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Letha Cathey Obituary
Arcadia-Letha Eva Cathey, 102, passed away peacefully in Arcadia, LA on July 25, 2013. Born on February 25, 1911 to Dora Lee Lord and Colonel Sidney W. Robinson.
She is preceded in death by her five brothers, two sisters and by her loving husband James Thomas Cathey, who passed away on March 5. 1986. They were married in Arcadia on November 16, 1929. They loved each other very much along with their careers, hers in nursing and his as a police officer. She leaves behind their two children, Sammie N. Eaves and Tommy L. Cathey, along with many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews: along with family in Winnfield Louisiana. She graduated from nursing school and worked in this field for many years with some of her closest friends that she leaves behind, with many, many others and other family members.
Viewing/Visitation will be held from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m. on Monday, July 29, 2013 at Rose-Neath Funeral Home in Arcadia. Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday July 30, 2013 at First Baptist Church in Arcadia. Interment will follow at Oak Grove Cemetery.
Letha loved God. Her kindness and love will be missed by all who were fortunate enough to know her.
Memorials may be made to, St. Jude's Children's Hospital in Memphis, TN.
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Bobby Boostimonte
December 15, 2022
I´ll always miss Mr. Tom and Mrs. Letha they were like grandparents to me and my brother and sisters. I´ll always remember Mrs. Letha´s kind voice on the phone, one day I called her out of the blue and she was so welcoming and her warm southern charm made me feel so warm. I got to meet Mr. Tom and Mrs. Letha´s son Tommy many years ago and he was as charming as they were and he also had that southern charm about him. They were all truly good people and wanted nothing but the best for their family. I tried to stay in contact with Tommy but then he moved to San Francisco and manage a bar called the End Up, he was a business man like his parents and always worked hard.
Tyrone
March 2, 2021
I’ll miss her SMILIng face, her southern charm.
Rachel May
July 28, 2013
Miss Letha was my grandmother's (Lela Mae Cummings Durrett) best friend, and she was like a second grandmother to me and my siblings, as was Mr. Tom. We loved visiting our grandparents in the summer - and the Cathey's lived 'next door'. Yes, we enjoyed spent many a day playing in that little country store. Our own Papa, Millard Durrett, had the store before Mr. Tom. Ms Letha and I stayed in touch over the years sharing a love of family, family stories, quilting and sewing. Her life made a big impact on mine. in sorrow, Rachel Hall May
July 27, 2013
Growing up just down the road from Mr. Tom and "Miss" Letha's, I have fond memories of the both of them. I made many a trip to Mr. Tom's store on my bicycle!
Jane Harrison Greer (Elsie Daniel's daughter and Lucile Daniel's granddaughter)
Carolyn DeMoss Beatty
July 27, 2013
It has been a long time since I last saw Mrs. Cathey. Can't believe anyone can live 102 years. That is a long life.
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