Leah Marie Hebert

FULTON – Leah Marie Hebert, 45, passed away Thursday, December 28, 2023, at her home following an extended illness. She was born on Easter Sunday morning, March 26, 1978, at St. Francis Cabrini Hospital in Alexandria, Louisiana, to Howard Frank and Jan Cooley Hebert. Leah was a 1996 graduate of Elsie Robertson High School in Lancaster, Texas, where she was a member of her high school band and played tennis and soccer. Leah graduated with a double major in English and philosophy from the University of Mississippi. She was an educator for over a decade, most of which was spent with the Rankin County School District. She inspired students to think deeply and critically about a text and relate it to life. She also inspired other teachers to hone their craft. Administration recognized her excellence in the classroom when she was named the 2018 Brandon High School Teacher of the Year. She was pursuing her master's in educational leadership at Mississippi College hoping to support her students and fellow teachers on a broader basis. She enjoyed reading and writing poetry and was a published author.

Services will be at 4 p.m. Saturday, December 30, at the McNeece-Morris Funeral Home Chapel in Fulton with Bro. Roland Hebert and Bro. Danny Oswalt officiating. Burial will be in the Dorsey Memorial Cemetery.

Leah was mom to Scott Hebert of Fulton and Hadley Grace Hebert of Brandon; oldest daughter to Howard and Jan Hebert of Fulton; oldest sister to brother Ed Hebert (Melanie), and sisters Rebekah Hebert and Sarah Hamilton (Chris); beloved aunt to Anna Woods and Mary Neal Hebert, Rhythm and baby Eleanor Hamilton; and beloved niece and cousin to all the Hebert and Cooley clans.

Preceding Leah in death are her paternal grandparents, Edward Neal Hebert of Forest Hill, Louisiana, and Fran and Clyde Stall of Lancaster, Texas; and her maternal grandparents, Bill and Joyce Cooley of the Dorsey community.

Serving as pallbearers will be Allen Cooley, Tony Taylor, Christopher Hamilton, Ed Hebert, Zach Roberts, Andrew Taylor, and Eli Taylor.

In lieu of flowers, the family is asking for memorial donations to the American Cancer Society Gertrude C. Ford Hope Lodge in Jackson, MS, as they lovingly cared for Leah and whoever was staying with her for three months while undergoing treatments at UMMC in Jackson.

The family would like to extend a word of sincere appreciation to the North Mississippi Medical Center Hospice group for taking excellent care of Leah and her family in these last days.

Visitation will be from 2 p.m. until service time Saturday at the McNeece-Morris Funeral Home in Fulton.

For those unable to attend, the service will be livestreamed at the McNeece-Morris Funeral Home Facebook page.

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