Obituary of Betty Jean Nichols Langston

Funeral services for Mrs. Betty Jean Nichols Langston are scheduled for 2 P.M. Saturday, January 31, 2015, in the chapel of Golden Funeral Home with Rev. Kyle Peters officiating. Interment will follow in Carter Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. Friday, January 30, 2015 at Golden's. Mrs. Langston, a resident of Bastrop, LA, passed away Wednesday, January 28, 2015. She was a retired employee of Louisiana Power and Light, a former Teacher's Aide and a longtime member of Cherry Ridge Baptist Church. Mrs. Langston had many hobbies including working in her yard, singing and being with her family. She enjoyed people, had a generous heart and loved doing for others. Mrs. Langston is survived by her daughter, Barbara Langston Brady and husband John of Panama City Beach, FL; sons, Mike Langston and wife Tracy of Downsville, LA, and Mark Langston of Los Angeles, CA; brothers, Charlie Nichols and wife Sherry of Bastrop, LA, and Jim Nichols of Donaldsonville, LA; sister, Carolyn Ann Miller and husband Wendell of Oneonta, AL; grandchildren, Jeff Parrott and wife Angel of Shreveport, LA, Jared Parrott of West Monroe, LA, Jennifer Parrott of Panama City Beach, FL, Lyndsey Langston of Meridian, MS, and Taylor Langston of Baton Rouge, LA; great grandchildren, Hailey Parrott, Jessica Parrott, Emily Parrott of Decatur, AL, and Jordan Parrott of Shreveport, LA. She is preceded in death by her husband, Sydney Lee Langston, Jr.; brother, Bill Nichols; parents, Frank Nichols and Velma Nichols. Serving as pallbearers will be Taylor Langston, Jeff Parrott, Jared Parrott, Luke Moore, Ben Bridges and Jarrod Jacob. Honorary pallbearers will be Kenneth Langston, Jack Langston, Jr., Brian Martin, Henry Langston, Lynn Langston and Russ Langston. The family of Mrs. Langston would like to give thanks to Dr. Cox and his staff, Premier Hospice, and Oak Woods Nursing Home for all of their loving help and support. The family would also like to give thanks to two of Mrs. Langston's very special friends, Jaquelyn Gray and Lora Sanders for being such a blessing to this family in more ways than they can count.