Mrs. Elizabeth Chapleau, age 94 of Hickory Valley, Tennessee, passed from this life Sunday evening, December 15, 2013 at her home in Wyoming, Minnesota.
Mrs. Chapleau was born December 27, 1918 in Fayette County to the late Thomas Leonidas and Maude Winifred Parks Ferguson. She was united in marriage to Mr. Oscar Chapleau, Sr., who preceded her in death in July of 1973.
She attended college at Memphis University and Lambuth University and taught school in Hickory Valley as well as at Bolivar Central High School, retiring after over 30 years of teaching. She was a member of the Holmes Memorial United Methodist Church in Hickory Valley and Daughters of the American Revolution.
Survivors include a daughter, Ann Edmonds and husband Mike of Forest Lake, Minnesota; a sister, Louise Childress of Bolivar; and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by three sisters, Eleanor Vaught, Lois Malone and Laura Heide; and a brother, Thomas Ferguson.