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Jessie Lea Young Sartin, 96, of Bridge City, died Sunday, Jan. 11, at Silsbee Oaks Health Care in Silsbee.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 15, at the United Pentecostal Church in Bridge City. Officiating will be the Rev. J.W. Harrell and the Rev. Alfred Gibson. A graveside service will follow at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Leesville Cemetery in Leesville, La.

Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Wednesday, Ja. 14, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Visitation will continue Thursday morning at the church from 8:30 a.m. until 10:00 a.m.

Born in Vernon Parish, La., March 4, 1918, Mrs. Sartin was the daughter of Henry Coleman and Exie (Perkins) Young. She was a homemaker and member of the United Pentecostal Church in Bridge City.

Preceded in death by her husband of 69 years, Willie “Bill” Sartin, Mrs. Sartin is survived by her brother, John C. Young and his wife, Pam, of Lake Charles; niece, Shirley Gilley of Bridge City and a host of other nieces and nephews.

Serving as pallbearers will be Chris Geane, Jack McDuffie, Travis Ashworth, Russell Young, Jackie Sartin and Don Holston. Honorary pallbearers will be Paul Rubel, John Toups, Dalton Deslatte and Bill Henagan.

The family would like to acknowledge, with grateful appreciation, the love and care provided to Mrs. Sartin by the staff of Hall 4 at Silsbee Oaks Health Care.