Author: Anna Lee

Thursday

It is not that we think we are qualified

to do anything on our own.

Our qualification comes from God.

~2 Corinthians 3:5 (NLT)~

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Walter Green Harper

(July 13, 1928 – April 27, 2010)

A resident of Roseland, died at 2:05 p.m. on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 at Hood Memorial Hospital in Amite. He was born July 13, 1928 in Gatesville, MS and was 81 years of age. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 9 a.m. until Masonic and Religious Services at 11 a.m. Saturday. Services conducted by Rev. Tommy Hicks. Interment Arcola-Roseland Cemetery, Arcola. He is survived by his wife, Maxine Primes Harper, Roseland; a daughter, Keri Wickham and husband, David, Amite; 2 sons, Darell “Pete” Harper, Charleston, SC and Walter “Bo” Harper and wife, Linda, Amite; 8 grandchildren, Kimberly Parent and husband, David, Pumpkin Center, Gwendolyn Pedelahore and husband, Kenny, Livingston, Justin Barrilleaux and wife, Amanda, Holden, Blake Barrilleaux and wife, Traci, Lugoff, SC, Clay Barrilleaux and wife, Marjorie, Walker, Kevin Harper, Amite, Brian Harper, Charleston, SC and Caroline Harper, Charleston, SC; 8 great-grandchildren; a sister, Bettye Jo Hughes and husband, Earl, Roseland.

James Albert Davis

(August 12, 1941 – April 27, 2010)

James Albert Davis was born August 12, 1941 and passed away on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 at Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans after a brief illness. Mr. James was 68, a native of Magnolia, MS, a former resident of St. Helena Parish and a resident of Destrehan, LA.

Mr. James was a graduate of Woodland High School and Southeastern Louisiana University where he was a member of Sigma Tau Gama Fraternity. He served in the US Army, Civil Air Patrol, a member of the Jefferson Amateur Radio Club and a retired employee of Tulane Medical School.

Mr. James is survived by his wife of 41 years, JoAnn P. Davis, Destrehan; daughter, Jeanne D. Peres and husband, Tony, Metairie; son, Jevin A. Davis, Pearl, MS; grandchildren, Megan, Mason, Morgan & Logan Peres, Metairie; 2 brothers, A. Thomas Davis, Montpelier and David M. Davis, Alvin, TX.

He is preceded in death by parents, John Albert and Myrth Bornes Davis; brother, Joel A. Davis.

Visitation at St. Helena Catholic Church on Saturday, May 1, 2010 from 10:00 a.m. until Mass of Christian Burial at 11:00 a.m. with Fr. Joe Camilleri officiating. Interment in Amite Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers the family request donations in his memory to the American Cancer Society.

McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, in charge in arrangements.

An on-line Guestbook is available at http://www.mckneelyvaughnfh.com

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Have a great day!

Anna Lee

Wednesday

“Jesus said to her,

‘Did I not say to you that if you believe,

you will see the glory of God?’”

~John 11:40, NASB~

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Baptist Press: BPNews.net

Mr. Walter Green Harper passed away yesterday afternoon.  Arrangements are incomplete, but services will be at the end of the week.  He was a kind and gentle man who quietly helped others as long as he was able.  Momma and I visited with him and “Miss” Maxine not too long ago.  I’m thankful for that last visit.

Rose Mary Badon

(August 9, 1968 – April 24, 2010)

Rose Mary Badon a beloved daughter, mother, sister and grandmother was born on August 9, 1968 and passed away at 1:58 p.m. on Saturday, April 24, 2010 at her residence. She was 41, a native of Independence and a resident of Tickfaw.

Rose Mary is survived by her father, Allen Spokey Badon, Ponchatoula ; a son, Brandon Allen Badon, Hammond; a daughter, Tabitha Renne` Young, Ponchatoula; a brother, Benjamin Earl Badon, Sr., Bayou Grey, LA; 3 grandchildren, Mia Nicole Badon, Hayden Scott Campise-Badon, and Brandon Allen Badon, Jr.; numerous aunts, uncles and extended family.

Preceded in death by her mother, Mary Ellen Kelly Badon and a brother, Carl Allen Badon; nephew, Christian Dakota Badon.

Visitation at the McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, on Thursday, April 29, 2010 from 10:00 a.m. until Religious Services at 2:00 p.m. Interment in Briar Patch Cemetery, Loranger.

An on-line Guestbook and to view a Video Tribute is available at http://www.mckneelyvaughnfh.com

McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite is located at I-55N & Hwy 16W ( Exit 46) next to Bill Hood Automotive and behind Mr. Tom’s Car Wash and Holiday Inn Express.

God has provided a beautiful day.  Enjoy it!

Anna Lee

Tuesday

“Give yourselves to God …

surrender your whole being to him

to be used for righteous purposes.”

~Romans 6:13 (TEV)~

Pray for Jesse and Majel Dean.  Jesse is home, but is not well yet.  He continues to receive medical attention at home.

Continue to pray for my parents.  Daddy’s recovery has been too slow for them.  I’m sure that describes Jesse and Majel’s situation as well as that of many others.

Continue to pray for all who were in the path of the tornadoes that struck the Southeast at the end of last week.  Their needs are many.

Continue to pray for those touched by the oil rig explosion last week.

Pray for out country and our leaders.

Pray for our military serving around the world and for their families.

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Baptist Press News has some very interesting articles today.

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Enjoy this beautiful day the Lord has provided.  Remember to take your “stir-stick”.

Anna Lee

Monday Afternoon

From Mrs. Ann Chapman

I have two prayer request.
My niece Michelle Savoca (Jimmy and Patsy’s daughter) has stage four breast cancer. she is in her mid-forties. she is in the hospital right now with a collapsed lung. Michelle’s family as well as Jimmy live in Sevierville, TN. Please pray for added strength for the entire family.

Quincy’s nephew Timothy Chapman (Shelton and Lois’ son) has colon cancer. We will hear this week at what stage it is. Pray especially for Lois.

Thank each of you for your many prayers offered in my behalf. I am progressing slowly, I have to remember it has only been three months since the halo was removed. I still can’t buy a vehicle, because my neck movement is so limited. Since I had a Christopher Reid break I am a walking miracle. God saw fit for me not to be paralyzed. I can only praise Him.

God bless each of you.

Cara Nicole` Guy
(May 14, 1985 – April 24, 2010)

Cara Nicole` Guy a beloved daughter, mother, and sister was born on May 14, 1985 and passed away at 6:29 a.m. on Saturday, April 24, 2010 at her residence. She was 24, a native of Baton Rouge and a resident of Denham Springs.

Cara is survived by her son, Daron Joseph Brose, and his father, Adam Joseph Brose, Baton Rouge ; mother, Cara A. Zamecki, Victoria, TX; a brother, Kenneth Ray Guy, III, Denham Springs; uncles, John Lee Massey, Roy Lee Massey, Jr. Denham Springs; aunts, Linda Guy Phillips, Greensburg and Dean Guy Noto and husband, Victor, Independence; uncle, Roy Lee Massey, Sr. and wife Jenny, Baton Rouge; numerous cousins and friends; fiancé, Cory Jack, Denham Springs.

Preceded in death by her father, Kenneth Ray Guy, Jr.; grandparents, Kenneth Guy, Sr. and Virginia Massey Guy and Tom Zamecki and Della Zamecki.

Visitation at the McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 from 8:00 a.m. until Religious Services at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. Larry Robertson officiating. Interment in Greensburg Cemetery.

Pallbearers: Ray Palmer, Daniel Joyce, Dustin Daniels, Rhett Rayburn, Jason Rayburn, Casey Robin, Jonathan Carver and John Lee Massey.

An on-line Guestbook and to view a Video tribute is available at http://www.mckneelyvaughnfh.com

McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite is located at I-55N & Hwy 16W behind Mr. Tom’s Car Wash and Holiday Inn Express.

Irma Robinson Sheridan
(May 8, 1953 – April 23, 2010)

IRMA ROBINSON SHERIDAN, age 56

and a resident of Franklinton died at 11:15 PM Friday at LTAC in Bogalusa.

She was a longtime employee of Windmill Nursery and a member of Trinity Baptist Church.

Survived by: Daughter and son in law: Bianca and Marcus Jenkins of Pine, Son and daughter in law: Marvin and Melissa Sheridan of Thomas, 6 Grandchildren: Benjamin Sheridan, Santana Jenkins, Brook Jenkins, Avery Sheridan, Tyler Jenkins and Conner Sheridan

She was preceded in death by a son Benjamin Sheridan; parents Ed and Lois Bullock Robinson and a sister Dorothy Hudson.

Visitation at Crain Funeral Home from 5 PM until 10 PM Monday and after 10 AM Tuesday. A funeral service will be held at 2 PM Tuesday in the funeral home chapel with Rev. Joey Miller, Rev. Stan Statham and Rev. Keith Branch officiating. Burial in the Sheridan Cemetery.

Monday

“Never be lazy,

but work hard

and serve the Lord enthusiastically.”

~Romans 12:11, NLT~

From Cheryl Hughes Greene:

I wanted to let everyone over there to know that Aunt Viola’s husband, Uncle Gene passed away at 9am yesterday morning. His obit is in the Morning Advocate; his full name Eugene Cody from Georgetown, Ms. and lived in Watson, La.

I also ask for prayers for John. He had his tonsil and ulvea removed a couple of weeks ago. Last Thursday, Friday and Saturday morning he was having a pretty bad bleeding from this. He is home now, but still under strict orders from the doctor.

Eugene W. Cody

A native of Georgetown, Miss., and a resident of Watson, he passed away Sunday, April 25, 2010, at his home surrounded by his loving family and a host of friends. He was 80, a member of First Baptist Church of Central and Boilermakers Local 582. He worked for Dow Chemical for 21 years. Survived by his wife of 60 years, Viola Hughes Cody; daughter, Marcia G. Fauver; sons and daughters-in-law, John W. and Cheri Cody and David C. and Donna Cody; sister, Alice Merle Berry; brother, H. Mitchell Cody; grandchildren, Matt Cody, Misty C. Sharpe and her husband, Josh, Christy C. Gardner and her husband, Gary, Jessica F. Semons and her husband, Todd, Marissa Fauver and Jacob Fauver; five great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by his parents, John Lee and Nancy Mae Cody; grandson, Josh Cody; five brothers and a sister. Visitation at Seale Funeral Home, Denham Springs, Monday, April 26, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Visitation resumes Tuesday, April 27, from noon until service in the funeral home chapel at 2 p.m. Burial in Evergreen Memorial Park.

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Pray for Jesse and Majel Dean as they get into their new (and temporary) routine involving home health nurse, therapy, drip, etc.  Pray Jesse gets better and Majel has the strength, endurance, and wisdom to help Jesse get better.

Pray for my sisters and me as we continue to deal with health issues of my parents.  Pray for us to have medical wisdom to make good decisions.  Pray for Momma and Daddy as they help care for each other.

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“At the name of Jesus every knee should bow…” Philippians 2:10

Mike Benson, Editor

LEADERSHIP MAGAZINE RELATES the following story…

A young Englishman was in Germany when the Nazis degrade the Jews in the streets.  At first he was sick at the sight and rushed down a side street.  The next time he felt he could look and stopped for a full minute.  The third time he watched.  The fourth time, as he stood with the jeering crowd, the sight seemed less revolting.  He was becoming, he told himself, “objective.”  And with this came the realization of his peril.  This was not a part of life, a social phenomenon for study,  It was the breath of hell (E.M. Blaiklock, Leadership, Winter, 1983).

How can can one reach such depths that he becomes desensitized?  How sad that so many have become callused to the things that go on around us:

.  An unborn child is killed every 20 seconds.

.  There were over 1,750,000 last year.

.  God and the mention of Jesus have become a matter of abhorrence and have replaced in schools trumpted with condoms, safe sex, and godless humanism.

.  Our society glorifies murder, rape, adultery, homosexuality, nudity, profanity, and fornication through movies and television.

.  Churches have reached out to those in immoral relationships and accepted them.

Many have become desensitized to sin.  Mark S. Aites, “Indifference,” Life’s Daily Struggles, The 31st Annual Lectureship–ETSOPM, 256-257

“‘Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination?

No!  They were no ashamed; nor did they blush.

Therefore they shall fall among those who fall;

at the time I punish them, they shall be cast down,” says the LORD.”

Jeremiah 6:14

Have a great day!

Anna Lee

Sunday

Do all your work in love.

~1 Corinthians 16:14 (TEV)~

“So then, my friends,

because of God’s great mercy to us I appeal to you:

Offer yourselves as a living sacrifice to God,

dedicated to his service and pleasing to him.

This is the true worship that you should offer.”

~Romans 12:1, TEV~


Requests from Lawana Carter:

Will please add my friend Gina’s grandbaby to the prayer? Her name is Sophia. She is about 3 months old and was born very earily. She will be having surgery Monday on her legs. The tendons and bones and to tight. God has been very good to this family with this baby girl. I know Gina and her family will be very grateful for all the prayers.
I (Lawana) will be having a female test done Monday myself. Please pray they can find the answers for all the female trouble I am having.
Adam had been sick this will be the second week. He is havin to stay inside all the time and he is not happy with that. He will have allergies test done on the 30th.
I will not be at S.S. Sunday. I have lost my voice from allergies and I was told to stay inside as much as I can.
Thank you,
Lawana

Pray for Roger Pittman as he continues to improve.  He was been dealing with kidney stones for several months.

Continue to pray for Jesse and Majel Dean.  Jesse will continue with his treatment at home under the care of Majel, home health, and therapists.  I know they will appreciated every prayer on their behalf.

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Thank you for praying for my family.

  • Daddy is now doing better.
  • Becki and the children made it back to Rome, GA last night.  They delayed their trip about eight hours before Becki carefully drove between bands of bad weather.  We’re thankful for being able to check the weather situation minute to minute and for cell phones to stay in contact.

Have a great Lord’s Day!

Anna Lee





Saturday

It’s in Christ that we find out who we are

and what we are living for.

Long before we first heard of Christ and got our hopes up,

he had his eye on us,

had designs on us for glorious living,

part of the overall purpose

he is working out in everything and everyone.

~Ephesians 1:11-12 (MSG)~

Mrs. Annie Bell Harrell is improving.  Please continue to pray for her and her family.

Pray for people to stay alert to the possibility of bad weather today. Especially pray for those who are traveling.  Our daughter-in-law and grandchildren did not leave early this morning as planned, but will try to leave later depending on the weather report.

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“At the name of Jesus every knee should bow…” Philippians 2:10

Mike Benson, Editor

…SOMEDAY YOU MAY have to confront someone you love who is caught in sin…

That’s something we don’t talk much about–confronting in love the person who is caught in a sin.  But the Bible is clear that we have a responsibility to hold one another accountable, to correct and rebuke one another, to confront in love, and to restore people from sin.  If you see a brother caught in a sin and you say, “It’s none of my business,” you don’t really care about your brother, and you’re ignoring Christ’s command (See Luke 17:3; 2 Timothy 4:2; Galatians 6:1).

So one of the applications to the sermon on Nathan and David is that there will be times when you have to confront someone you love.  But a good sermon will take that application a step further and give examples.  I tried to think of times when people might have to confront someone they see committing sin, and I began to write down ideas in my manuscript.  “If you know that your friend is having an affair, or you discover that someone is embezzling money from his business, or you’re a student and you see someone cheating on a test, what do you do?”  Then I remembered visiting the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.  Etched on the wall is their slogan, “We will not lie, cheat, or steal, or tolerate those who do.”  That’s a great illustration of how even people outside the church realize the need to confront those who have done wrong.

Then I remembered that a young man in our church is attending the Air Force Academy.  His father once told me a story about his son taking tests there.  He once told his dad that whenever they’re taking a test, they all keep their heads down and nobody ever looks up.  Ken said, “Why is that, son?  Are they afraid they’ll be tempted to cheat?”  “No, Dad,” Josh answered, “We’re afraid we will see someone else cheating and have to turn him in.”

Then I remembered that a young man in our church is attending the Air Force Academy.  His father once told me a story about his son taking tests there.  He once told his dad that whenever they’re taking a test, they all keep their heads down and nobody ever looks up.  Ken said, “Why is that, son?  Are they afraid they’ll be tempted to cheat?”  “No, Dad,” Josh answered, “We’re afraid we will see someone else cheating and have to turn him in.”

That’s a great story, and it made a good illustration in the sermon because it helped me bring to light situations that might arise in every-day life when we are called upon to confront someone who has sinned.  We don’t go looking for people’s faults.  In fact, we prefer not to find any.  But sometimes we can’t ignore them, and we must lovingly confront.  Bob Russell, “When GOD Builds a CHURCH, 34-35

“Then Nathan said to David, ‘You are the man!

Thus says the LORD God of Israel:

‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.

I gave you your master’s house and your master’s wives into your keeping,

and gave you the house of Israel and Judah.

And if that had been too little,

I also would have given you much more!

Why have you despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in His sight?

You have killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword;

you have taken his wife to be your wife,

and have killed him with the sword of the people of Ammon.

Now therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house,

because you have despised Me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.”

2 Samuel 12:7-10

Have a great preparation day for the Lord’s Day!

ANNA LEE

Friday

May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us;

establish the work of our hands for us-

yes, establish the work of our hands.

~Psalm 90:17 (NIV)~

Jesse  Dean is better.  He may be able to come home in a few days.

Mr. Cete Dillon got a good report on his eye.  Thank God for his progress.

Mrs. Annie Bell Harrell is better and back at home.  Please continue to pray for her and her family.

Rudolph Hudson
(May 26, 1934 – April 21, 2010)

A resident of Kentwood, died at 3:25 p.m. on Wednesday, April 21, 2010 at his residence at the age of 75 years. He was born May 26, 1934 in Natalbany and was a Veteran of the U. S. Army. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Friday and from 9 a.m. until religious services at 11 a.m. Saturday. Services conducted by Bro. Kevin Dunn and Bro. Joe Warden. Interment Woodland Cemetery, Kentwood. He is survived by his wife, Hazel Enlow Hudson; 2 daughters, Tami Hudson Hunt and her husband, Larry and Angie Hudson Campbell and her husband, John; a son, Chad R. Hudson, all of Kentwood; 7 grandchildren, Katie Mallet Wunstel, Leigha Mallet Edler, Emily Mallett Cowart, Renee Hunt, Jordan Hunt, Josh Hunt and Tyler Raye; 2 great-grandchildren, Kelsey and Brennan Edler; 4 sisters, Elaine H. Bennett, Rose H. Fontenot, Kathleen H. Bowen, all of Baton Rouge, and Wanda H. Morrow, Marurepas; a brother, Robert E. Hudson, Baton Rouge. He was preceded in death by his parents, James William Sylvester Hudson and Florence Palmer Hudson; a sister, Lula Mae Hudson Seaton; a brother, Jay W. Hudson. The family would like to thank Dr. Charles Ducombs and Hospice Caregivers Gayle and Elaine for the excellent care during this difficult time.

Have a fantastic Friday!

Anna Lee