Ora Elizabeth Stacy

Elizabeth was born in Kilgore, Texas during the heart of the Great Depression. Her father Corless McLemore was an oil field driller, so Liz grew up in a series of East Texas and South Louisiana towns where his work took them. Her mother Luvenia DeSoto McLemore was a farmer's daughter whose family had lived in the DeSoto Parish area since colonial days. During World War II the family stayed in the Breaux Bridge area, and Liz graduated from Breaux Bridge High School. After starting college in Lafayette she moved to the Shreveport area to work. She met Robert Chrysler, a Barksdale Air Force Base airman, and they were married in 1955. After briefly living in Canandaigua, New York, they raised three sons-Robert, James, and Eugene-in Northwest Louisiana before going their separate ways. Faith always held a central place for Liz; she took her relationship with Jesus seriously and tried to live the Christian life. Liz looked for divine guidance in her decisions and asked for God's help in facing challenges. She made a home in many congregations over the years, most recently Brookwood Baptist Church. Through most of her work years, Liz was a secretary for a wide variety of employers, ultimately retiring with SWEPCO. However, she also kept a side career as a free-lance journalist, writer and photographer. Late in life she became a Mary Kay consultant and team leader as well. Elizabeth continued to grow and try out new possibilities throughout her life. In her senior years she went back to school and completed her degree at Louisiana State University- Shreveport. As she approached seventy, she achieved a life-long goal with the publication of her first book Lost Legacy, historical fiction relating to her family's colonial matriarch. Song of the Pines and Love of Home followed, exploring more of the history of her mother's family. Later, she drew on some of her father's stories in putting together Caddo Lake Tales. She told her own story in Boom Town Child. Liz enjoyed reading, telling stories, and all things historical. She took up dancing again and met Jack Stacy, the love of her later life. They were married with a large crowd from their senior dancing society. Elizabeth outlived Jack and her son Robert with whom she is now reunited. Her sons James Chrysler & Eugene Chrysler, her sister Barbara, two nieces, and a host of other family and friends will cherish her memory. A graveside service honoring the life of Elizabeth will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, July 13, 2020 at Centuries Memorial Park, 8801 Mansfield Road, Shreveport, LA.