Sunday

“We should choose to follow what is right.

But first of all we must define among ourselves what is good.”

~Job 34:4 LB~

Pray for Mrs. Ann Chapman to improve physically and for peace and comfort for the entire Chapman family.

Mr. Quincy M. Chapman, of Denham Springs, passed away Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009, at

Ochsner Medical Center of Baton Rouge. Services are pending through Seale Funeral Home,

Denham Springs.

Woodrow “Woody” Willson Hodges, Jr.

(February 22, 1957 – August 7, 2009)

Died at 7:45 p.m. on Friday, August 7, 2009 at Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center in Independence, LA. He was a native and a resident of Amite, LA. Age 52 years. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Monday, August 10, 2009. He is survived by his wife, Sherry Hodges; son, Gerrid Hodges; step-son, Gary “Gator” McCarroll, Jr.; 3 grandchildren, Jacob Hodges, Danica Woodard and Brayden McCarroll; mother, Cosma Birch Hodges; sister, Louise Peterson; brother, Neil Currier. Preceded in death by father, Woodrow Hodges, Sr.

Alva Huey Hope

(March 6, 1931 – August 6, 2009)

He went home to be with his Lord and Savior on August 6, 2009. He was a native of Kentwood, LA , a resident of Denham Springs, LA and a U. S. Navy Veteran. Age 78 years. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Sunday and from 11 a.m. until religious services at 1 p.m. Monday. Services conducted by Leland Hodges. Interment Hope-Oliver Cemetery, Kentwood, LA. Survived by 4 daughters, Valarie Hodges and her husband, Leland, Watson, Ouida Hedden and her husband, Pat, Gulfport, MS, Kathy Klein Urban and her husband, Danny, Cedar Park, TX and Judy Hall, Dallas, TX, 11 grandchildren, Michael, Kelly, Joshua, Chad, Brandon, Amber, Jennifer, Kristan, Timothy, Jessica, and Cody, numerous great-grandchildren, brother, John Donald Hope and his wife, Marsha, Harahan, 2 sisters, Dorothy Guy and her husband, Rand, Baton Rouge and Margaret James, Magnolia, MS, numerous nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by, wife, Betty Jane Hope, who was buried at the National Cemetery in Dallas, TX, sons-in-law, Tommy Johnson, Wayne Hall and Bill Hall, twin brother, Otis Hope, 2 other brothers, Kenneth and Nolan, sister, Bill Goings.

Death

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN IS accredited with saying that there is nothing in this life that is certain except death and taxes…

Funny, is it not, how neither seems to come at an opportune time? Death is something that we never come to grips with. We deny that it happens. We put it off until another day. We try to run ahead of it to ensure that it never catches up. Some even try to buy it off but they never succeed for death comes to us all.

However, this isn’t much comfort when our loved ones pass on. We have all lost someone near and dear to us. A grandparent. An uncle or aunt. A parent. A sibling. A close friend in the prime of life. And when these deaths occur in trivial circumstances, the pain is almost suffocating. A friend commits suicide. Another is taken in an automobile accident. A grandparent or parent who develops cancer is given only two weeks to live. An uncle is murdered.

It happens.

It shouldn’t.

But it does.

The pain that comes from death is worse than anything else that humanity can imagine or create. You see, death represents finality. That’s it. It’s the end of the line. They are gone. Your loved one is now only a memory. At least that is true for those who never know Christ. But for the ones who do, death is only a brief milestone between earth and eternity. (Michael Whitworth)

“…It is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment” (Hebrews 9:27).

Posted by Mike Benson

Keep God in this Lord’s Day!

Anna Lee