Sunday

God is always on the alert,

constantly on the lookout for people

who are totally committed to him.

~2 Chronicles 16:9a (MSG)~

Frances Gay received good news Friday.  She is  cancer free!  I’m helping her “yell it from the rooftops”!

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Baptist Press Stories for Oct. 22, 2010
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  • ELECTION ’10: State ballot initiatives give voters a say
  • Biblical Recorder editor resigns
  • WEEK OF PRAYER: Missionary’s visit ends man’s 20-year wait for Gospel
  • POLL: Pastors sour on Obama’s performance & oppose pulpit political endorsements
  • TRUSTEES: NAMB’s Ezell: ‘We must do more’
  • USCIRF: 8 nations, including Russia, failing religious liberty pledge
  • MARRIAGE DIGEST: Calif. gov., AG races could affect Prop. 8; …
  • SBC DIGEST: Criswell search leads back to Jerry Johnson; Land at SWBTS
  • FIRST-PERSON: Juan Williams’ offense? His feelings
Myra Darouse LaRue
(January 19, 1922 – October 22, 2010)

Myra Smallwood Darouse LaRue of Greensburg, LA, passed away on October 22, 2010. Following her cancer diagnosis five weeks ago, Mrs. LaRue was lovingly cared for at home by her sister, Mary Darouse Pardue and three nieces, Judy Pardue Polidori of Chandler, AZ, Barbara Pardue of Little Rock, AR, and Mary Sue Darouse of Metairie, LA. Mrs. LaRue was born in Hammond, LA, on January 19, 1922, to Frank Francis Darouse and Mary Magdalene Smallwood Darouse. She joined the WAAC in World War II, graduated from Southeastern Louisiana University and earned her Masters degree from Louisiana State University. She was a physical education teacher with the New Orleans Public Schools for more than 30 years. Mrs. LaRue was a Master Gardener and a devoted weekly volunteer at Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center in Hammond. She was predeceased by her husband Robert E. LaRue, her parents, and her brothers, James “Jimmy,” Joseph “JoeJoe,” and Fritz “Tootsie” Darouse. She is survived by her sister, Mary “Libba” Darouse Pardue of Little Rock, AR, brother, Charles Edward Darouse of Houston, TX, and many nieces and nephews and their children. Mrs. LaRue requested cremation with no public service. Memorials may be made to Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center of Hammond, 15728 Paul Vega MD Drive, Hammond, La., 70403. McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, in charge of arrangements.

Have a great Lord’s Day!

Anna Lee

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