Ducote

Bettye Lou Ducote, 85, of Rockdale died Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019, at her home in Rockdale.

A funeral service was held Sunday, Dec. 15, at Phillips & Luckey Funeral Home with Pastor Matt Higginbotham officiating. Burial was at I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Rockdale.

Mrs. Ducote was born April 20, 1934, to Bruno Richard and Cordie Mae (Rinehart) Stimmel in Rosebud.

She graduated from Lott High School.

On May 4, 1952, she married George R. Ducote in Rosebud. They spent 59 years together until his death on Feb. 3, 2011.

Mrs. Ducote was a member of First Baptist Church.

She enjoyed sewing, gardening and the Saturday Morning Coffee Club at McDonald’s.

Mrs. Ducote was preceded in death by her parents, Bruno Richard and Cordie Mae Stimmel; her husband, George R. Ducote; and her brothers, Herbert and Thomas Stimmel.

Survivors are her fur babies, Lily and Amos; her children, Susan Saunders and husband Robert of Rockdale, Larry Ducote and wife Karen of Euless, Gayle Hall and husband Marc of Burleson; her grandchildren, Sarah Vreeland and husband Mark of Hallettsville, Monica Baxter of Rock-dale, Jake Ducote and wife Dara of Inez, Melissa Ducote and husband Jarad of Euless; and her twin sister, Freddye S. Debault of Rockdale; also, eight great-grandchildren and a great-great-granddaughter.

Pallbearers were Jake Ducote, Nicolas Vreeland, Trace Baxter, Matthew Vreeland, Joseph Vreeland and Marcus Casassa.