Category: Death Notice(s)

Tuesday

“Even if my mother and father forsake me,

the Lord will receive me.”

Psalm 27:10

Pray for Mrs. Catherine Yarborough who will be having surgery Thursday.

Pray for Ellen Morris vande Vuss who will be having kidney stones blasted today.

Pray for Mrs. Katherine Sanders.  She has been “under the weather”.

CaringBridge

Mission Team News

  • The Amite team had 70 in VBS yesterday.
  • The Canadian team (Miranda Erwin and others) had camp in the morning and did service projects in the afternoon
  • The Kentwood team is scheduled for VBS this morning and youth rally tonight.

Continue to pray for the Muse family today.

From Judy McElveen

Thank you for your prayers for my cousin, Frank and his family. God has released him from his pain. Our God is an awesome God.

Baptist Press Stories for Jul. 26, 2010
—————————————
Tony Dungy: From Super Bowl coach to ‘All Pro Dad’
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=33409
All Pro Dad shows Dungy’s personal side
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=33410
Ex-NFL player to teens: Shine amid darkness
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=33411
Coast Guard pilot is online seminarian
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=33412
Groups call Justice Department’s defense of Day of Prayer inadequate
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=33413
FIRST-PERSON: Atheism among scientists
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=33414

Enjoy a cooler day today!

Anna Lee

Monday Evening

Charles Wayne Rohner
(August 22, 1944 – July 26, 2010)

A resident of Amite, LA, died at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, July 26, 2010 at North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond, LA. He was born August 22, 1944 in Amite, LA and was 65 years of age. He was a veteran of Viet Nam and retired from Local 2B Operating Engineers. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 9 a.m. on Wednesday until religious services at 1 p.m .Wednesday. Services conducted by Rev. Don Meadows. Interment Killian Chapel Cemetery, Amite, LA. Survived by wife, Joyce Hughes Rohner, Amite, 3 sons, Mark Rohner and his wife, Renie, Holden, David Rohner, Albany, and James “Scooter” Rohner and his wife, Beth, Roseland, grandchildren, Larrilyn Rohner, Chris Rohner, Blake Rohner, and Jayden Rohner, great-grandson, Bryson Rodriguez, brother, Jimmy Rohner, Amite, 2 sisters, Sharon Needham, Amite, and Linda Rohner, Amite, father-in-law and mother-in-law, Earl and Betty Hughes, Roseland. Preceded in death by his parents, Clyde and Ruth Rohner.

Chris Bond
(February 27, 1973 – July 26, 2010)

Died at 8:04 a.m. on Monday, July 26, 2010 at his residence near Independence. He was born February 27, 1973 and was 37 years of age. He is survived by his grandmother, Inez Randall, Amite, special niece, Laci Randall, 2 special nephews, Blake and Will Carter, special cousin, Shelby Smith. Preceded in death by his mother, Barbara “Bobbye” Randall Bond, father, Carlton G. Bond, Sr., brother, Carlton “Chip” Bond, Jr., grandparents, Lawrence Randall, Clarence and Meda Bond, cousin, Jason Randall.

Arrangements are incomplete at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite.

Saturday Obituary

Please be in prayer for the family of Jimmy Muse.

James Edward Muse, Jr.

James Edward Muse, Jr., 69 years old of Kentwood, Louisiana, died July 24, 2010, surrounded by friends and family at his home. He was born on September 23, 1940 in Tangipahoa, Louisiana, son of the late James Edward Muse, Sr. and Vera Kennedy Muse.

Surviving are his wife of 50 years, Norma Travis Muse; daughter, Elizabeth Muse Sharp and husband Ronnie, Pumpkin Center; son, James Edward Muse III, Aurora, Colorado; daughter, Trudy Muse Shockley and husband Walter, Springfield; son, Stephen Creighton Muse and wife Melissa, Magnolia, Texas; grandchildren, Ronnie Paul Sharp, Atlanta, Georgia; Jordan Amber Shockley, Springfield; Brayden Alexander Muse and Sydney Elizabeth Muse, Magnolia, Texas; sister, Parmys Muse Weinberg, Carmichael, California; John Kent Muse, Sr., Kentwood; and Abbie Muse Hilburn, Kentwood.

He is preceded in death by his parents, and sister, Helen Lurline Muse.

Visitation will be at McKneely Funeral Home in Kentwood, on Monday, July 26, 2010 from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. and Tuesday, July 27, 2010 from 8:00 a.m. until services begin at 10:00 a.m. in the funeral home chapel, conducted by Pastor Kevin D. Smith.

Interment will follow in Pine Ridge Cemetery, Kentwood.

An on-line guest book is available at http://www.mckneelys.com.

Friday Afternoon

Betty Trammell
(March 28, 1937 – July 23, 2010)

A resident of Kentwood, she died at 2:43 a.m. on Friday, July 23, 2010 at North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond. She was born March 28, 1937 in Poplarville, MS and was 73 years of age. McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, in charge of arrangements.

CaringBridge

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/calliecole/journal?jid=5840672

Mission Trips

  • FBC. Amite leaves tomorrow for Mexico
  • FBC, Kentwood leaves Sunday for Canada

Tuesday

“And they continued steadfastly

in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship,

in the breaking of bread,

and in prayers…

and the Lord added to the church daily

those who were being saved.”

~Acts 2:42-47~

Callie Cole

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/calliecole/journal?jid=5820133

Pray for Stacey Scarle as she has a treatment today and sees the oncologist Friday.

Jennie, the children, and all the luggage have arrived at their home.  Thank you for your expressions of love and prayers for them.

Services for Jimmy Wayne Dykes will be today from Angelic Funeral Home in Roseland.  Please continue to pray for the family.

Thanks for your prayers today.  They mean so much to so many.

Anna Lee

Monday

Be careful how you think;

your life is shaped by your thoughts.

~Proverbs 4:23 (GNT)~

Please pray for Jennie and the children as they begin the journey back to Prague this morning.  Join us in thanking God they were able to visit.

Adrianna Cavanaugh

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/adriannacavanagh/journal?jid=5805826

The services for Jimmy Wayne Dykes will be Tuesday.  Please keep the family in your prayers.

Genevieve Ard
(May 8, 1936 – July 17, 2010)

A resident of Tickfaw, LA, died on Saturday, July 17, 2010 at North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond, LA. She was born May 8, 1936 in Springfield, LA and was 74 years of age. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Monday and from 8 a.m. until religious services at 11 a.m. Tuesday. Interment Montpelier Cemetery, Montpelier, LA. Survived by Husband, Donald Ard, Tickfaw, 3 daughters, Sharon McDaniel, Kentwood, Karen Reetz, Loranger, and Kristi McDonald, Tickfaw, son, Carl Anthony, Independence, 2 sisters, Meveline Scalia, Loranger, and Dorothy Baggett, Magnolia, MS, 13 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by son, Randall Anthony, parents, Henry and Marie Simmons, 2 sisters, Lois Neal and Donis Henderson.

INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS PRAYERLINE
IMB
Monday, July 19, 2010

“The precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes,” (Psalm 19: 8, ESV).

Dear Intercessors, this is Eleanor Witcher of the Office of Global Prayer Strategy, asking you to pray for families.

O and his wife, J, were Muslim Gurage of Ethiopia with several grown children. One daughter accepted Christ many years ago, creating a crisis in the family. She was threatened with death, so she fled to another city, married, and remained there. Recently O and J traveled to the city. Instead of going to see her, they went to the home of a mutual friend, a believer. The hostess was amazed when O asked for a Bible. O declared that he, his wife and one son had accepted Jesus. After hearing a Gospel radio program in their heart language, he had become curious and was led to the truth about Jesus. The host phoned the daughter, telling her what was happening. She could not believe it, but saw for herself that her mother and father honestly desired reconciliation.

The Light for Taichung Team, Taiwan, writes: “We have asked you to pray in the past for the spiritual awakening of the husbands of Christian women, so they will come to know the Lord. Give thanks that just this past month, one husband, J, accepted the Lord and another has begun attending a Bible-study time with his wife.”

C is a young believer who is receiving pressure from her parents to get married. Several months ago, she began dating a non-Christian but was convicted that this relationship was not pleasing to God. Churches where C lives tend to be filled with more women than men–women married to unbelieving husbands and single sisters struggling with pressure from parents and peers to marry non-believers.

* Please pray that God will raise up strong Christian men to provide spiritual leadership in their homes and churches.

* Pray for the Christian men of Taichung to grow in Christian character.

* Give thanks for family reconciliations and seek out an opportunity to end any strife within your family.

Saturday

“‘Sirs, what must I do to be saved?’

They said, ‘Believe in the Lord Jesus,

and you will be saved,

you and your household.’”

~Acts 16:30b-31, NASB~

Pray for Mrs. Catherine Yarborough.  She will be having surgery at the end of the month.

Pray for my cousin, Micah Tolleson.  He has been having seizures this week.  The doctors think his medication needs to be changed.

Continue to pray for Mr. Billy Brabham.  He is at Jason’s house.

Maggie Allen Meyer
(December 16, 1947 – July 16, 2010)

A resident of Kentwood, died at 2:42 p.m. on Friday, July 16, 2010 at her residence. She was born December 16, 1947 in McComb, MS and was 62 years of age. Visitation at First United Methodist Church, Kentwood, from 9 a.m. Monday until religious services at 11 a.m. Monday. Services conducted by Rev. Percy Frazier & Rev. Clay Spinks. Interment Woodland Cemetery, Kentwood. Survived by husband, Bruce R. Meyer, Kentwood, daughter, Stacie Jo Meyer, Kentwood, sister, Nelda Fay Allen, Kentwood, aunts and uncles, Ernest and Ruby Dillon, Kentwood, Glenn Allen, Amite, and Allie Marie Dillon, Kentwood, numerous nieces and nephews, and her dog, Buster. Preceded in death by parents, Pierce William and Edna Allen.

Have a great day!  Thanks for praying for these and other needs.

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~

CaringBridge

Continue to pray for three special ladies from our area.

  • Mrs. Annie Belle Harrell
  • Mrs. Catherine Yarborough
  • Ms. Stacey Scarle

Several church groups have returned from camp and other groups are leaving.  Pray for spiritual growth as well as safety for the campers and the chaperones.

Jimmy Dykes passed away last night.  Please pray for the Dykes family.

PLANNING AHEAD

The story is told of Morris, a Russian man, who saved his rubles for twenty years to buy a new car.  After choosing the model and options he wants, he’s not the least bit surprised or even concerned to learn that it will take two years for the new car to be delivered.  He thanks the salesman and starts to leave, but as he reaches the door he pauses and turns back to the salesman. “Do you know which week two years from now the new car will arrive?”

The salesman checks his notes and tells the man that it will be two years to the exact week.  The man thanks the salesman and starts out again, but upon reaching the door, he turns back again.

“Could you possibly tell me what day of the week two years from now the car will arrive?”

The salesman, mildly annoyed, checks his notes again and says that it will be exactly two years from this week, on Thursday.

Morris thanks the salesman and once again starts to leave.  Halfway though the door, he hesitates, turns back, and walks up to the salesman.

“I’m sorry to be so much trouble, but do you know if that will be two years from now on Thursday in the morning, or in the afternoon?”

Visibly irritated, the salesman flips through his papers yet another time and says sharply that it will be in the afternoon, two years from now on Thursday.

“That’s a relief !” says Morris.  “The plumber is coming that morning!”

We often have to make plans far in advance so as to avoid any conflicts. Before making any commitments — you know the routine — we have to pull out the date book (or the iPhone).  “The kids have got a soccer game that night at 7:00, but the next night is free.”  Planning ahead isn’t wrong; in fact, it’s a scriptural principle.  What makes it wrong, though, is planning ahead without any thought of God.

“Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit’; whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow.  For what is your life?  It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. Instead you ought to say, ‘If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.’ ” (James 4:13-15)

Go ahead!  Make your plans!  Fill in that date book!  Just make sure that God hasn’t been left out.

Have a great day!

Alan Smith
Helen Street Church of Christ
Fayetteville, North Carolina

Thank you for praying today.  Your prayers mean so much to so many!

Anna Lee

Wednesday

Very early in the morning, while it was still dark,

Jesus got up, left the house and

went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.

~Mark 1:35 (NIV)~

I talked with Joan Hagan.  She requests prayer for a heart rhythm problem.  Otherwise, she is doing well.

Mrs. Catherine Yarborough will be seeing another doctor today.  Pray for her as she gets test results and makes plans for treatment.

Mr. Billy Dean is in a room and doing better.  Please continue to pray for him.

Mr. Billy Brabham is home.  Pray for him and his family.

Continue to pray for Gretchen Simpson as she recovers from her back surgery.

Buel B. Strickland
A lifelong resident of Kentwood, Buel B. Strickland was born September 30, 1919 and died on July 7, 2010 at Kentwood Manor Nursing Home.
He was a WWII Veteran and a member of Kentwood United Methodist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Helen Strickland and many friends and relatives. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Florence.
At his request, his body was donated to LSU Medical Center in New Orleans.
A memorial service will be held at a later date.

SAD

bassett.jpgON TUESDAY OF last week an electrical storm passed over Vicksburg…

Lightning struck and peeled the bark off an oak tree in the side yard. The charge went down and killed our basset hound, Samson. Our children took it as you might expect.

Hannah had asked to see Samson before I buried him. I decided that seeing him would help her deal with the loss, and it did. As I was covering him, she placed a clod of dirt over his body and asked if doing so would hurt him. I told her that he no longer felt any pain. Then, she turned her attention from the dog to me and asked, “Daddy, if I died, would you be sad for me?”

Oh, how easy it is to pull on Daddy’s heartstrings. I didn’t have to think hard for the reason for that question. She wanted and needed the assurance that Daddy still truly loves his little girl.

The Bible teaches in Ephesians 6:4, “And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.” As a father, I cannot imagine giving my children everything there is to give in this life — food, clothing, shelter, love, affection, discipline, laughter, and fun — but then, in turn, neglect to teach them how much God loves them and how much they should love God. How could I not teach them that everthing we do as a family is centered on God and His Son Jesus Christ? How could I not teach them about God the Father and Son, who are revealed to us in the Bible, and how that we ought to attend to worship instead of going to a ballgame? How could I not teach them about burying the family pet? And how could I not teach them about how to react when life throws them a curve ball?

Dad, will your reassure your children that you love them? Will you rededicate your life to being the example for them as you follow YOUR Heavenly Father?

“Daddy, would you be sad for me?” The answer is beyond expression.

“A righteous man has regard for the life of his animal…” Proverbs 12:10a

Posted by Mike Benson

Have a great day!

Anna Lee