Jan. 15, 1928 – April 9, 2019

BATON ROUGE— Services for Betty Jane “Bug” Eggers Lancaster, 91, who died Tuesday, April 9, 2019, will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Highland Presbyterian Church in Baton Rouge.   
Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until service time Sunday at the church.
Burial will be 1 p.m. Monday at Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery in Monroe, La., with a reception to follow.
Arrangements are under the direction of Resthaven Gardens of Memory and Funeral Home in Baton Rouge.
Mrs. Lancaster was born Jan. 15, 1928, in Alexandria, La., the daughter of Statie Preston and Gladys Sweeney Eggers.
She lived most of her life in Monroe. She was a graduate of Northwestern State University, earning a degree in education and obtained a master’s degree at Northeast Louisiana University. She was a teacher for 35 years, touching the lives of a number of students. She was also a member of Alpha Delta Kappa, Daughters of the American Revolution. Betty was active in the Presbyterian church, Westminster/Graceminster in Monroe and most recently Highland Presbyterian Church in Baton Rouge.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, James Otto Lancaster Jr.; and three brothers, John William “Billy” Eggers, Statie Preston Eggers and Earl Musgrove Eggers.
Survivors include two sons, James Bruce Lancaster and wife, Cathi, and John Preston Lancaster; two daughters, Marilyn Lawrence and husband, Bob, and Allison Sceroler and husband, Craig; grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Eleanor Dake and husband, Jeff, Marshall and Cameron, Emily Gaither Grigsby and husband, Beau, Emery Lancaster, Brent Lancaster Leyton and wife, Laura, and Nate, Elizabeth Morgan and Isabelle, Jamie Lawrence and wife, Amanda, Clara, Wally and Eliza, Mark Lawrence and wife, Megan, Catherine Zeno and husband, Mustafa, and Grant and Grace Sceroler; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be grandsons, Jamie Lawrence, Brent Lancaster, Grant Sceroler and nephews, John Scott Eggers, Glenn Eggers and Larry Eggers.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to M.D. Anderson Cancer Center or Highland Presbyterian Church.
She always closed her letters with “Heart Full of Love,” and that’s how she lived her life for her family, friends and church.