeral Service on Friday, February 28, 2025. Visitation will be held at L. A. Muhleisen and Son Funeral Home, 2607 Williams Blvd. Kenner from 9:30 am to 11:30 am followed by the Requiem Mass at 12:00 noon at Our Lady Of Grace Roman Catholic Church, 2552 Kentucky Ave., Kenner. Interment will follow in St. Joseph Abbey Cemetery, St. Benedict, LA.
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