Betty Carter Stokeld

Classmate Betty Carter Stokeld has experienced health problems for several years now and her battle may be about over. Several classmates have let me know that she is hospitalized and that all life support systems have now been removed. Please keep Betty, her husband Jack, and their children and families in your prayers. If there are updates I will add them to this article.

Update provided by Marilyn Perry Fain @ 4:35pm - 12-27-2011

Betty died early this morning.  Visitation will be Thursday evening & again on Friday morning from 9-service time at 11a.m.  I'll talk to Jack again tomorrow & get the specifics tightened up.  He was so tired when we talked that I hated to force him to give me addresses, etc.  He and Betty's daughter were at the funeral home making decisions & then headed home to (hopefully) sleep.

Update: Rabenhorst Funeral Home – 12-28-2011

Elizabeth "Betty" Carter Stokeld
Date of death:
December 27, 2011

Visitation:
Thursday, December 29, 2011
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Rabenhorst Downtown, 825 Government St.
Religious Service:
Friday, December 30, 2011
Visitation at First Baptist Church
529 Convention Street, Baton Rouge
9:00 AM until service at 11:00 AM
Burial:
Resthaven Gardens of Memory

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Elizabeth Ellen Carter "Betty" Stokeld 

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Elizabeth Ellen "Betty" Carter Stokeld died Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011, at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center. The daughter of Ed F. and Sue R. Carter, she was born June 28, 1943, in Shreveport. She was married to Jack H. Stokeld on Aug. 12, 1967. To this union was born Marc Carter Stokeld and Jill Elizabeth Stokeld. Betty was a graduate of Fair Park High School, Shreveport, Louisiana College, Pineville, and LSU. She was president of the student body at both Fair Park High School and Louisiana College. As an educator, she had a tenure of 28 years in public education. She taught high school for 16 years and also served as a prevention specialist in the I Care program of the East Baton Rouge Parish school system. Betty was the first female to serve on the Louisiana College Board of Trustees. She was a Distinguished Alumnus of Louisiana College and recently was made an emeritus member of the I Care Advisory Board. She was an active member of First Baptist Church, Baton Rouge. Betty Stokeld is survived by her husband, Jack Stokeld; son, Marc Stokeld; daughter, Jill Stokeld; brother, Dr. James E. Carter and family, Natchitoches; and sister, Mrs. Peggy Carter Underwood and her family, West Monroe. Visitation at Rabenhorst Funeral Home, 825 Government St., on Thursday, Dec. 29, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Visitation at First Baptist Church on Friday, Dec. 30, from 9 a.m. until services at 11 a.m., conducted by the Rev. Jerry Ratcliff and Monsignor Robert Berggreen. Interment in Resthaven Gardens of Memory. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center.