Obituary of Ethel Eloise Lively

Funeral services for Ethel Eloise “Woody” Lively age 81 of Columbia will be held 2:00 PM Monday January 16, 2017 from the Columbia chapel of Riser Funeral Home with Rev. Shane Duke officiating. Interment will follow in the Welcome Home Cemetery at Grayson. Visitation will be Sunday January 15, 2017 fro 5:00 PM untill 8:00 PM at Riser Funeral Home. Ethel Eloise Lively was born on October 31, 1935 in Caldwell Parish to the union of her parents Walker Welch Lively SR and Erpha Eloise Harvey Lively and she passed from this life on Friday January 13, 2017 at the Haven Nursing Center in Columbia following an extended illness. Ethel was preceded in death by her parents and by her sister-in-law Margaret Mills Lively. Ethel was an extraordinary person especially when it came to her memory. She could tell you the birthdays of the Haven residents and their family members and what their dogs names were, not to mention all of her family. She was also a Bingo Master. She attended IBM Business School and in her earlier year’s baby sat for numerous people. Left to cherish her memory are her brother Pete Lively of Columbia, her niece: Phyllis Ballard and her husband Roger of Columbia, three nephews: Danny Lively and wife Carla of Crowville, Tommy Lively and wife Linda of Eros and Scott Lively and wife Cheryl of Columbia, ten great nieces and nephews and twenty one great-great nieces and nephews. Serving as pallbearers will be Ben Lively, Shannon Varnell, Colt Lively, T J Lively, Brandon Lively, and Ryan Ballard. Special thanks to Dr. Pankaj Shroff for his many years of care. We also thank Haven Nursing Center for giving Woody the three best years of their love, friendship and teaching her Bingo. Online registry/condolences: riserfuneralhomes.com