Wednesday Bible Study at Pine Ridge

There were 28 ladies present for both the first and second days of the study on the book Woven. Chapter 5 will be discussed next Wednesday.

Georgia Barnette Week of Prayer

The Louisiana Offering is named for a WMU lady who was very intereested in mission work in our state.

Day 6

ECON = Evangelism Conference

Barbara Birch McDaniel

April 13, 1935 – September 12, 2023

“…and now these three remain: Faith, Hope and Love, but the greatest of these is Love.” Barbara Birch McDaniel was called home on 9/12/2023. Born 4/13/1935 in Bluff Creek, Louisiana to Clifton and Rena Chaney Birch, Barbara was a loving wife, mother and grandmother.

She came to know the Lord when she was 12 yrs old at New Zion Baptist Church and has been active in many different churches, presently a member of Woodland Hills Baptist Church in Longview, TX.

After graduating Greensburg High School in 1953, she attended La. Baptist College, receiving her Business degree in May of 1957. She then began working as Social Worker for the State of Louisiana.

Barbara married the love of her life, Riley E McDaniel, on 8/31/1957 and they made their home in Opelousas, La. until Riley finished college.

Due to the flooding in Baton Rouge on 8/14/2016 Barbara started living with her daughter and family in Allen, Texas, moving to Longview, TX in June of 2017.

Her hobbies included sewing, cooking, photography, and genealogy. She wrote a book of the Birch family, Chaney family and Lee family and helped with the McDaniel and Bennett books.

She is preceded in death by her parents Clifton and Rena Birch, husband, Riley McDaniel, brothers Jack, James, Donald Ray Burch and sister, Carolyn Easley.

She is survived by sisters Jane Duncan, Grace B. Williams, Cheryl B. Scott and Beverly Birch; daughter, Marcia M. Dupree and son-in-law Todd and their 2 sons, Grant and Connor Dupree; her son, Darrell McDaniel and daughter-in-law Michelle and their 2 sons, AJ and Christopher McDaniel and 2 daughters, Briley and Emma McDaniel.

Visitation will be at McKneely Funeral Home, 501 Avenue G, Kentwood, LA on Friday, September 22, 2023 from 6:00PM until 9:00PM and from 9:00AM until religious services at 10:00AM on Saturday, September 23, 2023. Interment will follow at Killian Chapel Cemetery located at the intersection of Hwy 16 and Hwy 43 west of Amite, LA.

Shirley Jean Stevens Hayden

December 12, 1930 – September 12, 2023

Surrounded by her loving family, Shirley Jean Stevens Hayden went to her heavenly home peacefully on September 12, 2023, at the age of 92. The youngest of seven children, Shirley was born in Amite, Louisiana on December 12, 1930. In 1949, she married Roy Hayden and together they raised three boys.

Mamaw, as she was affectionately called by her grandchildren, was quite a character that had a sense of dry humor and kept us laughing, even until the end of her time here. She was happiest when she was amidst kinfolk, working in the yard, having daily coffee at 2:00 with her family, and spending time in the kitchen listening to the Statler Brothers’ hymns. As a young lady, she worked in the office at Hood Automotive until she had children. She then spent several long years rearing three rambunctious boys on “The Hill” on Chicken Farm Road and taking care of Papaw and her home. Once their boys were grown, she and Papaw enjoyed traveling to the Smoky Mountains with her sisters and their husbands. Her sisters were her best friends and they talked daily and went shopping together often. She knew that this earth was not her home and that she was only passing through on her way to be with her Savior, and for that we can all be thankful.

She is what one would think of as a Proverbs 31 woman. A lifelong member of Hayden Grove Church of Christ, she was a virtuous wife that provided for her family. She girded herself with strength and her children call her blessed and her husband did also. Shirley was a godly woman that loved the Lord and she set an example for her family and for others to follow for generations to come.

Shirley is survived by her sons: Jon Rory Hayden, Kenneth Roy (Angela) Hayden, and Kelly Nelson (DeDe) Hayden; grandchildren: Erin (Timothy) Verberne, James (Jacy) Hayden, Kody (Alison) Hayden, Holly (Michael) Hightower; great grandchildren: Carrie (Donovan) Hartman, Sarah (Shelton) Starkey, Roy Hayden, Beric Hayden, Robyn Hayden, Danielle Hightower, and Edmund Hightower; great -great grandchildren: Kate Hartman, Cohen Hartman, and Rhett Starkey who is due to be born in December.

Joining her in heaven is her husband, Roy Alton Hayden. She is also preceded in death by her parents, Leon and Carrie Stevens, siblings, Sue Lott, Willie Ruth Bennett, Marguerite Durnin, Jimmy “Rip” Stevens, Robert Stevens, and Charles Stevens.

A special thank you to the staff of The Lodge at Tangi Pines for the wonderful care they have provided.

Read the Bible

Numbers 32: 1-15
“If the Lord were angry with me, it would be because . . . .”

Prayer Focus Today

I know some people study their Bible more than others. Today, I pray for people to begin reading the Bible even more. I desire to be in the number who study more and more. Pray for more Bible study in every home.

Anna Lee