Florence "Billie" Sollay

JENNINGS Funeral services for Mrs. Florence Billie Emma Hampton Sollay, 92, will be held at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, May 19, 2012 in the First Baptist Church with Rev. Patrick Brady officiating. Burial will be in the Greenwood Cemetery under the direction of Miguez Funeral Home. Funeral home visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., today, Friday, May 18, 2012; and noon Saturday until time of services. Mrs. Sollay died at 2:40 am, Thursday, May 17, 2012 in the Jennings American Legion Hospital. Mrs. Sollay was a native of LaBelle, Florida and a graduate of LaBelle High School class of 1939. She enjoyed her childhood, where she grew up with family friends Thomas Edison and Henry Ford. She is a direct descendent of General Wade Hampton. During her childhood she enjoyed spending time in her mothers silent movie theatres and her fathers orange groves. Mrs. Sollay was a resident of Jennings 65 years. She taught Sunday school at the First Baptist Church for over 50 years where she was a member. She was a President of Entre Nous, the Business and Professional Women, and the Jennings Music Club; member of the Order of the Eastern Star, Miss MacDill Field at the end of World War II; and was a professional model in New York. Survivors include one daughter, Alta Sollay Baker and husband John of Lake Arthur; one son, Allister Carey Sollay of Jennings; grandchildren, Victoria Baker Flores of Lafayette, Fonda Laney, Carey Sollay, Virginia Soutiere; great-grandchildren, John Baker Flores; Grace, Elizabeth and John Wilson Laney; and caregiver, Sandra Sonnier. Mrs. Sollay is preceded in death by her parents, Thomas Wade and Olive Lee Hedges Hampton; her husband, Carey Beecher Sollay; three sisters, Marie Peers, Mable Hammond, Lucille Wimberly; and one brother, Tommy Hampton. Pallbearers will be Scott Sollay, Allen Prejean, Kevin Flores, Steve Siegler, Dave Holloway, Rodney West and Gerald Gilchrist. Honorary pallbearers will be Safe Haven Managerial Team, Glenn Thibodeaux, Bill Bailey, Mike Mills, Donald Sonnier and Don Lasher. Donations may be made in Mrs. Sollays name to the VeteransAidFoundation.org, and the American Cancer Society.