Category: Death Notice(s)

Saturday Afternoon

The “Connected” WMU meeting at FBC, Ponchatoula was very good today.

 

Robbie Lynn Callihan Kirby is hospitalized in Jackson, MS and will be undergoing testing beginning Monday.  Please pray for Robbie Lynn and her family.

Her grandmother, Mrs. Margaret Callihan will be celebrating her 91st birthday tomorrow.  Wish “Miss” Margaret a happy birthday when you see her.

 

Mrs. Ann Chapman requested I post the picture of her sister’s grandson.


Matthew Pierce Derenbecker
  • August 30, 1991 – August 10, 2014
  • Hammond, Louisiana

http://hmckneely.funeralplan2.com/obituaries.aspx?turl=http://hosting-24628.tributes.com/obituary/show/matthew-pierce-derenbecker-101596246

Saturday

“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love.

But the greatest of these is love.”

~ 1 Corinthians 13:13 ~

 

Mr. Bud Callihan is in Ponchatrain Rehab a little longer.  Please continue to pray for him and his family.

Mrs. Betty Catherine Hatcher was able to be at church Sunday.  I’m looking forward to seeing her headed to Sunday School tomorrow.  God is good.

Mrs. Velma Anthony asks for prayer for her sister, Mrs. Rachel Cox.

Connor Corkern is having respiratory issues and has been admitted to PICU where he is on 100% oxygen for now.  Please keep him and his family in your prayers.

Randy Relan passed away.  I’ll post an obituary soon.  He is from Amite, but lived in Hammond.

August 29th – The Friday morning Bible study will begin a study of women of the Bible with a study of Ruth.  If you are interested in joining us, please give me a call or just show up.  We would love to have you.

Baptist Press – BPNews.net (always up-to date and always interesting)

Devotional, Scripture and a Song

Have a great day of preparation for the Lord’s Day.

Anna Lee

Friday

“Let the little children come to Me,

and don’t stop them,

because the kingdom of God belongs to such as these,”

~Luke 18:16b~

 

Larry Miller said his mother-in-law, Mrs. Doris Young, is home and doing much better. Thank God for her improvement.

Roger Pittman is home and recovering from his surgery.  Please continue to pray for Roger and his family.

From Frances Gay

I recently heard from my friend in Pennsylvania, Tom Stewart, who is in the hospital in Pittsburg awaiting word on surgery on his kidneys.   He suspects is colon cancer of several years ago is in the kidneys.  I wish to put  him on the prayer link for prayer during these trials.   He specifically asked for prayer from my Southern Baptist friends.

Kathy Jo Thompson of Amite has had surgery and is feeling better after this one than any other surgery she has had.  Let’s pray the tumor removal went well.

Rev. David Cutrer of Roseland, a pastor and employee of McKneely Funeral Home, is having kidney stone issues and will probably have to have them blasted today.  Pray all goes well.

Susan Rimes is also having problems with kidney stones again.  Pray she passes her stone(s) soon.

Macy Gueldner –

 http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/macygueldner/journal/view/id/53ed73ba4db92135247b5bcc

Carol McDaniel Russell, formerly of Russelltown, learned yesterday she will not have to have surgery despite degeneration in her spine.  Pray she can live with a minimum of pain.

Sue Ellen Russell Pearson, formerly of Russelltown, is undergoing chemotherapy.  Pray she does well.

Lisa Garner Terrell, formerly of Kentwood, is now a retired nurse from the Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home.  She is also undergoing chemotherapy.  Pray for her and her family.

Betty Woodard Coley

Born: March 25, 1942
Died: August 13, 2014

http://www.mckneelys.com/home/index.cfm/obituaries/view/fh_id/10545/id/2636538

Pray for New Zion Baptist Church.  They have had a number of members to pass away recently as well as some seriously ill.

Robin Stephen Murphy, Sr.

Born: October 22, 1942
Died: August 14, 2014

http://www.mckneelys.com/home/index.cfm/obituaries/view/fh_id/10545/id/2636595

Baptist Press –  BPNews.net

WMU “Connected”

  • FBC, Ponchatoula
  • Tomorrow
  • 9:30 – 3:30

Tonight, Rev. Franklin Graham will appear with Greta Van Susteraen, to discuss “Christians Under Attack”.  You may want to tune in for this so you will see and hear about the current situation and know how to best pray.

This morning, the Bible Study at FBC, Kentwood will be on “Envy”.  Come join us as we see what the Bible has to say about this topic.

Devotional, Scriptures, and a Song

  • “Is There Hope?” –  http://odb.org/2014/08/15/is-there-hope/
  • “Do not be afraid.”    ~Matt. 28:5~                                                                                                                 “He is not here; for He is risen, as He said.”    ~v.6~                                                                   “Because I live, you will live also”    ~John 14:19~
  • “Because He Lives” –   http://www.metrolyrics.com/because-he-lives-lyrics-gaither-vocal-band.html
Thank You, Lord, for comfort and hope.
What would we do without You? Your death
and resurrection provide all we need for
this life and the next.
Because He lives, we live.
                                                         -Our Daily Bread-
Live today with a life that reflects Jesus living in you!
Anna Lee

Sunday

Sunday = The Lord’s Day!

Be sure to spend some time there today!

Joe Easley is still in North Oaks.  He’s better and in a regular room now.  Thank you for continued prayers for Joe, Jean, and the family.

Please pray for my brother-in-law and his family as they have services for his mother today in Alabama.

Pray for the Felker family as they prepare for the services of a second loved on just a few days since the last one.

Devotional – “Holy, Holy, Holy” – http://odb.org/?tz=-05  

Saturday

Baptist Press –   BPNews.net

Our Daily Bread Devotional – “Finding God’s Pathway” –    http://odb.org

Eva Eudy Smith
May 22, 1922 – August 8, 2014

Eva Eudy Smith, 92, of Muscle Shoals, formerly of Phil Campbell, entered into rest on August 8, 2014.  She was born on May 22, 1922. Mrs. Smith attended First Baptist Church of Phil Campbell and loved her family.  Visitation will be on Sunday, August 10, 2014 from 1-2pm at Nichols Funeral Home in Haleyville, where services will be held at 2pm. Brother Tim Haney will officiate. Burial will follow in St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery.
Eva is survived by her son, Donnie (Julie) Eudy; daughter, Sandra (Jerry) Mays; brother, Bobby (Lois) James and sister, Opal Mishina. She was “Grandmaw Eva” to two grandchildren, Melissa Parrino, Kristin Eudy, two great grandchildren, Jameson Parrino, Gavin Parrino, and one step grandson, Adam Hayden.  She was preceded in death by her first husband, Oberdeen Eudy; second husband, Alford Smith; two infant sons; grandson, Wesley Todd Mays; parents, Melvin and Amy James; brothers, Keever James, Fred James; sisters, Neva Teel, Charlsie Drury and Fornie Schum.

Kenneth D. Felker
Born: January 14, 1933
Died: August 08, 2014

A resident of Kentwood, he died at 7:33 a.m. on Friday, August 8, 2014 at St. Helena Parish Hospital in Greensburg. He was born January 14, 1933 in Pontotoc, MS and was 81 years of age. Survived by four children, William C. Felker, Jackson, Patricia Felker, Kentwood, Jimmy Felker and wife, Janice, Slaughter, and Rebecca Phelps, Chatawa, Magnolia, Miss.; 4 grandchildren, Ryan “Tooter” Felker, Lacey Ducote, Allie Kirkland and Jacob Phelps; 7 great-grandchildren, Donald, Chandler, Chesly, Kimberlynn, Hunter, Carson and Ruby Kate; brother, Neil Felker, Baton Rouge; sister, Betty Joe Busby, Portland, OR. Preceded in death by wife, Polly Dees Newman Felker; parents, William Alvin Felker and Willie Mae Gortney Felker; loving companion, Grace Smith and her daughter, Beverly Jean Smith; 8 brothers and sisters. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Sunday and from 9 a.m. until religious services at 11 a.m. on Monday, August 11, 2014. Interment New Zion Cemetery, Kentwood, LA. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

Friday

Aunt Eva Smith passed away this morning about 5:00.  Her services will be in northwestern Alabama.  Aunt Eva is also my brother-in-law, Donnie Eudy’s, mother.  She will be greatly missed by Donnie and Julie, his sister,Sandra (and Jerry), and Eva’s two granddaughters, Melissa (and Andrew, Jameson, and Gavin) and Kristin.  Aunt Eva was 92 and is now at peace.

 

 

Wednesday (posted Tuesday night)

“Miss” Grace Helen

Grace Helen Foster Smith

Born: February 16, 1943
Died: August 03, 2014

http://www.mckneelys.com/home/index.cfm?action=public:obituaries.view&o_id=2624565&fh_id=10545

Baptist Press 

BPNews.net

Ebola Epidemic

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/08/05/second-american-diagnosed-with-ebola-arrives-in-atlanta/?intcmp=latestnews

Monday

“Who has saved us and called us with a holy calling,

not according to our works,

but according to His own purpose and grace

which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began.”

~2 Timothy 1:9, NKJV~

 

Jadon’s Story

http://jadonsisstory.blogspot.com/2014/08/tonsil-surgery-update.html?spref=fb

Roger Pittman

Roger’s surgery is this morning at North Oaks.  Please pray for him and his family.

Joe Easley

Joe has been helping care for his wife, Jean, for a long time.  He got sick Saturday night at the rehab and is now in ICU at North Oaks.  Please pray for Joe, Jean, and their family and many friends.

Mrs. Jennifer Coley

“Miss” Coley is not doing well.  Please pray for her, her caregivers, and those who know and love her.

Grace Helen Smith

“Miss” Grace Helen passed away after a long illness.  Please pray for those she leaves behind.

Devotional, Scriptures, and a Song

  • “All We Need to Know” –  http://odb.org/2014/08/04/all-we-need-to-know/
  • “For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells.”                                                                                                                 ~Romans 7:18~
         “I was blind but now I see!”                                                      ~John 9:25~

I think every day would be better with a little bit of that song, Amazing Grace, to remind us of who God is and what He has done for us.  We are so unworthy, but totally blessed!

Anna Lee

Sunday

Thinking of the shoeboxes we’re packing at church and the message they will send to children this year…

“So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth;

It shall not return to Me void,

But it shall accomplish what I please,

and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.”

~Isaiah 55:11, NKJV~

 

Macy Gueldner’s CaringBridge page

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/macygueldner/journal/view/id/53dbecdd4db9215e1d8f532f

Mrs. Marilyn Dees is home and doing better.  Please continue to pray for her and for her family.  They certainly do appreciate your prayers.
Congratulations to the newly weds, James and Dana Birch Antoon!
Susie St. Alexandre

Born: August 31, 1948
Died: August 01, 2014

http://www.mckneelys.com/home/index.cfm?action=public:obituaries.view&o_id=2622855&fh_id=10545

Samaritan’s Purse – Dr. and Mrs. Kent Brantly

Last night, as I watched the Presley’s from Branson, Missouri, I heard their quartet sing “My God is Real”.  I leave you with that thought this morning.

http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/My-God-Is-Real-lyrics-Don-Gibson/99946A7E622A58F648256E29002F90BD

Anna Lee

Tuesday

“Teacher, we know that You say and teach rightly,

and You do not show personal favoritism,

but teach the way of God in truth.”

~Luke 20:21, NKJV~

 

Reminder:  The family who received our food donations last Wednesday will not need any more this Wednesday.  Thank-you for your generosity last week.

Barbara “Bobbye” Jean Easley

Born: October 05, 1935
Died: July 27, 2014

http://www.mckneelys.com/home/index.cfm?action=public:obituaries.view&o_id=2618047&fh_id=10545

Pray for all the people affected by the ebola virus.

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/07/28/2nd-american-infected-with-ebola-amid-fears-outbreak-spread-to-african-megacity/?intcmp=latestnews

Don’t forget to pray for Dr. Kent Brantly and Ms. Nancy Writebol.

Vacation Bible School

  • Montpelier Baptist Church
  • This week
  • 5:30 – 8:15

Baptist Press –  BPNews.net

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

  • “Confident Access” –  http://odb.org/?tz=-07
  • “Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.”                                                                                                                                        ~Hebrews 4:16~ 
  • “Jesus, I Come”  –  http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Jesus_I_Come/

We don’t know what this day holds, but make sure it is a day to share Jesus in some way.

Anna Lee