Louise McElrath

July 4, 1917 - January 29, 2011

Louise McElrath, 93, of Port Arthur passed away on Saturday, January 29, 2011 at her home. She was born July 4, 1917 to Audrey Nickens Cain and Walter Cain in Gideon, Missouri. She has been a resident of the area for many years. Louise worked as a waitress at the Southener Café on Proctor Street for several years. She retired from Wiengartens as a cashier after 27 years of service. She was very active with the United Food Wokers Local. Visitation will be on Tuesday, February 1, 2011 from 1 PM to 2 PM at Clayton Thompson Funeral Home in Groves. Funeral service will be at 2 PM Tuesday in the Thompson Memorial Chapel at Clayton Thompson. Burial will follow in Greenlawn Memorial Park. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Joy D. McElrath, daughter, Donna Leigh Jones, two sisters and a brother, granddaughter, Pat Lacy and her sons-in-laws, James Guidry, Joey Jardell and Robert L. Scott, Jr. She is survived by her daughters, Cathy Jardell of Port Arthur, Sharon Guidry of Vernon, Michigan, Dorothy E. Scott of Grand Prairie, Tx. and Carol Lacy and husband Eugene of Sam Rayburn, Tx., Grandson/Caregiver, Steven Odom of Port Arthur, step daughter, Joy Dale Marr of Ocala, Florida, two stepsons, Jerry McElrath of Sound, Florida and Sam McElrath of Ocala, Florida along with 12 grandchildren, 9 great grandchildren and 2 great great granddaughters.