Thankfulness

Today, I am thankful for my WEEKLY ROUTINE. I no longer have a daily work routine and often each day is very different. I have the freedom to attend church activities and add other things that come up. This gives me satisfaction at my current stage of life.

I’m also thankful to be able to adjust my daily routine when I want to do so. Bells no longer determine what I do each day! For example, nobody told me when to go to be this morning. I could stay up and watch the election results as long as I wanted.

Prayer Focus

Pray for the newly elected candidates for political office as they adjust to their responsibilities to the American people and serve terms that will glorify God and fulfill their responsibilities in our great country. Pray for those who will be returning to their previous routine too. Adjustments/Changes can be hard!

Read the Bible Every Day

November 6
Jeremiah 50:24-51:32
Psalm 119:113-120
Proverbs 26:24-26
Hebrews 2:10-3:11
Today, if you hear his voice, open your heart to Him.

Obituary

Lana Ardillo Woodard

December 10, 1952 – November 4, 2024

Lana Ardillo Woodard was born December 10th, 1952 and went to her Heavenly Home on November 4th, 2024. Lana worked for the State of Louisiana as a Support Enforcement Specialist for 33 years before retiring. However, after several years she decided retirement did not pay enough and returned to the State where she resumed her work part time. Lana enjoyed flowers and looked forward every year for her Daylilies to bloom. She enjoyed just sitting outside in her favorite rocking chair and watching all the birds come to her numerous feeders which were always full. She had a heart full of love but was quick to tell you if she thought you were doing something wrong, in other words not her way. She was an amazing Cook, Wife, Mother, and her favorite title Grandmother. She loved her two granddaughters, Caylee and Leah, with all her heart and would do anything for them. She will be greatly missed but we will see her again. Until then we know she will be looking down on all her family and friends wanting everyone to not make a fuss and know she loved us all.

She is survived by her loving husband of 50 years, Mike; her one and only child, Micah (wife Courtney); grandchildren, Caylee and Leah; sisters-in-law, Loretta Scimeca Snow, Margaret Caraway, Betty Jo Ford, Annette Woodward; nephews, Skip Caraway (wife Denise), Chip Caraway (wife Donna), Barry Levatino (wife Linda), Brian Levatino (wife Kathy), Chad Woodward (wife Shellie); nieces, Rhonda Enis (husband Donald), Shae Mclin (husband Robert), and Aaron Ardillo. Along with numerous great nieces and nephews.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Tony and Georgie Ardillo; in-laws, Buddy and Ethel Woodard; brothers, Ronald Ardillo and Robert “Bobby” Snow; aunts, Laura Bates Bankston, Eugenia Bates Conti, Leila Belle Bates Scimeca, Jewel “Judy” Bates Phillips, and Peggy Bates Pevey; uncle, Johnnie Bates; sister-in-law, Livy Louise Levatino; brothers-in-law, Tommy Ford, James “Sonny” Woodward, Sammie Levatino Jr, and Sherrill Caraway; nephews, Brad Ardillo, David Snow, and Shawn Snow; nieces, Sherrie Magruder and Darlene Ford.

Visitation at First Baptist Church of Greensburg from 9:00AM until religious services at 11:00AM on Saturday, November 9, 2024. Services conducted by Rev. Shawn Ostoj. Interment Greensburg Cemetery, Greensburg, LA. Pallbearers will be Skip Caraway, Bryan Levatino, Ryan Levatino, Blake Thomassie, Ryan Perkins, Chad Woodward, Will Wall and Derek Wall. Honorary pallbearers will be Barry Levatino and Virgil Ray Magruder. McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, in charge of arrangements. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

Lana was known to me as a person I often saw at associational church activities, a relative of some of my friends, and a a very good friend of my cousin, Fran. I knew her to be a Christian with “a brightly shining light” and a sweet love for other people. I now realize she was a relative to some people I know and taught.