- Date Of Birth: December 24, 1913
- Date Of Death: November 27, 2010
- State: Texas
December 24, 1913 – November 27, 2010
BERNADETTE RHODES PEART went to be with our Lord on November 27, 2010, at age 96. The eldest of 4 children, she was born to Joseph Arthur and Philomene Serpas Rhodes in Biloxi, MS, on December 24, 1913. She grew up in the small fishing village of Violet, LA. Bernadette was in the first graduating class of the first high school in St. Bernard Parish and went on to graduate from Charity Hospital School of Nursing in 1938. Marshall Lester Peart won her heart and they married on January 7, 1939. Bernadette was a second lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corp in 1944 with an honorable medical discharge. Not one to remain idle, she became actively involved in Order of the Eastern Star (Past Matron), Daughters of the Nile, gardening and became a skilled artist in the medium of oil paints, as well as an accomplished cook. In addition to her parents, Bernadette was preceded in death by her husband, Marshall L. Peart, son, Joseph “Sonny” Peart, brothers, Warren and JB Rhodes and sister, Alice Williams. Survivors include her daughter, Marsha Putnam and husband Al; granddaughter, Kim Coleman and husband Joel; grandsons, Ken Fitzpatrick, Jr., Mike and wife Bree, Guy, and Mark Peart; and 12 great grandchildren.
