Lillian Claudine Cartwright passed away in Ruston, Louisiana on Wednesday, January 31, 2024. She was 90 years old.

Claudine loved to read. She did a great deal of volunteer work in her community and served for many years on the Jackson Parish Hospital Board.  She was instrumental in getting Chatham Clinic established.  Claudine was a member of the American Business Women's Association.  She started her own business at the age of 70.   Her business, Eternal Blessings, provides sitters for Medicare/ Medicaid recipients throughout North Louisiana.  Claudine was very supportive of her daughter, Sherri. She loved her family very much.

Claudine is survived by her daughter, Sherri Ezell & Wiley; grandson, David Ezell & Tyeler; and great grandson, Declan Ezell.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Walter Clifford Cartwright; father, Clyde Grafton Melton; mother, Lillie V. (Womack) Melton; and infant brother, Charles G. Melton.

Friends may visit with the family on Sunday, February 4, 2024 from 1:00 PM until 2:00 PM at Southern-Edmonds Funeral Home Chapel in Jonesboro.  The funeral service will begin at 2:00 PM. Bro. Wayne Morrow will officiate.  Burial will follow at Chatham Cemetery under the direction of Southern-Edmonds Funeral Home of Jonesboro.

Serving the family as pallbearers will be Freddie Hightower, Thomas Hightower, Jason Roberts, Roy Lynn Kennedy, Glen Womack, Donald Womack.