Category: Death Notice(s)

Friday

“Commit your work to the Lord,

and then your plans will succeed.”

~Proverbs 16:3 NLT~

Praying for two sweet families who lost a special mother/grandmother, Mrs. Frankie Roberts Doss and Mrs. Mary Alice Blackwell.  May your families always remember the way you lived and strive to be like you.

40 Days of Prayer

http://www.40daysofprayer.net/blog/topic-articles?thread=360&disc=8

Baptist Press 

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Devotional: Favorite Family Things by Holley Gerth

http://holleygerth.com/favorite-family-things/#comments

Thank God you woke up this morning.  He has a great day planned for you, not trouble free, but still great if you let Him guide you though it.

Anna Lee

Late Thursday Afternoon

Carl Wayne Stevens, of Hattisburg and formerly of Chesbrough, was admitted to the hospital.  Please be in prayer for him.

Say special prayers for peace and comfort for the Blackwell family.  “Miss” Mary Alice’s family is gathering around her in Moss Point.

Patricia Cecelia Neal
(December 15, 1947 – October 24, 2012)

A life long resident of New Orleans and resident of Kentwood for the last 7 years, she died at 10:45 p.m. on Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at Louisiana Heart Hospital in Lacombe as the result of a heart attack after a short illness. She was born December 15, 1947 in New Orleans and was 64 years of age. She is survived by her daughter, Anne E. Holley; grandson, Adam M. Holley; father, Hamilton “Mike” Neal, Jr.; sister, Erin N. Tamporello; brother, Michael H. Neal; 4 nieces and nephews, Michael A. Tamporello, Michelle C. Tamporello and Melissa A. Tamporello Matthew Tamporello; 2 uncles, Henry J. Hoffstadt, Jr. and Robert J. Neal; aunt, Lynda H Walker, She is preceded in death by mother, Alma Hoffstadt Neal; 3 aunts, Blanche H. Montz, Earllea H. Perez and Camille H. Casey. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, from 10 a.m. until religious services at 12Noon on Saturday, October 27, 2012. Services conducted by Fr. Mark Beard. Interment Hoffstadt Cemetery, Kentwood. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

Monday

 “All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord,

and all the families of the nations will bow down before him,

for dominion belongs to the Lord

and he rules over the nations.”

~Psalm 22:27-28~

Yesterday, Mrs. Susie Sharkey was admitted to Ochsner in New Orleans because of chest pains.  I’ll post an update when I learn more.  Add her to your prayer list.

Mrs. Pauline Strickland spent a couple days in the hospital last week, but is now better and back home.  Keep her in your prayers.

Larry Watts was readmitted to North Oaks over the weekend.  As you pray for Larry, pray for his family too.

Mrs. Mary Alice Blackwell is a little better.  Wednesday is her birthday.  Keep the whole family in your prayers.

Mr. Gordon Price is gaining some weight and some strength.  Keep him and his caregivers in your prayers.

Ellen Morris VandeVuss is experiencing trouble with kidney stones again.  Pray this will not continue during her whole pregnancy.

Thanks to all who participated in our mission groups last night at FBC, Kentwood.  I think everyone was informed of mission work, needs, and missionaries we can pray for.  I look forward to the next meeting.

Odies H. Vines
(October 17, 1932 – October 20, 2012)

A resident of Chesbrough, he died on Saturday, October 20, 2012 at Hood Memorial Hospital in Amite. He was born October 17, 1932 in Zwolle and was 80 years of age. He is survived by his wife, Lynelle Henry Vines; 3 daughters, Linda Vines, Lynelle White and Karen McDaniel; 3 sons, Glen Vines, Marcus Vines and Earl Hyde; 1 brother, Glynn Doyle Vines; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by his parents, George and Georgie Vines; daughter, Joann Young; 2 sons, Patrick Vines and Odies Vines, Jr.; brother, Buford Vines. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 10 a.m. until religious services at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, October 23, 2012. Services conducted by Rev. Larry Blades. Interment Arcola-Roseland Cemetery, Arcola. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

Zander Sumrall, Jr.
(March 14, 1943 – October 18, 2012)

ZANDER “JUNIOR” SUMRALL, JR. AGE 69

And a resident of Franklinton died at 9:00 am Thursday October 18, 2012 at Northshore Specialty Hospital in Covington. He attended Springhill Baptist Church and worked as an electrical lineman for 35 years. He was happily retired and enjoyed spending his days sitting on the gallery at his home.

Survived by:

Wife of 52 years: Eula Lee Thomas Sumrall of Franklinton

Son and Daughter in law: Jeffrey Scott Sumrall, Sr. and Stephanie Sumrall of Franklinton

2 Daughters and a Son in law: Phyllis Sumrall, Page and Brandon Grace all of Franklinton

3 Grandchildren: Jeffrey Scott Sumrall, Jr., Raven Lynn Sumrall, Willie Alexander Chauvin

2 Sisters: Myrtle Nielson, Jeanette Sumrall both of Franklinton

5 Brothers: his twin Jewell A. Sumrall, Billy Ray Sumrall, Virgil Sumrall, Levi Sumrall all of Franklinton Michael Sumrall of Amite

Also numerous nieces and nephews

He was preceded in death by his son Zander “Trey” Sumrall, III, parents Zander Sumrall, Sr. and Liddie Spears Sumrall, and 4 brothers Murle Sumrall, James Sumrall, Doyle Sumrall, and Darvin Sumrall

Visitation will be at Crain Funeral Home Saturday October 20th from 3 pm until 9 pm and after 10 am on Sunday. A funeral service will be held at 2 pm Sunday in the funeral home chapel with Rev. Tommy Morgan and Rev. Stan Statham officiating. Burial will follow in the Brooks/Martin Cemetery in Thomas.

Obituaries can be viewed online at http://www.crainfh.com

40 Days of Prayer for America

http://www.40daysofprayer.net/blog/topic-articles?thread=352&disc=8

Devotional by Holley Gerth:  What to Do when Your Thoughts Try to Get the Best of You

http://holleygerth.com/when-your-thoughts-try-to-get-the-best-of-you/#comments

Don’t forget the revival at Kedron this week.  The meeting begin at 6:30.

Evangelist: Dr. Milton Kliesch

Music: Andy Taylor

Pastor: Bro. Jacob Williams (Bro. Jake)

Thanks for praying for these and other needs.  Enjoy the devotional.  Plan to attend the Kedron Revival.  Have a fantastic week!

Anna Lee

Saturday Afternoon

Jones Family Blog

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Leatrice Miller McDaniel
(September 12, 1925 – October 20, 2012)

A resident of Kentwood, she died at 6:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 20, 2012 at Heritage Manor in Franklinton. She was born September 12, 1925 in Mt. Hermon and was 87 years of age. She is survived by her 2 sons, Kelvin McDaniel and wife, Cherye, Mt. Hermon and Buford McDaniel and wife, Bonnie, Kentwood; 5 grandchildren, Mindy Chauvin and husband, Marc, Franklinton, Kim Chautin and husband, Erin, Kiln, MS, Barry McDaniel and wife, Ashley, Kentwood, Kelly McElveen and husband, Stephen, Franklinton and Crystal McElroy and husband, Charles, Covington; 10 great-grandchildren; 2 brothers, Douglas L. Miller, Kentwood and Paul R. Miller, Amarillo, TX. Preceded in death by her husband, Wilton “Johnnie” McDaniel; parents, Thomas and Maude Miller; and an infant son. She was a member of Spring Creek Baptist Church and was active in W.M.U. and Spring Creek Sunshiners. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Monday and at Spring Creek Baptist Church, Kentwood, on from 9 a.m. until Religious Services at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, October 23, 2012. Services conducted by Bro. Danny Smith, Bro. Jimmie Houston and Bro. Brent King. Interment Spring Creek Cemetery, Kentwood. Pallbearers will be Tommy Miller, Barry McDaniel, Stephen McElveen, Marc Chauvin, Charles McElroy and Erin Chautin. Honorary pallbearers will be Bob McDaniel, Fernie Ray Gill, Shirley Littell, Larry McDaniel and her great-grandsons, B.J. McDaniel, Mack McElveen, Gentry McElveen, Colby Chautin and Joshua Chautin. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

Missions at FBC, Kentwood

Tomorrow night we will have missions classes for preschoolers, children, and adults.  Before the classes begin, we will have chips, dip, and drink in the fellowship hall.  Then, the youth will have their activities in the Lighthouse, as usual.  The missions classes will be our reintroduction to missions at FBC, but in a new format that is beginning to be popular across the convention.  Adults, plan to bring your Bible as we focus on a segment of Acts.

Wednesday

“I will sing of the mercies of the LORD forever;

with my mouth will I make known Your faithfulness to all generations.”

~Psalm 89:1~

Update from Velta Morris

UPDATE ON MY JOURNEY WITH LYMPHOMA

Hi, my friends and family,

 As promised, I want to give an update on my treatment plan and let you know how things are going.  I have several praises to share with you:

 ·         Last Friday I had a PET scan to see how I was responding to the chemo.  The results were really good and confirmed that it was doing what it is supposed to do and shrinking the particular spot that had become aggressive;

  • ·         Today, I met with the oncologist (Dr. Earle Burgess) and he is very pleased with my overall progress, too.  He confirmed the results of the PET scan and said that he believes I am right on track, just as he had anticipated.  He is very encouraged (andencouraging to me) with my response and progress;
  • ·         After meeting with Dr. Burgess, I began Round #3 of the chemo concoctions.  It is kind of an all-day deal.  Bill was able to go with me and he was a real trooper through all the waiting.  He brought me a delicious salad for lunch and played on his computer a bit, and was real patient.  We got done around 3:30 today, which was a little shorter than the two previous treatments.
  • ·         Dr. Burgess said that I can expect more fatigue, particularly with Rounds 5 and 6. If all proceeds as planned, I will complete the chemo the week before Christmas.  I’m so thankful I have not had nausea or terrible aching thus far.  I am blessed!

Thank you so much for all the love and prayers.  Dr. Burgess acknowledged the importance of prayer today.  I’m so thankful he is a Christian.  Please keep praying.  I love you all and am so very grateful to the Lord for blessing me so richly with each of you.

PS: I thought y’all might like to see my new hairdo, especially all of you who live way off.  Everyone has been so kind, and act like they are really fooled.  My wig is my new best friend! Sure saves time getting ready! (The framed photo above me is my engagement picture from early 1961 that recently surfaced when cleaning out a closet.  I’m sure I don’t look a day older.  Yeah, right!)

 Velta G. Morris

937 East Meadow Dr.

Lancaster, SC  29720

803-285-5168 (H)

803-288-0901 (C)

veltag@comporium.net

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Pray for Reesa B. DeLee and Nancy Birch as they rest up today for the doctor appointments they will have tomorrow in New York.  Pray for rest and peace on this day before a day that will determine the future treatment for Reesa.

Today is the day “Philco” Dykes will be laid to rest near some of his other relatives.  Smile as you review some of your memories of him because he truly gave of himself to those around him.  If he was your friend you were on the receiving line of many blessing, the greatest of which is that he prayed for you regularly!

 

David Calvin “Hurricane” Verberne, Jr.
(May 6, 1970 – October 16, 2012)

David Calvin “Hurricane” Verberne, Jr. was born May 6, 1970 and passed away, Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at his residence. He was 42, a native of Franklinton and a resident of Tickfaw.

Hurricane is survived by his parents, David C. and Deborah D. Verberne, Sr.; son, Hayden E. Verberne; daughter, Taylor Brook De’mare; sister, Charlotte Verberne; 4 brothers, Daniel “Danny” Verberne, Timothy “Timmy” Verberne and wife Erin, Kevin Verberne and wife Nicole & Robert “Bobby” Verberne; numerous nieces, nephews, and extended family.

Preceded in death by his grandparents, Phillip and Norma Verberne & Stanley and Fay Diggs.

Visitation at McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, on Saturday, October 20, 2012 from 10:00 a.m. until Celebration of Life Service at 12:00 noon in the funeral home Chapel. Interment in the Verberne Cemetery, Kentwood, LA.

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

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

 

40 Days of Prayer for America

http://www.40daysofprayer.net/blog/topic-articles?thread=347&disc=8

 

Tomorrow is the date for the next Third Thursday meeting at the cabin.  People who missed the last ones tell me what sweet times others have told them they missed.  It’s true!  Join us at 6:30.  The music has been so touching.  The devotionals  were inspiring.  The food was delicious and plentiful.

 

Bro. Joey asked me to let people of FBC, Kentwood know the three new deacons who will be voted on Sunday are Frank Fowler, Ladd Turner, and Lionel Eastay.  The ordination service for those approved  will be the first Sunday of November.

 

God wants to bless your life today.  Be aware of His blessing on you and yours today.

Anna Lee

 

Tuesday

“Unless you are faithful in small matters,

you won’t be faithful in large ones.

If you cheat even a little,

you won’t be honest with greater responsibilities.”

~Luke 16:10 NLT~ 

Servants do every task with equal dedication.

Whatever they do,

servants “do it with all their heart”.

~Colossians 3:23~

This is the day Nancy Birch will travel to New York with her daughter, Reesa B. DeLee, so Reesa can see doctors Thursday.  Pray for them and for the family members who will be staying home.  Pray doctors will made the best decisions possible in treating Reesa.

Ellen Morris VandeVuss’ mother-in-law died during her sleep yesterday morning.  Pray for the family as they travel to Texas to prepare for a Saturday funeral.  Pray for Ellen’s mother who will get the boys to school while Ellen is gone.  On top of that, pray for them as the stomach virus continues to visit the family.

40 Days of Prayer for America

http://www.40daysofprayer.net/blog/topic-articles?thread=332&disc=8

Devotional by Holley Gerth: How Do you Measure Life?

http://holleygerth.com/how-do-you-measure-a-life/#comments

 The Dykes family will be eating in the fellowship hall of FBC, Kentwood after Philco’s funeral tomorrow.

Remember, it’s the little things . . . . 

Anna Lee

Monday Addition

From Brandy Potts

I just wanted let you know that Aunt Myrna Potts came home from the hospital at 12:00 yesterday and she was at church. Also Mr. John Jennings got hit by his tractor but his son stopped it before it ran over him. He was very lucky that his son was there. He is just very sore.

Phillip “Philcole” Dykes
(July 4, 1953 – October 13, 2012)

A resident of Kentwood, he died on Saturday, October 13, 2012 at Hood Memorial Hospital in Amite. He was born July 4, 1953 in Bogalusa and was 59 years of age. He is survived by his mother, Martha Traylor, Kentwood; 4 brothers, Edward Dykes, Wilmer, Jackie Dykes and Vicky Wall, Osyka, MS, Jerry Dykes and wife, Kathy, Mt. Hermon, Peyton Travis and Jane Doan, Kentwood; 4 sisters, Shirley Cooper, Paducah, KY, Faye Carney and husband, Leroy, Kentwood, Ruthie Dykes, Kentwood and Lila Watson and husband, David, Sr., Wilmer; numerous nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews and other family members. Preceded in death by his father, Coy Dykes, Jr.; 5 brothers, Eugene Travis, William Dykes, Carl Ray Dykes, Tommy Lane Dykes and Jimmy W. Dykes, Sr.; grandparents, Coy and Emma Dykes and Richard and Eunice Cooper; step-father, Jim Traylor. Visitation at First Baptist Church, Kentwood, from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Tuesday and from 9 a.m. until religious services at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, October 17, 2012. Services conducted by Rev. Joey Miller and Rev. E. J. Didon. Interment Tangipahoa Cemetery, Tangipahoa. McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, in charge of arrangements. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

 

Monday

“But to You I have cried out, O LORD,

and in the morning my prayer comes before You.”

~Psalm 88:13~

40 Days of Prayer for America

http://www.40daysofprayer.net/blog/topic-articles?thread=331&disc=8

Heart to Heart with Holley: Favorite Family Things

http://holleygerth.com/favorite-family-things/#comments

Today, let’s focus our prayers on all the unspoken requests around us – those we can’t repeat, those I cannot write here, those close to our heart anyway.

Pray for the Dykes family as they go to McKneely’s to make final arrangements for Phil.  Pray God will give them strength to get through the third immediate family death in six months.

Pray for Reesa Birch DeLee and her mother, Nancy Birch, as they prepare to travel to New York tomorrow to begin treatment of Reesa’s newly diagnosed cancer.  As you pray for them, pray for the many family members and friends back in Louisiana who will be very concerned about Reesa.

This week we have a Third Thursday.  That means we will meet at the cabin with other Christians to eat, share, worship, and enjoy our friendships, both old and new.  We meet at 6:30.  Contact me if you need more information.

Sunday

“Live a life of love,

just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.”

~Ephesians 5:2 NIV~

I keep thinking of how much Phil Cole Dykes will be missed.  One of his sisters, Faye, said arrangements will be made Monday morning.  I’ll post them at that time.

40 Days of Prayer for America

http://www.40daysofprayer.net/blog/topic-articles?thread=330&disc=8

Have a great Lord’s Day!

Anna Lee