Mildred Lucille Cole Tavera, 66, was born on October 29, 1953 in Baton Rouge, LA to O. C. and Glennie Bamburg Cole and passed September 14, 2020 in Ashland, LA. She was a secretary of the law firm of Bethard and Bethard. A memorial service celebrating her life was held on Friday, September 18, 2020 at 3:00 PM at Kilpatrick's Rose-Neath Funeral Home in Coushatta with Chaplain Buster Bailey officiating. The ashes were scattered in Davis Springs Methodist Church Cemetery with her parents.
Mrs. Tavera was preceded in death by her parents and sisters, Patricia Briggs and Carolyn Friday. Left to cherish her memory are husband, William "Bill" Tanner; sons, Nathan Arbuckle and wife, Secorah and Joshua Arbuckle and wife, Rebeca; grandchildren, Johnnie DiGiacomo, Joshua Arbuckle, II, Evan Arbuckle, Katrina Arbuckle, Jaleah Arbuckle, Alyssa Gates, Angelo Arbuckle, and Jedidiah Arbuckle. She will be dearly missed.