9-5-25
Today’s Verse
Prayer Focus
Today, let’s thank God for friendships. You may have many friends or just a few, those that are close and those not so close, friends of many years or friends you met in the last month, friends from school, friends from church, friends from our jobs. etc. Be thankful for the friendships God has allowed us to enjoy in our lives. Don’t casually toss them aside. Don’t miss out on them when you have regular or periodic opportunities to enjoy them.
Obituaries
Stephen Conway White
June 25, 1960 – September 3, 2025
A resident of Osyka, MS, passed away on Wednesday, September 3, 2025 at his home. He was born June 25, 1960 in Baton Rouge, LA and was 65 years of age. He was a U. S. Navy Veteran and was a Combustion Boiler Systems Engineer and CEO for J and M Boiler Combustion Service, Inc. He is survived by 3 daughters, Caryl White Freeman and husband, James, Stephanie Andrews and husband, John T, and S. Lindsey Alexander and husband, Daniel Mark; 9 grandchildren, Bryanna Andrews, Aiden Alexander, Gabe Alexander, Ethan Andrews, Caitlyn Hoover, Eli Alexander, Declan Freeman, Eamonn Freeman, and Xander White; father, William H. White, Sr.; 2 brothers, William H. White, Jr. and Michael A. White; and a special nephew, Christopher J. White. Preceded in death by wife, Janet M. White; and mother, Mary “Janie” Stewart White. A Memorial Graveside Service will be held at Stewart Wall Cemetery, Gillsburg, MS at 4:00PM Tuesday, September 9, 2025. Honorary pallbearers James Freeman, Declan Freeman, Eamonn Freeman, John T. Andrews, Ethan Andrews, Daniel Mark Alexander, Aiden Alexander, Gabe Alexander, Eli Alexander, and Xander White. McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, in charge of arrangements. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.
Mary Lou Ardillo Lee
November 9, 1942 – September 4, 2025
A resident of Amite, LA, passed away on Thursday, September 4, 2025 at her home. She was born November 9, 1942 in Amite, LA and was 82 years of age. Mary Lou worked for 20 years for First Guaranty Bank and later retired from the Town of Amite City as the City Clerk after 36 years of service. She never met a stranger and loved to cook and serve others. She is survived by son, Chris Lee; grandchildren, Mandy Lee, Kristi Lee, and Katelyn Newman Robertson; great-grandchildren, Isabelle Hebert, Liam Marant, Bambi Robertson, Kaston Robertson, Stephen Roberston, and Clover Robertson. Preceded in death by her son, Jim Lee; parents, Tony S. Ardillo and Mary Tozel Ardillo; and sister, Josie Mae Ardillo Lopinto. Visitation at St. Helena Catholic Church Hall from 8:30AM until 10:30AM with Funeral Mass at St. Helena Catholic Church, Amite, at 11:00AM on Monday, September 8, 2025. Services conducted by Fr. Emilio Gomez. Interment Mulberry Street Cemetery, Amite, LA. McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, in charge of arrangements. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.
Leslie Lyle “Bubba” Dunn
September 15, 1941 – September 4, 2025
A resident of Greensburg, LA, passed away on Thursday, September 4, 2025 at his home. He was born September 15, 1941 in Grangeville, LA and was 83 years of age. He was a lifelong member of Greensburg United Methodist Church and a past member of Gideon’s International. He was a bus driver for the Greensburg High School Wildcats athletic teams, and he coached Greensburg girls’s Softball team. An avid sports fan especially LSU. He is survived by his wife, Lois “Chee Chee” Schwartz Dunn; 2 daughters, Brenda Anne Dunn Miller (Randy), and Sherry Lois Dunn Schivers (Robert); 1 son, Christopher Leslie Dunn (Kelly); 1 sister, Doris JoAnn Dunn Higgins; 1 brother, Frank Garnett “Randy” Dunn; 5 grandchildren, Julie Ann Glass Martin (Corey), Randall Wilson Miller (Kate), Margaret Adele Dunn, Abigail Elizabeth Dunn, and Molly Catherine Dunn; great-grandchildren, Finley Martin, Ferris Martin, Kaden Glass, Daltry Glass, Sawyer Glass, Riggins Glass, Matthew Miller and Scarlett A. Miller; numerous loving nephews, nieces, great-nephews, great-nieces, great-great nephews and great-great nieces. Preceded in death by his parents, Joseph and Ethel Dunn; 1 brother, Rev. Joseph “Sandy” Emerson Dunn, Jr.; 2 grandchildren, Douglas Jason Glass and Breanne Adele Miller; 3 sisters-in-law, Janie Cunningham Dunn, Ann Blades, and Sally Needham; 2 brothers-in-law Dr. Bob Higgins, and James “Jimmy” C. Schwartz. Visitation at Greensburg United Methodist Church from 6:00PM until 9:00PM on Friday and from 8:00AM until religious services at 10:00AM on Saturday, September 6, 2025. Services conducted by Rev. Donnie Easley and Rev. Shawn Ostoj. Interment Greensburg Cemetery, Greensburg, LA. McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, in charge of arrangements. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.
Read the Bible in 2025
- 9-5-25
- Job 17-20
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Additional Bible Reading
‘The Core Is Always the Core’
22 Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said: “People of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious.
23 For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: to an unknown god. So you are ignorant of the very thing you worship—and this is what I am going to proclaim to you.
24 “The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands.
25 And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.
26 From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands
Acts 17:22-26
Sunday’s Lesson to Study
- The Journey
- Numbers 9:15-23
Every day God gives us is special. What will you do on this fantastic Friday?
Anna Lee
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