Rena Frazier Cutrer, 99, a resident of Kentwood, LA, died May 17, 2013 at Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center in McComb.

She was born June 27, 1913 in Gillsburg, MS. She was the daughter of James Pearlie and Lula Rebecca Brabham Frazier.

She retired at age 94 from the Louisiana Department of Tourism where she worked as a greeter.

At the time of her death, Mrs. Cutrer was the oldest member of First Baptist Church in Kentwood. Her family referred to her as a woman that loved God, her family and her church.

She is preceded in death by her parents; two sons-in-law, Earl Smith and Ralph Grice; 5 brothers, Willie, Herman, Roger, A.B and James P. “J.P.” Frazier and four sisters, Grace Dunnan, Ida Mae Wescott, Wilma Dean Strickland and Bobbye Lou Strickland.

She is survived by two daughters, Wilma C. Smith and husband, Eddie Welch and Enid Joy Grice, of Kentwood; one brother-in-law, Fritiz Wescott of Jackson, MS; three grandchildren, Wayne Smith and wife, Margaret of Osyka, Kendra Lyons of Baton Rouge and Kirk Randall Grice of Pride, LA; two great-grandchildren, Kasie Holmes and husband, Wes of Tylertown and Kaila Smith of Osyka; one great –grandson, Harper McCall Holmes of Tylertown and numerous nieces and nephews.

Visitation is Sunday at First Baptist Church in Kentwood from 5PM until 8PM and Monday from 12noon until services at 2PM with Dr. Danny Smith officiating.

Burial will be in Woodland cemetery under the direction of Hartman-Sharkey Funeral Home in McComb.

The family requests memorial donations be made to First Baptist Church, 310 Avenue E., Kentwood, LA 70444.

 

Jacqueline Populis Albin
(May 24, 1951 – May 17, 2013)

A resident of Amite, she died on Friday, May 17, 2013 at North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond. She was born May 24, 1951 in Independence and was 61 years of age. She was a member of Lawrence Missionary Baptist Church. She is survived by her 2 daughters, Jennifer Cutrer and husband, Mike, Loranger and Tammy Lester and husband, Mike, Holden; 2 grandchildren, Chase Barnes and M.J. Lester and one unborn grandchild; sister, Luanne Populis Scott, Plaquemine; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Preceded in death by her husband, Tyler “Skillet” Albin; mother, Loretta Ann Ciruti Populis; father, Dallis Otis “Jack” Populis; 2 brothers, Dallas “Wayne” Populis, Sr. and Theodore “Teddy Bear” Populis, Amite. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 6 p.m. until a Memorial Service at 7 p.m., Friday, May 24, 2013. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.