Obituary in The Shreveport (LA) Times January 12, 2018:
CHENEYVILLE, LA - Funeral services for Manie Louise Lyles Culbertson of Alexandria will be held at 10:00 AM Saturday, January 13, 2018, at the Trinity Episcopal Church, 941 Bayou Road, Cheneyville, Louisiana, with Reverend Keith Uffman, assisted by Father Don White officiating. Interment will be at 2:00 PM at Forest Park Cemetery, 3700 St. Vincent Avenue, in Shreveport.
Pallbearers honored to serve are Randy McCain, Craig Pratt, Charles White, Bobby Lyles, Kerry Uffman and Harold "Mac" McGowan,
Manie was born around midnight on December 25, 1927, and entered eternal rest on Monday, January 8, 2018, at the age of 90. The daughter of Samuel and Myrtle Lyles, Manie grew up in a farming family on Compromise Plantation near Cheneyville, where her father operated a cotton gin. A long-time member of 4H, as a high school student, Manie's prize pig, Salami, won the grand prize at the Chicago Livestock Show, an accomplishment in which she was very proud. A superb dancer, she was able to out jitterbug anyone. She also pitched for the Lecompte High School softball team! Manie studied home economics at LSU in Baton Rouge where she sewed costumes for student plays and musicals and met her beloved husband, James Forrest Culbertson of Shreveport, a Navy pilot who enrolled at LSU after World War II. The couple was married for forty years, before Jim's death in 1989. She was extremely close to her husband's family in Shreveport and often held grand rousing Christmas parties and other gatherings with sing-a-longs with the entire family.
She completed her master's degree from Northwestern State University in Natchitoches. Teaching was her love and passion. A committed educator and writer, Manie taught 8th grade language arts and social studies in the Caddo Parish School system for 29 years before health issues forced her retirement. In 1972, she authored May I Speak: Diary of a Crossover Teacher, which chronicled her experiences during the integration of the public-school system in Louisiana. The following year she was named a Teacher of Distinction by the Louisiana Parent Teachers Association. In 1986, she co-authored with her sister, Sue Eakin, Louisiana: The Land and Its People, the social studies textbook utilized by Louisiana schoolchildren everywhere. A diminutive lady, she even found time early in her career to coach girls basketball! She influenced the lives of countless Louisiana children and inspired many to enter the teaching profession and continue her legacy. Although stricken with lupus early in life, she soldiered on with fierce determination, finding time to help and counsel others with the disease through her commitment to the Lupus Society of Louisiana.
Manie was preceded in death by her husband James Forrest Culbertson, parents, Samuel and Myrtle Lyles, and by her siblings, Sue Eakin, Wanda McGowan, William Lyles, Sr., Joanne White, and Samuel P. Lyles, Jr. Her son, Kurt Culbertson and daughter-in-law Gene Anne Klass Culbertson of Snowmass Village, Colorado survive her. Her love of sewing and style were passed on to her granddaughter, Erin Lyles Culbertson Wieber (husband Ken) of Larchmont, New York, a fashion designer, and her passion for the English language to her granddaughter, Sarah Savannah Culbertson Warren (husband Gabe) of Tallahassee, Florida, an attorney. She enjoyed three wonderful great-grandchildren, Caelin Anne Wieber, James Kurt Wieber, and Tinsley Anne Warren who share her zest for life. She was especially close to her siblings and her cousin, George H. Lyles of Cheneyville. Manie's surviving siblings are Grace Uffman, Nancy Durham, and Catherine Coleman (husband Gerry).
Equal to her love of teaching was her love of flowers. A green thumb she was constantly working and testing new discoveries in her garden. A perfectionist, Manie was a disciplined, determined, exuberant, passionate, courageous, and loving lady. Her memory will endure in the many lives she touched.
Donations may be made in her memory to: Trinity Episcopal Church of Cheneyville, 941 Bayou Road, Cheneyville, Louisiana 71325.
Rose-Neath Funeral Home Chapel, Marksville LA
CHENEYVILLE, LA - Funeral services for Manie Louise Lyles Culbertson of Alexandria will be held at 10:00 AM Saturday, January 13, 2018, at the Trinity Episcopal Church, 941 Bayou Road, Cheneyville, Louisiana, with Reverend Keith Uffman, assisted by Father Don White officiating. Interment will be at 2:00 PM at Forest Park Cemetery, 3700 St. Vincent Avenue, in Shreveport.
Pallbearers honored to serve are Randy McCain, Craig Pratt, Charles White, Bobby Lyles, Kerry Uffman and Harold "Mac" McGowan,
Manie was born around midnight on December 25, 1927, and entered eternal rest on Monday, January 8, 2018, at the age of 90. The daughter of Samuel and Myrtle Lyles, Manie grew up in a farming family on Compromise Plantation near Cheneyville, where her father operated a cotton gin. A long-time member of 4H, as a high school student, Manie's prize pig, Salami, won the grand prize at the Chicago Livestock Show, an accomplishment in which she was very proud. A superb dancer, she was able to out jitterbug anyone. She also pitched for the Lecompte High School softball team! Manie studied home economics at LSU in Baton Rouge where she sewed costumes for student plays and musicals and met her beloved husband, James Forrest Culbertson of Shreveport, a Navy pilot who enrolled at LSU after World War II. The couple was married for forty years, before Jim's death in 1989. She was extremely close to her husband's family in Shreveport and often held grand rousing Christmas parties and other gatherings with sing-a-longs with the entire family.
She completed her master's degree from Northwestern State University in Natchitoches. Teaching was her love and passion. A committed educator and writer, Manie taught 8th grade language arts and social studies in the Caddo Parish School system for 29 years before health issues forced her retirement. In 1972, she authored May I Speak: Diary of a Crossover Teacher, which chronicled her experiences during the integration of the public-school system in Louisiana. The following year she was named a Teacher of Distinction by the Louisiana Parent Teachers Association. In 1986, she co-authored with her sister, Sue Eakin, Louisiana: The Land and Its People, the social studies textbook utilized by Louisiana schoolchildren everywhere. A diminutive lady, she even found time early in her career to coach girls basketball! She influenced the lives of countless Louisiana children and inspired many to enter the teaching profession and continue her legacy. Although stricken with lupus early in life, she soldiered on with fierce determination, finding time to help and counsel others with the disease through her commitment to the Lupus Society of Louisiana.
Manie was preceded in death by her husband James Forrest Culbertson, parents, Samuel and Myrtle Lyles, and by her siblings, Sue Eakin, Wanda McGowan, William Lyles, Sr., Joanne White, and Samuel P. Lyles, Jr. Her son, Kurt Culbertson and daughter-in-law Gene Anne Klass Culbertson of Snowmass Village, Colorado survive her. Her love of sewing and style were passed on to her granddaughter, Erin Lyles Culbertson Wieber (husband Ken) of Larchmont, New York, a fashion designer, and her passion for the English language to her granddaughter, Sarah Savannah Culbertson Warren (husband Gabe) of Tallahassee, Florida, an attorney. She enjoyed three wonderful great-grandchildren, Caelin Anne Wieber, James Kurt Wieber, and Tinsley Anne Warren who share her zest for life. She was especially close to her siblings and her cousin, George H. Lyles of Cheneyville. Manie's surviving siblings are Grace Uffman, Nancy Durham, and Catherine Coleman (husband Gerry).
Equal to her love of teaching was her love of flowers. A green thumb she was constantly working and testing new discoveries in her garden. A perfectionist, Manie was a disciplined, determined, exuberant, passionate, courageous, and loving lady. Her memory will endure in the many lives she touched.
Donations may be made in her memory to: Trinity Episcopal Church of Cheneyville, 941 Bayou Road, Cheneyville, Louisiana 71325.
Rose-Neath Funeral Home Chapel, Marksville LA
Obituary in The Shreveport (LA) Times January 12, 2018:
CHENEYVILLE, LA - Funeral services for Manie Louise Lyles Culbertson of Alexandria will be held at 10:00 AM Saturday, January 13, 2018, at the Trinity Episcopal Church, 941 Bayou Road, Cheneyville, Louisiana, with Reverend Keith Uffman, assisted by Father Don White officiating. Interment will be at 2:00 PM at Forest Park Cemetery, 3700 St. Vincent Avenue, in Shreveport.
Pallbearers honored to serve are Randy McCain, Craig Pratt, Charles White, Bobby Lyles, Kerry Uffman and Harold "Mac" McGowan,
Manie was born around midnight on December 25, 1927, and entered eternal rest on Monday, January 8, 2018, at the age of 90. The daughter of Samuel and Myrtle Lyles, Manie grew up in a farming family on Compromise Plantation near Cheneyville, where her father operated a cotton gin. A long-time member of 4H, as a high school student, Manie's prize pig, Salami, won the grand prize at the Chicago Livestock Show, an accomplishment in which she was very proud. A superb dancer, she was able to out jitterbug anyone. She also pitched for the Lecompte High School softball team! Manie studied home economics at LSU in Baton Rouge where she sewed costumes for student plays and musicals and met her beloved husband, James Forrest Culbertson of Shreveport, a Navy pilot who enrolled at LSU after World War II. The couple was married for forty years, before Jim's death in 1989. She was extremely close to her husband's family in Shreveport and often held grand rousing Christmas parties and other gatherings with sing-a-longs with the entire family.
She completed her master's degree from Northwestern State University in Natchitoches. Teaching was her love and passion. A committed educator and writer, Manie taught 8th grade language arts and social studies in the Caddo Parish School system for 29 years before health issues forced her retirement. In 1972, she authored May I Speak: Diary of a Crossover Teacher, which chronicled her experiences during the integration of the public-school system in Louisiana. The following year she was named a Teacher of Distinction by the Louisiana Parent Teachers Association. In 1986, she co-authored with her sister, Sue Eakin, Louisiana: The Land and Its People, the social studies textbook utilized by Louisiana schoolchildren everywhere. A diminutive lady, she even found time early in her career to coach girls basketball! She influenced the lives of countless Louisiana children and inspired many to enter the teaching profession and continue her legacy. Although stricken with lupus early in life, she soldiered on with fierce determination, finding time to help and counsel others with the disease through her commitment to the Lupus Society of Louisiana.
Manie was preceded in death by her husband James Forrest Culbertson, parents, Samuel and Myrtle Lyles, and by her siblings, Sue Eakin, Wanda McGowan, William Lyles, Sr., Joanne White, and Samuel P. Lyles, Jr. Her son, Kurt Culbertson and daughter-in-law Gene Anne Klass Culbertson of Snowmass Village, Colorado survive her. Her love of sewing and style were passed on to her granddaughter, Erin Lyles Culbertson Wieber (husband Ken) of Larchmont, New York, a fashion designer, and her passion for the English language to her granddaughter, Sarah Savannah Culbertson Warren (husband Gabe) of Tallahassee, Florida, an attorney. She enjoyed three wonderful great-grandchildren, Caelin Anne Wieber, James Kurt Wieber, and Tinsley Anne Warren who share her zest for life. She was especially close to her siblings and her cousin, George H. Lyles of Cheneyville. Manie's surviving siblings are Grace Uffman, Nancy Durham, and Catherine Coleman (husband Gerry).
Equal to her love of teaching was her love of flowers. A green thumb she was constantly working and testing new discoveries in her garden. A perfectionist, Manie was a disciplined, determined, exuberant, passionate, courageous, and loving lady. Her memory will endure in the many lives she touched.
Donations may be made in her memory to: Trinity Episcopal Church of Cheneyville, 941 Bayou Road, Cheneyville, Louisiana 71325.
Rose-Neath Funeral Home Chapel, Marksville LA
CHENEYVILLE, LA - Funeral services for Manie Louise Lyles Culbertson of Alexandria will be held at 10:00 AM Saturday, January 13, 2018, at the Trinity Episcopal Church, 941 Bayou Road, Cheneyville, Louisiana, with Reverend Keith Uffman, assisted by Father Don White officiating. Interment will be at 2:00 PM at Forest Park Cemetery, 3700 St. Vincent Avenue, in Shreveport.
Pallbearers honored to serve are Randy McCain, Craig Pratt, Charles White, Bobby Lyles, Kerry Uffman and Harold "Mac" McGowan,
Manie was born around midnight on December 25, 1927, and entered eternal rest on Monday, January 8, 2018, at the age of 90. The daughter of Samuel and Myrtle Lyles, Manie grew up in a farming family on Compromise Plantation near Cheneyville, where her father operated a cotton gin. A long-time member of 4H, as a high school student, Manie's prize pig, Salami, won the grand prize at the Chicago Livestock Show, an accomplishment in which she was very proud. A superb dancer, she was able to out jitterbug anyone. She also pitched for the Lecompte High School softball team! Manie studied home economics at LSU in Baton Rouge where she sewed costumes for student plays and musicals and met her beloved husband, James Forrest Culbertson of Shreveport, a Navy pilot who enrolled at LSU after World War II. The couple was married for forty years, before Jim's death in 1989. She was extremely close to her husband's family in Shreveport and often held grand rousing Christmas parties and other gatherings with sing-a-longs with the entire family.
She completed her master's degree from Northwestern State University in Natchitoches. Teaching was her love and passion. A committed educator and writer, Manie taught 8th grade language arts and social studies in the Caddo Parish School system for 29 years before health issues forced her retirement. In 1972, she authored May I Speak: Diary of a Crossover Teacher, which chronicled her experiences during the integration of the public-school system in Louisiana. The following year she was named a Teacher of Distinction by the Louisiana Parent Teachers Association. In 1986, she co-authored with her sister, Sue Eakin, Louisiana: The Land and Its People, the social studies textbook utilized by Louisiana schoolchildren everywhere. A diminutive lady, she even found time early in her career to coach girls basketball! She influenced the lives of countless Louisiana children and inspired many to enter the teaching profession and continue her legacy. Although stricken with lupus early in life, she soldiered on with fierce determination, finding time to help and counsel others with the disease through her commitment to the Lupus Society of Louisiana.
Manie was preceded in death by her husband James Forrest Culbertson, parents, Samuel and Myrtle Lyles, and by her siblings, Sue Eakin, Wanda McGowan, William Lyles, Sr., Joanne White, and Samuel P. Lyles, Jr. Her son, Kurt Culbertson and daughter-in-law Gene Anne Klass Culbertson of Snowmass Village, Colorado survive her. Her love of sewing and style were passed on to her granddaughter, Erin Lyles Culbertson Wieber (husband Ken) of Larchmont, New York, a fashion designer, and her passion for the English language to her granddaughter, Sarah Savannah Culbertson Warren (husband Gabe) of Tallahassee, Florida, an attorney. She enjoyed three wonderful great-grandchildren, Caelin Anne Wieber, James Kurt Wieber, and Tinsley Anne Warren who share her zest for life. She was especially close to her siblings and her cousin, George H. Lyles of Cheneyville. Manie's surviving siblings are Grace Uffman, Nancy Durham, and Catherine Coleman (husband Gerry).
Equal to her love of teaching was her love of flowers. A green thumb she was constantly working and testing new discoveries in her garden. A perfectionist, Manie was a disciplined, determined, exuberant, passionate, courageous, and loving lady. Her memory will endure in the many lives she touched.
Donations may be made in her memory to: Trinity Episcopal Church of Cheneyville, 941 Bayou Road, Cheneyville, Louisiana 71325.
Rose-Neath Funeral Home Chapel, Marksville LA
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Samuel Guy Lyles
1917–1918
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Myrtle Sue Lyles Eakin
1918–2009
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Sarah Ione Lyles
1920–1923
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Charles Lyles
1923–1923
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Wanda Elizabeth "Betty" Lyles McGowen
1924–2017
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William F. Lyles Sr
1926–2005
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Lillian Joanne Lyles White
1929–2011
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Frances Grace Lyles Uffman
1931–2019
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Nancy Lyles Durham
1934–2022
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Catherine "Kitty" Lyles Coleman
1935–2019
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Samuel Pickles Lyles Jr
1938–1992
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