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J. T. Strickland

August 2, 1927 – December 18, 2010

A resident of Kentwood, he died at 6:50 p.m. on Saturday, December 18, 2010 at Regency Hospital of Covington. He was born August 2, 1927 and was 83 years of age.

McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, in charge of arrangements.

Georgia Pace Ransom was born December 28, 1941 and passed away at 2:13 p.m., Friday, December 17, 2010 at North Oaks Medical Center, Hammond. She was 68, a native of Armstrong, TX and a resident of Independence.

Ms. Georgia is survived by 2 sons, Thomas Ransom, Sr. and wife April, Independence and Robert Lee Duke and companion Elaine Miller, Kentwood; 2 daughters, Pamela K. Duke, Baton Rouge and April Case and husband Charles David, Sr., Independence; 11 grandchildren, Angel Ransom, Thomas Ransom, Jr. Isabel Ransom, Johnathan Mixon, Sarah Mixon, Jordan Mellinger, Daniel Broussard, Heather Case, Kevin Case, Lisa Case and Charles Case, Jr.; brother, Lester Pace, Brownsville, TX; also numerous nieces, nephews and extended family.

Preceded in death by her parents, Grover F. and Ordith Prat Pace; grandson, Jared Ransom.

A Memorial Service will be held later this week at the Church of Latter Day Saints, Amite. Times will be posted when available.

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

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

TRUTH in the desert

Laila* lies motionless in the sweltering heat of a remote medical clinic poised at the edge of the Sahara Desert. Black flies swarm the young mother’s face, feasting on the yellow infection that oozes from her eyes. An IV impales one of her arms; the other drapes limply over her swollen belly.

Six-and-a-half months pregnant, Laila is suffering from a severe case of measles. Though she is likely to recover, the disease is a virtual death sentence for her baby.

She finds healing and spiritual comfort through a team of Southern Baptist medical workers called TRUTH — Trailblazers Reaching the Unreached Through Healthcare. They’re tasked with sharing Christ in an Islamic country so hostile to the Gospel that its name can’t be printed without risking the team’s safety.

Dr. Chuck Castle* leads the TRUTH team. He and his wife, Debbie,* pioneer a medical ministry supported by the IMB. On an average day Chuck will see patients with anything from headaches to terminal cancer. Vital sets of IV equipment cost about $300.

As a doctor, Chuck admits it would be easy to lose himself in the town’s medical needs and neglect the real reason he came to North Africa. But he wants his patients to know their need for spiritual healing is just as important as their need for physical healing. He makes it a priority to share that message.

Your gifts to the Lottie Moon offering are providing more than medical equipment. They’re providing a chance for eternal healing in North Africa.

*Names changed

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Lottie Moon Christmas Offering

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Jesus is the reason for the season!  Don’t leave Him out!

Anna Lee

From Charlene Blades

Please pray for my grandson Trea Smith (2 years old), he fell in the tub last night. He knocked two teeth loose. After a all night trip to the ER, he is on his way to a childrens dentist in covington. I pray he will be okay and that the dentist will be able to save his teeth.

Born December 18, 1918, passed away leaving her love ones on December 16, 2010 at the age of 91 at St. Helena Parish Hospital. She is survived by 4 daughters, Zula Hobgood of Ethel, LA, Murline Welch of Greensburg, LA, Joyce Strahan of Hammond, LA, and Deloris Schroeder of Livingston, 2 sons, R. J. Frazier of Mt. Hermon, LA and Jimmy Lindsey of Springfield, LA, 22 grandchildren, 38 great-grandchildren, and 33 great-great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents, Mamie and Richard Young, 2 husbands, Percy Frazier and Clyde Lindsey, a son-in-law, A.E. “Buddy” Hobgood, and granddaughter Ruby Hobgood Fletcher, 3 sisters and 5 brothers. The family would like to express a special appreciation to Dr. A. J. Varnado and the staff of St. Helena Parish Hospital and Nursing Home. Visitation at New Zion Baptist Church, Kentwood, after 6 p.m. on Sunday, December 19, 2010 until religious services at 11 a.m. Monday, December 20, 2010. Services conducted by Rev. Joe Day. Interment New Zion Cemetery, Kentwood, LA. McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, in charge of arrangements.

“Do no fear, for I am with you;

Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God.

I will strengthen you, surely I will help you,

Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.”

~Isaiah 41:10, NASB~

Please pray for Betty Allen.  She is hospitalized in Amite.

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Blessings for Bangladesh

The Galvins* work in South Asia with the unreached of Bangladesh. Many of the people there have never heard of Jesus. The Galvins are grateful for your gifts to Lottie Moon, which make it possible for them to reach the lost tribal people of Bangladesh:

• $0.50 will buy a songbook of indigenous hymns.
• $1 will provide a meal for one person attending a leadership meeting. Since these are rural farmers, if they don’t work, many don’t have money to eat.
• $1 will buy a complete Bible for a new believer. • $10 will cover the costs of a team taking the JESUS film to remote villages. LMCO gifts from last year bought a portable projector and generator for showing the film.
• $25 helps to cover the monthly travel expenses of trainers as they travel to give Bibles and leadership training to new church leaders.
• $30 will send one village pastor to a week-long training event with seminary-educated and field-experienced instructors.
• $50 will fill a tank of gas, enabling missionaries to travel to leadership trainings in district towns and to remote areas to share the Gospel.
• $50 will cover one month’s tuition for one of the tribal team’s children to attend a local, national school, providing a beacon of hope to their Muslim, Hindu and Buddhist classmates lost in darkness.

Will you continue to give so that more people in Bangladesh can hear the Good News?

*Name changed

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Darell Ray “Pete” Harper

January 19, 1951 – December 13, 2010

Darell Ray Harper, 59, of Ladson, entered into eternal rest on Monday evening, December 13, 2010 at his residence. The relatives and friends of Mr. Darell “Pete” Ray Harper are invited to attend his Celebration of Life Service, 2:00 PM Saturday, December 18, 2010 at the James A. McAlister Chapel, 1620 Savannah Highway. The family will receive friends from 1:00 PM until the time of service. Burial will be in Arcola-Roseland Cemetery in Arcola, LA at a later date. Mr. Harper was born on Friday, January 19, 1951 in Hammond Louisiana, to Vera Maxine Primes Harper and the late Walter Green Harper. He served in the National Guard from 1969 to 1973, after graduating from Amite High School. He was employed with Godwin Pumps in North Charleston for the past 13 years.

Darell is survived by his companion and special friend, Gail Millikan of N. Charleston, SC; Mother, Maxine Harper of Roseland, LA; son, Brian Harper of Hanahan, SC; three daughters, Carolina Harper of Hanahan, SC, Kim Parent and husband David of Hammond, LA, and Gwen Pedelahore and husband Kenny of Livingston, LA; two step granddaughters, Amanda and Rebecca Parent of Hammond, LA; sister, Keri Wickham and husband David of Amite, LA; brother Walter “Bo” Harper and wife Linda of Amite, LA. He is also survived by three nephews, Justin Barrilleaux and his wife Amanda of Holden, LA, Blake Barrilleaux and his wife Traci of Columbia, SC, Kevin Harper of Amite, LA, and many extended family. The family would like to give a special thanks to Ricky Baxley, employees of Godwin Pumps, and Piedmont Hospice.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Melanoma Research Foundation, 1411 K Street, NW Suite 500, Washington, DC 20005, (800) 673-1290 or (202) 347-9675. Mr. Harper’s guest book may be signed at Jamesamcalister.com. Arrangements are by the JAMES A. MCALISTER FUNERAL HOME, (843) 766-1365

Please pray for the family as they face their grief and the distance from home.

Share Group Meeting @ the cabin @ 6;30 tonight!  Ya’ll come.

Have a great day!

Anna Lee

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Pete(y) Harper passed away in South Carolina yesterday.  Please be in prayer for the family as they make arrangements and travel home.  Arrangements are incomplete at this time.  I’ll post them when they are available.  In the meantime, please pray for Petey’s children, his mother (Mrs. Maxine Harper), and his sister (Keri “Cissy” Wickham).

“For we fix our attention,

not on things that are seen,

but on things that are unseen.

What can be seen lasts only for a time,

but what cannot be seen lasts forever.”

~2 Corinthians 4:18 (TEV)~

As you pray for Mr. Phillip and Mrs. Annie Bell Harrell, pray for their great granddaughter, Ashley Yarborough.  Ashley and another Ashley traveled to Johannesburg, South Africa yesterday.  The two Ashleys will serve in an orphanage there for the next month.  “Miss” Annie Bell asked for prayer for these two young women.  Her prayer is that they will find God’s purpose in their lives.

Pray for Mrs. Katherine to get stronger.  She will be having physical therapy twice a day this week.

Ross “Hootie” Robertson

August 25, 1932 – December 13, 2010

A resident of Hillsdale, he died at 7:30 a.m. on Monday, December 13, 2010 at St. Helena Parish Hospital in Greensburg. He was born August 25, 1932 in Greensburg and was 78 years of age. “Hootie” was an avid rabbit hunter and a retired iron worker from Local #623 in Baton Rouge. He is survived by his daughter, Janice Diane Hobbs, Independence; sister, Delois Bergeron, Baton Rouge; 2 grandchildren, Jimmy Singleton, Roseland and Kim Hobbs, Independence; 3 great-grandchildren, Amber Singleton, Brittany Anthony and Justin Anthony; 2 great-great-grandchildren, Dylan Husband and Cass Anthony. Preceded in death by wife, Shirley Pierce “Aunt Nig” Robertson; parents, Arch and Lela Robertson; brother, Archie Robertson; son-in-law, Rocky Hobbs. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Tuesday and from 8 a.m. until religious services at 10 a.m. Wednesday, December 15, 2010. Services conducted by Rev. Don Meadows. Interment Hillsdale Cemetery, Hillsdale.

Time is running out

“If you get baptized, there will be no one to carry you to your grave,” Ntate Moholoholo’s son threatens him.

Ntate, an elderly man of the Basotho people in the African country of Lesotho, is a new believer in Jesus. That in itself is a miracle, says Alan Dial, who along with his wife, Babs, is a Southern Baptist missionary. The Basotho are so steeped in ancestor worship, for a man who has lived that way for nearly 80 years to suddenly come to Christ is almost unbelievable.

“You just don’t see it happen,” Alan says.

With $8 worth of diesel fuel, the Dials can make the trip to Ntate’s village in the truck they call “Miss Lottie” because it was bought with gifts to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering. Every visit sees them labor to bring more Basotho to saving faith in Jesus Christ.

Ntate’s son thinks the Dials are liars, but at Ntate’s persistence, he agrees to listen to them. He hears the truth and also puts his faith in Christ.

Ntate’s story is one of hope, but hope is in short supply for his people. The Basotho live in wretched poverty, enslaved to ancestor worship and demonic oppression. Their HIV/AIDS rate is so high, they are on the road to extinction.

The Dials pray God’s people will reach this dying people while there is still time. When Southern Baptists give, more workers can be sent to this harvest field. How much more will you give so that the Gospel can reach the Basotho before time runs out?

International Mission Board

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Pray for people to have sufficient warmth in their homes during the winter months.

Thank God for this day He created for us!

Anna Lee