ClaudetteAdella Wallace, NHS Class of '63

SHREVEPORT, LA - Mrs. Claudette Crow, age 67, passed away after a short but courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Celebration of Life services will be held at Centuries Memorial Funeral Home on Thursday, August 30, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. Officiating will be Dr. Larry Williams, Associate Pastor of Broadmoor Baptist Church in Shreveport. Interment will immediately follow. Visitation will be held on Wednesday evening from 5:00 -8:00 p.m. at the funeral home.

Mrs. Claudette Crow was born on August 17, 1945, in Jonesboro, LA; relocated to Natchitoches in 1957 and has been a resident of Shreveport since 1971. Mrs. Crow was a member of Broadmoor Baptist Church for over 35 years. She was a graduate of Northwestern State University where she received her B.S. degree and later obtained her masters degree from Louisiana Tech in counseling. She worked at the former Charter Forest Hospital, the Center for Families. She always had a loving smile on her face. Her kindness, thoughtfulness for others and loving smile will remain in our hearts forever. Mrs. Crow was a wonderful wife, heroic mother and grandmother and a friend to many. Her outgoing lifestyle and interest included many outdoor activities and traveling. She was preceded in death by her parents, Claud and Ruby Wallace; and brother, CR Wallace of Natchitoches.

Mrs. Crow is survived by her husband of 47 years, Paul Crow; one brother, Billy Wallace and wife Gail of Southaven, MS; one daughter, Cheryl Brooks of Shreveport; one son, Keith Crow and daughter-in-law, Cassandra Royer of San Antonio; granddaughter, Emily Schuster; grandsons, Ryan Schuster, Shannon Brooks and Nathaniel Crow.

Thanks to her special life long and devoted friends Darla Moore and Mary Alice Peebles, members of the Arklatex VW club and her Broadmoor Baptist Bethal class friends, Jeanne Williams, Sue Ballard and other members for their compassion during her illness.