Louise Carney Ament

Louise Carney Ament was born on Massey St. in Atlanta, Texas on January 23, 1911. She was the youngest daughter of Judge Hugh Carney and Willie Matthews Carney.

Mrs. Ament attended Centenary College and graduated from East Texas Baptist University. She taught school in Atlanta before retiring in 1976.

Mrs. Ament joined the First Baptist Church in 1924. She was a member of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority was a past president of the Atlanta Woman’s Club.

She is survived by her son John S. Ament and his wife Beverly of Jacksonville; her daughter Jane King and her husband Buddy of Arlington, Texas; her grandsons, Jeremy Ament and his wife Linley of Fayetteville, Arkansas and Jason Ament of Hickory, North Carolina; her granddaughter, Mary Louise Hughes and her husband Kenneth of Waco and her great-grandson Preston King Hughes as well as a number of nieces and nephews.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, May 14 at First Baptist Church in Atlanta with Rev. Wes Chambers officiating. Burial will follow in the Pine Crest Cemetery in Atlanta, Texas.

Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. on Sunday evening at Hanner Funeral Home in Atlanta.

Memorials may be made to the Atlanta Public Library or to the First Baptist Church of Atlanta.
 

Information from The Jacksonville Daily Progress