Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

Psalms 23:4

Illness

Please continue to pray for Pam Forrest. She stroke has left her with problems she is working to recover from.

Hillary Watson fell last week. He has broken bones in his arm, broken ribs, and a ruptured kidney. He is still hospitalized. Please pray for him and for his family.

Obituaries

Joyce Marie Westbrook Graves

March 6, 1953 – October 27, 2023

Joyce Marie Westbrook Graves, former director of First Baptist Church Daycare, passed away peacefully on Friday, October 27, 2023 surrounded by her loved ones at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge, LA. She was born March 6, 1953 in Independence, LA and was 70 years of age. She is survived by her daughter, Dorothy Slade; daughter, Katie Adkins and husband, Shane; son, Alfred Graves and wife, Danielle; daughter, Stacey Lambert; 8 grandchildren, Lane Coplin and wife, Amber, Brianna Coplin, Gabby Hopson, Kathryn Hopson, Bri Adkins, Evan Graves, Nathan Graves,  and  Adrianna Lambert; brother, James Westbrook; 2 sisters, Ruthie Zaffuto and Penny Burch. Preceded in death by her parents, J.W. and Katie Westbrook; brother, Charles Westbrook and son-in-law Chris Slade. Visitation at First Baptist Church of Amite from 10:00AM until memorial services at 12Noon on Saturday, November 4, 2023. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

Lucretia Noelia Verdin Cerigny

September 18, 1932 – October 29, 2023

A resident of Kentwood, LA, passed away on Sunday, October 29, 2023 at St. Tammany Parish Hospital in Covington, LA. She was born September 18, 1932 in Golden Meadow, LA and was 91 years of age. She is survived by her 7 daughters, Patsy Shepherd and husband Steve, Wanda Batson, Donna Cerigny, Frances Husson and husband Charlie, Mary Martin and husband John, Tammy Payne and husband Mike and Renee Butler and husband Ben; 1 son, Andre’ Anthony Cerigny; grandchildren, Wayne Landry, Ricardo Ali, Megnon Ali, James Shepherd, Jeremiah Shepherd, Melaun Shepherd, Dyron Cerigny, Daquay Cerigny, Lena Batson, Leon Batson, Lucretia Myra Batson, Tracy Cerigny, Stacy Cerigny, Christinna Cerigny, Areka Gomez, Mandy Cerigny, Mindy Pikey, Jenny Martin, Jade Martin, Thomas Gerald, Kenneth Butler and Karissa Butler;  great-grandchildren, Christian, Devon, and Jolie Wrenn, Hayden, Rider True, and Raven Ali, Brandon Badon, James, III, Taylor, Abigail, and Kayla Shepherd, Dakota Batson, Cheyenne Wehmyer, Sheena Batson, Draylin Hayden, Brandon Payne, Ali Payne, Cameron Martin, AJ, Emily, and Chelsey Cerigny, Jeman and  Jimmy Arceneaux and Mia Alfred, Peyton and Briana Gomez, Hope and Ronald Cerigny, Walter Kaufman, Hank Yates, Cassie Pikey, Ashlin Cabibi, Savanna Bangs, Charles Pons, Aleeah Martin, Julia and Thomas Gerald, Jr., Magdalyn and Jonathan Cerigny and Alayah Butler; great-great-grandchildren, Hayes and Hudson Hayden, Nolan and Baylor Dykes, Joel Clouatre, Alex Chighizola, Hayden Arceneaux, Zayden Nunez, and AJ Cerigny, Jr. Preceded in death by her husband, Andre’ Simon Cerigny; sisters, Marie Vezier, Helen Caulfield, and Rose Marie Serigny; brother, Anthony Verdin. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 6:00PM until 9:00PM on Thursday and from 9:00AM until religious services at 11:00AM on Friday, November 3, 2023. Interment Colonial Cemetery, Independence, LA. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

Prayer Focus Today

Today, let’s pray for concerns dealing with colder temperatures – older people and others without adequate heating, people moving plants to warmer areas, cost of heating homes, etc. If you can, help addresses these needs, if not, simply pray.

Georgia Barnette

Offering for mission work in Louisiana It’s not too late to give.

“The Blind” is a movie about the older couple of the Duck Dynesty fame. It tells of the change they needed to make in their lives and how it impacted them and their family.

Showing Sunday night at FBC, Kentwood at 6 P.M.

Cost – $12.00

Don’t miss the lesson this family learned.

Be an encourager today!

Anna Lee