1933
Margaret
2018
Margaret Truly
January 13, 1933 — September 16, 2018
A Memorial Visitation honoring Mrs. Margaret McLean Truly, 85, will be held from 10:30 A.M. until 12:00 P.M. on Saturday, September 22, 2018, at Mulhearn Funeral Home, West Monroe, LA.
Margaret was born January 13, 1933, in Franklinton, LA, and passed away Sunday, September 16, 2018, in Vestavia Hills, AL.
The daughter of a Methodist minister, Margaret lived in several towns in Louisiana. She graduated from Ruston High School in 1951 and Magna Cum Laude from Louisiana Tech University in 1953, with a degree in medical technology. She attended graduate school at LSU Medical School in New Orleans and became a Registered Microbiologist. She and her family lived in West Monroe, LA from 1963 until 2004. During those years, Margaret was a strong advocate for her community. She provided leadership on committees that built West Monroe’s civic buildings and improved West Ouachita schools. She served on the committee that decorated City Hall with original art by local artists. She was past President of the West Monroe Boys’ Club Auxiliary and the Ouachita Medical Society Auxiliary. She was cited several times as the Volunteer of the Year at the West Monroe Community Center, where she served as a tutor to adults seeking to further their educations. She volunteered in the Emergency Room at Glenwood Regional Medical Center. She was the first woman to be appointed to serve on the Board of Commissioners for Hospital Service District #1, and was the first woman recipient of the A. O. Evan Award for community service.
She and her husband retired to Hoover, Alabama, where she was commissioned to begin an outreach program for the Hoover Public Library, leading book discussion groups for residents of assisted living facilities and nursing homes. She continued to volunteer at the library. At age 83 she published a biography of Colorado’s first school teacher that was well received by leading Colorado historians.
She is preceded in death by her son, James Adams Truly, Jr.; her parents, Rev. Charles E. McLean and Frances Lucille Bowdon McLean; siblings, Charles R. McLean, F.E. McLean (Amanda), Julia McLean Williams and William Paul McLean; sister-in-law, Jo McLean; and grandchild by marriage, Crystalyn Henson.
Survivors include her husband of 62 years, James Adams Truly, M.D.; daughters, Karen Truly Long (Randall) of Vestavia Hills, AL, and Rebecca Truly Stuart (Thomas) of Springhill, FL; her daughter-in-law, Susan E. Truly of Hammond, LA; grandchildren, Rebecca Long Anderson (Kevin), Randall McLean Long and James Adam Sydnor; grandchildren and great grandchildren by marriage, Lance and Lauren Drouet, Lorie Lofquist (Jeff), Brad and Halley Lofquist; her siblings, Ruth McLean Turner (Bob) and James A. McLean; sister-in-law, Lynne McLean; and numerous beloved nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Louisiana Methodist Children’s Home, P.O. Box 929, Ruston, LA 71273-9976.
Margaret was born January 13, 1933, in Franklinton, LA, and passed away Sunday, September 16, 2018, in Vestavia Hills, AL.
The daughter of a Methodist minister, Margaret lived in several towns in Louisiana. She graduated from Ruston High School in 1951 and Magna Cum Laude from Louisiana Tech University in 1953, with a degree in medical technology. She attended graduate school at LSU Medical School in New Orleans and became a Registered Microbiologist. She and her family lived in West Monroe, LA from 1963 until 2004. During those years, Margaret was a strong advocate for her community. She provided leadership on committees that built West Monroe’s civic buildings and improved West Ouachita schools. She served on the committee that decorated City Hall with original art by local artists. She was past President of the West Monroe Boys’ Club Auxiliary and the Ouachita Medical Society Auxiliary. She was cited several times as the Volunteer of the Year at the West Monroe Community Center, where she served as a tutor to adults seeking to further their educations. She volunteered in the Emergency Room at Glenwood Regional Medical Center. She was the first woman to be appointed to serve on the Board of Commissioners for Hospital Service District #1, and was the first woman recipient of the A. O. Evan Award for community service.
She and her husband retired to Hoover, Alabama, where she was commissioned to begin an outreach program for the Hoover Public Library, leading book discussion groups for residents of assisted living facilities and nursing homes. She continued to volunteer at the library. At age 83 she published a biography of Colorado’s first school teacher that was well received by leading Colorado historians.
She is preceded in death by her son, James Adams Truly, Jr.; her parents, Rev. Charles E. McLean and Frances Lucille Bowdon McLean; siblings, Charles R. McLean, F.E. McLean (Amanda), Julia McLean Williams and William Paul McLean; sister-in-law, Jo McLean; and grandchild by marriage, Crystalyn Henson.
Survivors include her husband of 62 years, James Adams Truly, M.D.; daughters, Karen Truly Long (Randall) of Vestavia Hills, AL, and Rebecca Truly Stuart (Thomas) of Springhill, FL; her daughter-in-law, Susan E. Truly of Hammond, LA; grandchildren, Rebecca Long Anderson (Kevin), Randall McLean Long and James Adam Sydnor; grandchildren and great grandchildren by marriage, Lance and Lauren Drouet, Lorie Lofquist (Jeff), Brad and Halley Lofquist; her siblings, Ruth McLean Turner (Bob) and James A. McLean; sister-in-law, Lynne McLean; and numerous beloved nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Louisiana Methodist Children’s Home, P.O. Box 929, Ruston, LA 71273-9976.
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Saturday, September 22, 2018
10:30am - 12:00 pm (Central time)
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