Category: Death Notice(s)

Saturday Afternoon

Jessye N. Schilling
(July 2, 1926 – November 19, 2011) 

 

A resident of Kentwood, LA, died on Saturday, November 19, 2011 at Kentwood Manor Nursing Home in Kentwood, LA. She was born July 2, 1926 in Osyka, MS and was 85 years of age. She was a housewife and Sunday School Teacher at East Fork Baptist Church. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, from 6 p.m .until 9 p.m., Sunday, November 20, 2011, and from 9 a.m. until religious services at 11 a.m. Monday, November 21, 2011. Interment East Fork Cemetery, Kentwood, LA. Preceded in death by her husband, John Schilling, and a son, Richard Schilling. Survived by a son and daughter-in-law, William and Marie Schilling, East Fork, 9 grandchildren, Brian, Justin, Damon, C.J., Lana, Toni, Patrick, Melissa, and Richard, and 12 great-grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to North Oaks Hospice. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

Please add the Schilling family to your prayer list.

 

 

 


Saturday

Edna Elizabeth Salathe Tanner
(December 20, 1921 – November 18, 2011)

A resident of Norwood, she died on Friday, November 18, 2011 at The Caring Place in Baker. She was born December 20, 1921 in New Orleans and was 89 years of age. Graveside Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, November 19, 2011 at Tanner Family Cemetery, Norwood. A memorial service will be held at a later date. She is survived by her 5 daughters, Mary Beth Hey and husband, Don, Norwood, Katherine Davis and husband, John, Zachary, Louise Mason and husband, Harold, Charlotte, N.C., Amy Matheny and husband, Donald, Nairobi, Kenya and Leah Morgan and husband, Douglas, Norwood; 1 son, Greg and wife, Susan, Osyka, MS; 20 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by her parents, Edward and Edna Salathe; husband, Guy GibsonTanner; granddaughter, Deidre Elizabeth King.

 

Saturday

“Blessed be the Lord,

because He has heard the voice of my supplications!”

~Psalm 28:6~

Renee Deck is much better than she was earlier in the week.  She will be hospitalized a couple more days to allow her to regain some strength.  She’s in room 520 now.

Jason Dean is improving at home.  He’s had a lot of pain, but progressing well.  Please continue to pray for him and his family.

Greg Tanner’s mother passed away.  I’ll post an obituary when one is available.

Baptist Press: New IMB missionaries see beyond excuses

http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=36604

Heart to Heart with Holley:When you’ve had one of those weeks….

It’s been one of those weeks.

You know the kind that tempt you to pull the covers back over your head?

I’m recovering from recent travel, a cold, an unexpected medical issue.

It’s the everyday things that throw us off the most sometimes.

They make us forget who we are, who we belong to, where we’re going.

Maybe that sometimes happens to you too?

If so, I want to lean in close in the middle of all those little things and whisper some BIG truth to us…

Yes, you are loved. More than you know. More than you see. Deeper than you’ve dared to dream. {Ephesians 3:16-19}

Yes, you are really part of a good plan and you belong to a God who will make sure it happens. {Jeremiah 29:11}.

Yes, you are going to make it through this not just somehow but victoriously. {Philippians 4:13}

When life gets hard the lies get loud.

But in the middle of all the noise, there is still what’s true.

Especially when it been one of those weeks.

–Holley Gerth

 {p.s. I actually wrote this last week and I’m feeling better but we still all need those reminders, don’t we?}

Pray for all those who will be traveling this week. Pray for family gatherings to be a time of love and making new memories.  Say a special prayer for those who will be celebrating alone.  If possible, take them in to celebrate with your family.

Thankful!

Anna Lee

Thursday

“Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice!

Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.”

~Psalm 27:7~

Chloe Neyland is home!  She no longer has two holes in her heart!  She still has a pacemaker, but it has been turned down because her own heart is doing the work.  Thank-you, Lord Jesus, for sparing this little life one more time.

Renee Deck is still in ICU at Southwest at McComb with an infection.  She is getting better.  Pray for her recovery to be complete.  Thank-you for Renee’s strong faith and the way she “puts feet to her beliefs”!

Carol New’s doctors have been working to get rid of an infection in her knee.  Then, she will have another knee replacement and spend about six weeks at the Specialty hospital in Hammond.  For now, she is still at Baton Rouge General.

Jewel Kay Y. Cutrer’s knee surgery was extensive.  Pray for her as she heals and goes through the rehabilitation period.

Pray for Mrs. Mickey Cade and Mrs, Mary Womack as they continue with tests/biopsies and await results.

Susan Rimes takes “one step forward and two steps back” with her kidney stones.  Pray for her as she sees the doctor again tomorrow.

Tripp Roth

http://randycourtneytripproth.blogspot.com/

Bridget Venable’s mother-in-law has been very sick for a while.  Her funeral will be today.

Doris Yarborough Venable

“Honor her for all that her hands have done, and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.” Proverbs 31:31. A beautiful mother, grandmother, aunt and friend died Monday, Nov. 14, 2011, at her daughter’s home in Zachary. She was born in Greensburg on March 12, 1931, to H.O. and Gussie Williams Yarborough. She married Vernon Venable, her “Dearie Pie,” on March 27, 1948. He preceded her in death in 1995. She was also predeceased by her parents; brothers, Aubrey and Junior Yarborough; and a sister, Hilda Hanks. She is survived by her children and their spouses, Stan and Cheryl Venable, Rod and Bridget Venable, Kathy and David Thibodeaux, and Paula and Cliff Wheat. Her grandchildren were the lights of her life; each was her favorite. She was “Granny” to Brad Venable, Jaimie Venable, Leah V. Stewart, Shelly V. Dehner, Matt Thibodeaux, Megan Thibodeaux, Chad Zylks, Whitney Zylks and Crystal Wheat. Her great-grandchildren are Houston, Harrison and Hollyn Stewart, Trafton, Colton and Madeleine Dehner, Kiersten, Rylee, Hayden and Cayde Zylks; and expected great-grandchild due to arrive in June 2012. She is also survived by her sister, Alyne Campbell; brother, J.E. Yarborough; and numerous nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held at Greenoaks Funeral Home Chapel on Wednesday, Nov. 16, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Thursday, Nov. 17, from 10 a.m. until funeral service at noon. Burial will follow in Greenoaks Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be Brad Venable, Chad Zylks, Matt Thibodeaux, Scott Campbell, David Campbell and Jim Aronstein. The family thanks LifeSource Hospice for the kind, compassionate care given during her final days.


Cosma Birch Currier Hodges
(December 27, 1919 – November 16, 2011) 

A resident of Amite, she died at 8:45 a.m. on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at Tangi Pines Nursing Center in Amite. She was born December 27, 1919 in Memphis, TN and was 91 years of age. She retired from the Louisiana State University Accounting Department. She is survived by 2 daughters, Madeleine C. McElveen and her husband, Ray, Amite and Louise C. Peterson and her husband, Melvin, Amite; a son, Neil Currier, Amite; 5 grandchildren, Michael, Donald and Kevin McElveen, Monta Graves and Gerrid Hodges; 11 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren; 3 sisters, Marcelle Cuti, Amite, Ruby Wohlken, Baton Rouge and Margaret Estess, Kentwood. Preceded in death by her husband, Woodrow W. Hodges, Sr.; son, Woodrow W. Hodges, Jr.; grandson, Clyde Blades; parents, Leon Birch and Jessie Alford Young; sister, Thelma Merle Humphry; 2 brothers, Clovis Birch and Herbert Birch. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 9 a.m. until religious services at 11 a.m. on Friday, November 18, 2011. Services conducted by Bro. John Fulda. Interment Killian Chapel Cemetery, Amite.

Operation Christmas Child

Thanks to all of you in various churches of various denominations who contributed “Shoeboxes” for children around the world.  I look forward to the Christmas season and thinking of all the children who will be blessed because of the shoeboxes.

If you missed that opportunity or if you are ready for another one, Christmas Toys for Migrant Children and Christmas Cards for Parish Inmates will be collected at First Baptist Church, Kentwood and other churches.  They will be combined at FBC, Amite at the end of the month and distributed.  Here’s an opportunity for you.  Be sure to include a stamp for each card.

There will be a Community Thanksgiving Service at the Kentwood United Methodist Church Sunday, November 20th at 6:30.  A time of fellowship will follow the service.  Everyone is invited.

Ladies and girls, mark your calendar for the first Saturday in December.  Greensburg Baptist Church will host the annual Lottie Moon Tea at 2:00 P.M.  Come learn more about this pioneer missionary who served in China.

Thought for the Day: More than we ask or imagine

A 60-year-old couple was celebrating their 40th year of marriage. During
the celebration, a genie appeared and said, “Because you have been such a
loving couple all those years, I would like to give you each one wish.”

The wife quickly chimed in, “I want to travel around the world.” The genie
waved his arms and, POOF!, she had the tickets in her hand.

Next, it was the husband’s turn. He paused for a moment, then said shyly,
“Well, I’d like to have a wife 30 years younger than me.” The genie waved
his arms and, POOF!, he was 90.

We seem to be fascinated by stories of magic genies granting wishes (why is
it usually three wishes?). Which of us hasn’t sat and wondered at some
point in time, “If a genie granted me three wishes, what would I wish for?”

God is not, as some imagine Him, a magic genie waiting at our beck and call
to give us everything we ask for (see James 4:3). But there is certainly
that level of power and ability at His disposal. Listen to these words of
Paul:

“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine,
according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the
church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever!
Amen.” (Ephesians 3:20-21, NIV).

God is able to do more than I ask of Him. That’s pretty amazing,
considering that I have some pretty difficult requests. Furthermore (and
this is really mind-boggling), God is able to do more than I can even
imagine! I don’t know about you, but I can imagine quite a bit. Yet, Paul
assures us that God is not only able to do all that we ask or imagine — he
is able to do more, immeasurably more!

When things in life are beyond my control, I find comfort in knowing that
God has such power — not the power of an imaginary genie but the power of
a living awesome Father. Sometimes we offer to pray for others saying,
“It’s the least I can do.” How wrong we are. Considering the power of
God, it’s the most we can do!

Have a great day!

Alan Smith
Boone church of Christ
Boone, NC

Don’t forget the Third Thursday meeting tonight at the cabin at 6:30.  Join us for food, sweet fellowship, a thoughtful devotional, and sincere prayer times.

Anna Lee

 

 


 

Midday Monday

Pray for Rufus, Malone, and other members of the Williams family.  Their brother, Terry from Monroe, passed away.

...
In Loving Memory
Clifford Terry Williams
2/18/1931 – 11/12/2011		 ...

Funeral services for Clifford Terry Williams, 80, of Monroe, will be held at 11:00 AM Tuesday, November 15, 2011, at North Monroe Baptist Church with Dr. Bill Dye, Rev. Warren Eckhardt, and Rev. David Worthington officiating. Interment will follow at Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Sterlington Road, Monroe.

Mr. Williams went to be with the Lord on Saturday, November 12, 2011, after a brief illness. He was born on February 18, 1931 in Kentwood, LA. Cliff served his country in the U. S. Army during the Korean War, 1952 – 1954. He received a B. S. Degree with honors in 3 years in Agriculture at Southeastern Louisiana University and a Masters Degree from LSU in Wildlife Management graduating in 1957.

Cliff was a District Supervisor for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries for 32 years. He received the Paul Martin Sportsman Award and was an outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting and fishing.

Mr. Williams was preceded in death by his parents, Ethel and Marion Williams; and his brothers, Thomas and Marion.

Survivors include his loving wife of 57 years, Betty Rhodus Williams; three children, Donna Benes and husband Bob of Coppell, TX, Terri Gullatt and husband Patrick of Haughton, LA, and Doug Williams and wife Kasia of Lafayette, LA; six grandchildren, Ellen and Emily Benes, Natalie Brixey and husband Nathan, Taylor Gullatt, and Zachry and Connor Williams; brothers, Howard Williams of Ferriday, LA, Rufus Williams and wife Margie of Kentwood, LA, and Malone Williams and wife Becky of Kentwood, LA; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be Monday from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM at Mulhearn Funeral Home, Sterlington Road, Monroe.

The family wishes to extend their thanks to the MICU nursing staff and doctors at St. Francis Medical Center as well as the Encouragers Sunday School Class at North Monroe Baptist Church.

Online Registry/Condolences: http://www.mulhearnfuneralhome.com

Saturday Afternoon

Darla Lynette McNabb Woodard
(February 2, 1961 – November 12, 2011) 

A resident of Kentwood, LA, died at 9:09AM on Saturday, November 12, 2011 at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge, LA. She was born February 2, 1961 in Magnolia, MS and was 50 years of age. Visitation at New Zion Baptist Church, Kentwood, from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m., Monday, November 14, 2011, and from 8 a.m. until religious services at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, November 15, 2011. Services conducted by Rev. Bill Galloway and Rev. Richard Sandberg. Interment New Zion Cemetery, Kentwood, LA. Survived by husband, Ronald Woodard, 4 daughters, Courtney Woodard, Mallory Brabham and her husband, Joseph, Brittany Norwood and her husband, Josh, and Shelby Woodard, parents, John H. McNabb and Monnie B. McNabb, mother-in-law, Betty Woodard Coley, sister, Monica McNabb Miley, brother, Mike McNabb, aunt, Ann Huff, grandchildren, Isabella Brabham, Danica Woodard, Branson Norwood, Drew Brabham, and Jaxton Norwood. Preceded in death by, father-in-law, Lanice Woodard, Jr. McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, in charge of arrangements. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

Friday Afternoon

Emma Hendry Davoll
(January 20, 1913 – November 10, 2011)

A resident of Roseland, LA, died at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 10, 2011 at North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond, LA. She was born January 20, 1913 in New Orleans, LA and was 98 years of age. She was a retired High School English teacher for Amite High School and was an active member of the Episcopal Church where she played the organ for many years, and was a former board member of the Arcola-Roseland Cemetery Association. Visitation at Church of the Incarnation – Episcopal, Amite, from 11 a.m. until religious services at 1 p.m. on Monday, November 14, 2011. Interment Arcola-Roseland Cemetery, Roseland, LA. Survived by daughter, Janet Ivy Smith and her husband, James, Hammond, Preceded in death by, husband, William Davoll, parents, Ivy and Janet Hendry, sister, Laura Hendry Brantley. McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, in charge of arrangements. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

 

I always remember know “Miss” Davoll and went to school with her daughter Ivy.  Her mother and my grandmother were in the same nursing home when I was a child.  I remember her substituting in some of my elementary classes and reading to us all day.  I have lots of memories of her and her family.  Memories are sweet.

Thursday Afternoon

Jason Dean’s surgery went well.  He’s now in room A109 at Cypress Pointe and scheduled to come home Sunday if all goes well.  Pray for good days between now and then.  Also, pray for the family.

Jana C. Creel is hospitalized in McComb with acute divroticulitious   Add her to your prayer list even though she is hoping to go home tomorrow.

John David Ponder, Sr.
(September 28, 1930 – November 9, 2011)

A resident of Amite, he passed away at 9:08 p.m. on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at Mid Jefferson Extended Care Hospital in Nederland, TX. He was born September 28, 1930 in Amite and was 81 years of age. Mr. Ponder was a U. S. Coast Guard Veteran of the Korean War and a graduate of Tulane Law School. He is survived by four children, Julie T. Ponder of Roseland, Amos L. Ponder of Amite, Katy Ponder Taylor and husband, Mark, of Orange, Tx., and Phillip Ponder of Amite; eight grandchildren, David and Elena Walker, Julia Walker, John and Kim Bittola, Devin Walker, Tara Ponder, Mark Glen Taylor, Annmarie Taylor, and Matthew Taylor; and three great-grandchildren, David and Christopher Walker, and Charlotte Bittola. He was preceded in death by his wife of 56 years, Jo Ann Leatherman Ponder; two sons, John David Ponder Jr. and George W. L. Ponder; parents, Justice Amos L. Ponder, Sr. and Amanda McMichael Ponder; 2 brothers, Amos L. Ponder, Jr. and George M. Ponder; 1 sister, Julia Ponder Doane. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 12 Noon until religious services at 2 p.m. on Saturday, November 12, 2011. Services conducted by Bro. John Fulda. Interment Amite Cemetery, Amite, LA.

Wednesday Midday

Willie V. Hughes
(March 11, 1924 – November 9, 2011) 

 

Willie V. Hughes, 87, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond. She was a resident of Kentwood and a member of First Baptist Church of Kentwood. She is survived by her sister, Angie “Anne” Simmons Hurst and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Pat Varnado, an American Air Force Sergeant who was killed in World War II; their son, Gerald W. Varnado; her husband, Brady Hughes; her parents, William I. and Velma Simmons; her brother, William I. Simmons, Jr.; three sisters, Lillian Rachel, Voncile Mack and Ollie Mae Stoker. Visitation will be held at McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, from 11 a.m. until religious services at 12 Noon on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011. Services conducted by Rev. Joey Miller. Interment will follow at Woodland Cemetery, Kentwood.

 Please pray for “Miss” Anne who has been a faithful caregiver for “Miss” Bill for many years.