Tuesday Evening

Eddie Joe Blanchard, Sr.
(October 30, 1931 – November 24, 2008)
Died at 3:00PM on Monday, November 24, 2008 at North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond, LA. He was a native of Bogalusa, LA and a resident of Kentwood, LA. Age 77 years. Visitation at Assembly of God of Kentwood, from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Friday and from 8 a.m. until religious services at 10 a.m. Saturday. Services conducted by Rev. William Hyde & Rev. Danny Smith. Interment Tangipahoa Cemetery, Tangipahoa, LA. Survived by 4 sons, Eddie Joe Blanchard, Jr. and wife, Sandra, Kentwood, Reggie Eugene Blanchard, Kentwoood, Ronnie Ray Blanchard and wife, Donna, Prarieville, Randie Lynn Blanchard and wife, Sandra, Kentwood, 1 sister, Georgia Durand, New Orleans, 1 brother, Ernest Blanchard, Baton Rouge, 10 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by wife, Annie Newsom Blanchard, parents Phillip and Minnie Lea Blanchard, 2 sisters. Pallbearers will be his grandsons and great-grandsons. McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, in charge of arrangements.

Funeral services for Johnny Hurst will be in Hammond in the morning with burial at Inspiration Park. I have been unable to locate an obituary, but will post one when one is available.