Neva W. Bache

Born June 5, 1939 in Camden, Arkansas, she attended K-12 at Fairview Elementary, Middle and High School, graduating in 1956. She made her social debut in 1957 at the Little Rock Debutante Ball, Country Club of Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas, following in the footsteps of her two older sisters and mother. She attended the University of Arkansas on scholarship, studied accounting, and was a member of Delta Delta Delta (Tri-Delt) sorority. She was married to her husband of 33 years in April of 1958 at First Presbyterian Church, Camden, Arkansas, and they briefly set up housekeeping in Pine Bluff, Arkansas where their only child was born in 1960 until moving to Mobile, Alabama. She and her family lived in Natchez Mississippi for five years at one point before returning to Mobile. In 1989 with her husband took early retirement from International Paper Company, they moved to Ocala, Florida and enjoyed the beautiful weather for golfing and Walt Disney World. They both always enjoyed introducing family and friends to the magical world of Disney. Following her husband's untimely death in 1991 she returned to Mobile.

Neva was active for many years in various charitable organizations and an avid golfer who served several terms as President of the Spring Hill Ladies Golf Association. She was well known among her friends for her elegant mode of dress and a quick wit. She was active in her church until physically unable to do so in the last few

years.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher J. Woodruff of Camden, Arkansas, her two older sisters, Lucille Woodruff Russell of Camden, Arkansas, and Louise Woodruff of Camden and Mobile, and her husband Vincent Bache, Jr. of Mobile, Alabama. She is survived by her son Vincent Bache III of Natchez, Mississippi.

A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Tuesday, November 10, 10:30 a.m. at St. John's Episcopal Church, Government Street, Mobile, Alabama with visitation in the Great Hall prior to the service. Burial will follow at Mobile Memorial Gardens.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in her memory be made to the Mobile ASPCA or St. John's Episcopal Church.