Mittie Glover Schiele

Graveside services for Mittie Lancaster Schiele, 81 of Ferriday, LA will be held at Natchez City Cemetery on Friday, October 03, 2014 at 10:30 AM with Rev. Clyde Ray Webber officiating. A Memorial service will follow at the First Presbyterian Church of Ferriday on Friday, October 03, 2014 at 12:00PM under the direction of Young's Funeral Home. Mittie Lancaster Schiele was born on Monday, November 07, 1932 in Ferriday, LA and passed away Monday, September 29, 2014 in Ferriday, LA. She was a resident of Ferriday and an active member of the First Presbyterian Church of Ferriday where she sang in the choir. Mittie loved playing tennis and Bridge with her circle of life-long friends. She was a fixture at all of her grandchildren's activities and affectionately known by all as "M". Mittie was preceded in death by her parents, James Otto and Ruth Gillespie Lancaster; husband, C.J. "Brer" Schiele; 3 brothers, James Otto Lancaster Jr., Buddy Lancaster and Dr. Joe Lancaster; sister, Jane Lancaster; infant brother, John Bruce Lancaster; and sister-in-law, Shirley Lancaster. She is survived by 3 daughters, Rebecca McGehee and her husband Bill of Natchez, MS, Janet Vaught and her husband Gerald of Ferriday, LA, and Lynne Ashmore and her husband Mitch of Ferriday, LA; son, Ed Schiele and his wife Linda of Monroe, LA; sister, Margie Wood and her husband Jimmy of Tallulah, LA; and 2 sister-in-laws, Betty Lancaster of Baton Rouge, LA and Jimmie Lancaster of Ferriday, LA She is also survived by 4 grandsons, Dr. Chad Vaught and his wife Emma, William McGehee and his wife Cammy, Jake Schiele and Sam Schiele; 6 granddaughters, Lindsey Richardson and her husband Mack, Dr. Anna Catesby Yant and her husband Trey, Sarah Ketchings and her husband Walt, Mollye Ashmore, Abbey Ashmore and Alex Schiele; and 7 great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Dr. Chad Vaught, William McGehee, Jake Schiele, Sam Schiele, Walt Ketchings and Mack Richardson Honorary Pallbearers will be Randy Ward, Mitch Ashmore, Bill McGehee and Gerald Vaught. A special thanks to her sitters, Annette Campbell, Elaine White, Catherine Green, Pearl Atkins, Annette Garrison and Lakeisha Mitchell In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the First Presbyterian Church of Ferriday, Concordia Parish Library or charity of choice.

Mittie Glover Schiele

November 7, 1932 - September 29, 2014