A Mass of Christian Burial for Betty Blood will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, August 13, 2018 at St. Theresa Catholic Church with the Rev. Kenneth Mayne officiating. Burial will follow in the Griffin Hills Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Hixson-Ducote Funeral Home of Bunkie.

Mrs. Blood, age 85 of St. Landry, passed away on Saturday, August 11, 2018 at Prairie Manor Nursing Home.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Delmar and Eula Guillory Dardeau and her brothers, Gordon and Luther Dardeau.

Survivors include her husband of 54 years, Kenneth Blood of St. Landry; her three children, Cathy Chelette of Pineville, David Ellis of Indiana, and Bobby Blood and his wife Barbara of St. Landry; her grandchildren, Bridgette Vidrine, Roderick Blood, Nicole Rollins, Joel Ellis, Sarah Ellis, Rebekah Seibert and Kelly Louise Chelette and 11 great-grandchildren.

Friends may visit from 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. on Sunday and 9:00 a.m. until the time of service at 1:00 p.m. on Monday at St. Theresa's Catholic Church in St. Landry.

Online condolences may be sent to www.hixson-ducote.com