Prayer Request from James Rimes:

Darryl Bridges having surgery in New Orleans Tuesday morning. Please pray for Darryl , the family and the doctors.

Thank-you. James for sharing this request.

Additional Prayer Needs

Please pray for two ladies from my Sunday School class. One is Alice Faye Lee. The other is Theople Hurst who fell and is now in St. Tammany Hospital with a fractured vertebra. Your prayers for both of these ladies will be greatly appreciated.

Prayer Focus Today

Today, let’s pray for caregivers as they continue their difficult task of caring for someone 24 hours a day. They are focused on the loved one whose needs daily help and often do not do some things for themselves. Maybe, you can do something special for them by ….

Obituary

Carlton S. Faller, MD

August 18, 1932 – April 14, 2024

Carlton Samuel Faller, M.D. passed away April 14, 2024, at the age of 91, at home surrounded by his family. He was born in Tickfaw on August 18, 1932, raised in Metairie, and graduated from Metairie High School in 1950. He attended LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans graduating in 1958. He was Board Certified in Family Medicine and practiced in Kentwood from 1961 until 2010. He served as a Chief of Staff at E.S. Pike Memorial Hospital and Hood Memorial Hospital, Medical Director at Kentwood Manor Nursing Home and was a former President of Tangipahoa Parish Medical Society.

He married the former Janice Locascio in 1958, moved to Kentwood in October 1961, and has been a faithful member of Kentwood Methodist Church since. In the community he was elected to the Town Board of Aldermen, was a member of the Lions Club, an honorary Rotarian, a founder of KCRA, and was a coach of his sons’ little league baseball teams and his daughters’ softball team. He proudly served the Kentwood Kangaroos Football team as doctor for over 40 years and was honored to have been inducted into KHS Hall of Fame in 2022.

He was preceded in death by Janice, his wife of 42 years, parents Clenny and Myrtis Hebert Faller, sisters Dorothy Achord, Perry Holder and Maxine Selman.

Carlton is survived by his children Julie Faller, Susan Hayes (George), Carlton Jr. (Mary) and John Faller, his grandsons Alec and Elliott Hayes, Miles and Matthew Faller, his brother Jimmy Faller and numerous nieces and nephews. He also leaves behind many very good friends.

Visitation at Kentwood Methodist Church from 5:00PM until 8:00PM on Tuesday and from 10:00AM until religious services at 1:00PM on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Services conducted by Rev. Beryl Billiot. Interment Woodland Cemetery, Kentwood, LA.

We, his children are grateful for the loving, tender kindness and care Daddy received from Valillian Sibley and Tookie Lenoir these last years. We could not have survived without them.

We also wish to thank the nursing staff of Modern Hospice.

In lieu of flowers please consider a memorial donation to Kentwood Methodist Church or St. Jude Children’s Hospital. McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, in charge of arrangements. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

OCC Thank-You

You are greatly appreciated if you make purchases, give money, or perform tasks for OCC. Today, I wish to thank the family that helped by sending an Amazon order for the March items and now for the April items we suggested – all five of the items. All five items were ordered and delivered to me last week. What a generous heart for missions! They are seeing, not a picture of us packing shoeboxes, but of a child opening a shoebox that contains some of our essential items, like a toothbrush that is not always possible for them. The child will have the opportunity to gather with other children for some lessons, similar to Sunday School lessons, that introduce them to Jesus and gives them a chance to have Him for their Savior.

Another individual, a man, called to ask what he could order for us. He had a tax refund and was spending a portion of it for Shoebox item. When the order came in he started investing time in dividing it as we need it to pack.

While I am thanking a generous individuals, I also want to thank Sunday School classes that ask Wanda Smith to place Amazon orders for them. She would gladly do so for other classes too. If you give her your money, she will order what you suggest or ask me what is most needed. I love to see the Amazon boxes.

There are two men who have a number of pencils to sharpen. That’s a slow process, but they gladly give their time to give pencils their first sharpening on electric sharpeners.

One more group I need to mention is those who gladly give time when I let them know we have something they can do. There are periodic needs when we unexpectedly find we need some help. I appreciate these volunteers too!

If you have some time to give us, tell us. If you told me and I forgot, tell me again.

“See” you tomorrow.

Anna Lee