Category: Death Notice(s)

Saturday

I have given them Your Word …

John 17:14 (NIV)

Donald Cutrer and KaLeigh Powers

Donald had to have a second surgery on his knee Wednesday as the infection was getting really bad again. He is still in the hospital. I went to visit him yesterday and he tells me he is doing fine, but I was there when they re-dressed his knee and it sure looked bad. I am sure the good Lord and the medications will see him through this. He has what they call MARSA and some of it had gotten to the bone, but the doctors assured us they had gotten it all this time. He will be on antibiotics for another 6 weeks which will be given via an infusion. Please continue to pray for him.
I took KaLeigh this morning for her stitches to be removed, but the doctor wanted to leave them another week. She was very disappointed about that. Otherwise she is doing fine. Thanks again for the prayers.
In Christian Love,
Mary Ann Cutrer

Pray for the family who lost four children and an unborn grandchild in a train/van accident north of Independence yesterday afternoon.  Pray for their spiritual health through this very difficult time.  Also, pray for the emergency responders who worked this accident.

Pray for the safety of people who do not have air conditioning during this hot weather.  Pray they will find ways to stay cool enough to assure their health and comfort.

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TODAY’S PRAYER
IMB
JUNE 18, 2010

“Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.” (Psalm 54:2)

WORLD LEADERS. “Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence” (1 Timothy 2:1-2). Please pray today for Prime Minister Sailele Malielegaoi Tuila’epa of Samoa (southwestern Pacific Ocean, between Hawaii and New Zealand).

CITY OF SOUTHERN SONG, CHINA. There are more than 30,000 university students on a campus where Christian workers teach, and only a handful of students have ever heard the name of the one holy God. Students are warned against foreign religions and encouraged to report anyone who talks about Christianity. Give thanks to God that some students have formed a weekly Bible-study group. Pray that the group can find a safe meeting place. Pray for each of these students to open their hearts to receive His free gift of salvation. chopsticks@pobox.com

LAST FRONTIER. As workers continue to live and teach among a Last Frontier people group that is the majority people group in their area, they see minority groups that have believers and teachers among them. But this majority group is still without a church or a Bible study group. Through IMB World Hunger Funds, a “pig project” is being started in this difficult-to-reach area among this majority people group. Through this pig project, in addition to skills being taught for raising pigs, spiritual principles will be taught to young believers and training will be provided to them so they can go out and share physical and spiritual knowledge with their lost neighbors. Please remember Mr. B and his family as they prepare to move to the pig project site and begin to teach. Ask for physical and spiritual safety. Intercede for the authorities as well, as it was less than three years ago that Mr. B was thrown out of this area for having a house church in his relative’s home.

Have a great day!  Count your blessing today!

Anna Lee

Wednesday

“Put on the new self,

created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.”

~Ephesians 4:24 NIV~

Baptist Press Stories for Jun. 15, 2010
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  • SBC messengers adopt GCR report by wide margin
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=33150
  • Wright wins runoff for SBC president
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=33149
  • Hunt sees SBC at its Kadesh Barnea
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=33151
  • Chapman: SBC’s greatest needs spiritual
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=33152
  • Frank Page begins to set forth his vision
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=33153
  • Small church with big CP heart honored with M.E. Dodd award
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=33154
  • Pastors focus on missions, adoption
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=33155
  • Stanleys address Pastors’ Conference
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=33156
  • 4 GCR challenges laid before pastors
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=33157
  • Uselessness paralyzing churches, Page says
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=33158
  • FIRST-PERSON: Straight talk to church members about pastors
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=33159

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“At the name of Jesus every knee should bow…” Philippians 2:10
Mike Benson, Editor
THE APOSTLE PAUL bluntly warned the Ephesian Christians that life in the world could be a heavy battle…
The enemy of one’s spirit, he said, is not always visible.  Rather, he is often invisible, fighting from ambushes whic appear at first glance to be attractive and beneficial.  Paul’s advice: be prepared, alert, and equipped to stand firm.  To the Corinthians he said that we should never be ignorant of the enemy’s designs.  Peter agreed in his epistle, and he described the enemy as one who is like a roaring lion, “seeking whom he may devour.”  These men weren’t kidding around.  Theirs was no paranoic fantasy.  They were well aware that spiritual survival demands a dramatic effort.
The effective father also takes this kind of thing seriously, and he trains his eye to discriminate between those things that will build and those that will destroy his children’s lives.  He begins to notice repetitive hostile patterns in various areas of life which demand acute, sensitive awareness, lest from among the good things the destructive elements emerge that erode and tear at his children’s spirits.
A spiritual mine dectector might register a few things capable of exploding in a family’s face.  Gordon MacDonald, “It’s Not A Phony War,” The Effective Father, 32-33
“Be sober, be vigilant;
because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion,
seeking whom he may devour.”
~1 Peter 5:8~
Billie Webb Stone
(July 25, 1926 – June 15, 2010)

A resident of Greensburg, died at 7:55 a.m. on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 at her home. She was born July 25, 1926 in Amite and was 83 years of age. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 10 a.m. until religious services at 1 p.m. Thursday. Services conducted by Rev. Laverne King. Interment Greensburg Cemetery, Greensburg. She is survived by her son, Morris Stone, Baton Rouge; daughter, Natalie Ficklin, Greensburg; grandsons, Bill and Michael Halford; great-granddaughter, Claire Halford; 6 sisters, Natalie McCall, Elaine Webb, Eva Lois Mashon, Joanne Larguier, Dianne Caudill and Brenda Brocato. She was preceded in death by her son, Charles R. “Chuck” Stone; parents, Maurice and Bertha Raborn Webb; sister, Myrtie McCoy; brother, Robert M. “Cotton” Webb.

David and I hope you will join us at the cabin tomorrow night at 6:30. Have a great day!

Anna Lee

Tuesday Afternoon

Jerry Clayton Freeman
(Died June 14, 2010)

A resident of Kentwood, died at 7:10 p.m. on Monday, June 14, 2010 at his home. He was born February 17, 1950 in McComb, MS and was 60 years of age. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Wednesday and from 8 a.m. until religious services at 10 a.m. Thursday. Services conducted by Rev. Walt Baudoin and Rev. Mike Horchek. Interment Hutchinson Cemetery, Kentwood. Survived by his wife, Margaret “Peggy” McNabb Freeman, Kentwood, 2 sons, Clinton Thomas White and his wife, Shamblyn, Tylertown, MS, and Brian Claude Freeman and his wife, Aimee, Holden, 8 grandchildren, Shane White, BreAnna White, Kinley White, Cannon White, Benjamin Freeman, Joshua Freeman, Chaz Hardell and Chasity Forbes, brother, Claude Freeman and his wife, Lois, Liberty, MS, father-in-law, Edgar M. McNabb and his wife, Kathryn, Kentwood, sister-in-law, Lucille Freeman, 2 brothers-in-law, James Guidry and Johnny Smith, numerous nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by parents, Claude Freeman and Avis Bass Freeman, 2 sisters, Margarette Guidry and Hilda Smith, and a brother, Wilburn Freeman.

Monday Afternoon

Donald Ray Cutrer

Donald is doing much better at this time. He is able to be up on his leg with the aide of crutches. He will remain in the hospital for about 3 to 4 more days. Still on antibiotics. Drain tube removed, but his sugar level is still over 250. Thanks to all for the prayers, but still pray for him as he does still have a way to go before he gets well. I will keep you posted on how he progresses.

Yours in Christ,

Mary Ann Cutrer

Margaret Corkern Hart
(May 5, 1931 – June 14, 2010)

A resident of Kentwood, she was a loving wife, mother, and aunt, died peacefully surrounded by her family in Greensburg. She was born May 5, 1931 in Loranger and was 79 years of age. She was a retired elementary school teacher, founded Hart’s Grocery and later, she and her family started Hart’s Barbeque in Kentwood. She was a member of Spring Creek Baptist Church. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Tuesday and at Spring Creek Baptist Church from 9 a.m. until religious services at 11 a.m. Wednesday. Services conducted by Dr. Danny Smith. Interment Spring Creek Cemetery, Kentwood. Survived by nieces and nephews, Robbin Graham and his wife, Kim, Greensburg, Carlus Stewart and her husband, Lem, Albany, Sherryl Licause and her husband, Michael, Carol Corkern and her husband, Dennis Herring, great-nieces and great-nephews, Jason Graham and his wife, Cindy, Harry Hagan and his wife, Sharon, Angie Prescott and her husband, Will, and Finley Hagan. She was preceded in death by her husband, Murriel Leroy Hart, son, Randy Roy Hart, parents, Velma Schilling Corkern and J. F. Corkern and sister, Carol Corkern Graham, brother, Dr. Randall Corkern.

Monday

These things I plan won’t happen right away.

Slowly, steadily, surely,

the time approaches when the vision will be fulfilled.

If it seems slow, do not despair,

for these things will surely come to pass.

Just be patient!

They will not be overdue a single day!

Habakkuk 2:3 (LB)

I think this verse can be summed up with “In His time”.

Mrs. Judy Liberto was at Sunday School and looking very well.  Thank God for her wonderful recovery.  So far, all the reports are good.  She may learn more Thursday.

Mrs. Alice Faye Lee is doing well.  The doctor thinks she will heal without surgery, so she is waiting to see that all is progressing as the doctor thinks.

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Pray for the family and friends of Mrs. JoAnn Carter as they celebrate her life today at Kedron Baptist Church.

Devotional:  The Old Story  –   http://odb.org/

There will be a gathering at the cabin Thursday at 6:30.  You are invited to join us for a time of fellowship and Bible study after a good meal.

Please feel free to share your praises, requests, and updated so we can pray for you.

Anna Lee

Death Notice

JoAnn Sharkey Carter
(August 7, 1941 – June 10, 2010)

JoAnn Sharkey Carter a devoted wife, mother and grandmother was born on August 7, 1941 and passed away at 4:15 a.m., on Thursday, June 10, 2010 at her residence surrounded by her loving family. She was 68, a native of Sharkey Road, St. Helena Parish and a resident of Amite.

Mrs. JoAnn is survived by her husband, Thomas Carter, Amite; daughter Leisa Carter Corkern and husband, Darrell, Amite; grandson, Wesley Corkern and wife, Kara, Amite; special niece, Florence Hall and husband, Jessie, Amite; niece Gail Sharp and husband, Danny, Ponchatoula; special great niece, Beth Moissiant and husband, Jeff, Ponchatoula; great nieces and nephews, Kim Broussard and her child, Trey, Ponchatoula, Bridget Sharp, Ponchatoula and Christopher Sharp, Oak Ridge, TN.

She is preceded in death by parents, Joe and Hazel Newell Sharkey; brother, Dwight Sharkey; sister, Collean Sharkey Borer and brother-in-law, Hollis Borer.

Visitation at McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite on Sunday, June 13, 2010 from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00p.m. and on Monday, June 14, 2010 from 8:00 a.m. until 10:30 a.m.

Religious Services at Kedron Baptist Church at 11:00 a.m. with Bro. Jake Williams and Rev. Mike Foster officiating. Interment: Kedron Cemetery

An on-line Guestbook and to view a Video Tribute is available at http://www.mckneelyvaughnfh.com

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

Thursday

Our lives gradually becoming brighter and more beautiful

as God enters our lives

and we become like him.

~2 Corinthians 3:18b (Msg)~

(This verse seems so appropriate to the VBS lesson we had yesterday.)

From Chris Wales

Kirk Wales is departing for seven to eight month deployment to Afghanistan June 11. Please remember him in your prayers as well as the other men and women in the military serving and defending our country.

I am so proud of Kirk and his family.  They know the importance of God, country, and family.  Join me in praying for him and his family.

Mrs. Thomas Carter that many of your will remember from her long service at FGB in Kentwood is still putting up a battle with the cancer that has been working in her body for years.  Please pray for her and for her family in the Kedron area west of Amite.

Read the latest updates on Macy Gueldner and pray for her, her family, and the medical staff caring for her.

Pray for all the children who will be attending day four of VBS today.  Thank God for the many workers in the different Vacations Bible Schools who love God, love children, and know the importance of VBS in the lives of little children.

Pray for Ricky and Sherry Simpson and other family members as they leave today for Brandon’s wedding this weekend.

Pray for Alisha Estay, Landon’s wife, as she is admitted to the hospital in Houston due to appendicitis.  Today is their 4th anniversary!  Pray for Landon as he juggles work, home, two little ones, and a sick wife.

Today’s Prayer from the IMB

Pray for the Donnie Simpson family as they lay another family member to rest.

Have a blessed day!

Anna Lee

Wednesday Afternoon

From Melissa Johnson

Please pray for Scott Johnson and Will Wall they are members of Providence Baptist Church in Jayess, Ms. They left 5-26-10 on a mission trip to  an island nation. Please pray for their safty and that they are able to share the word with others.

Please remember Miss Ruby in Africa.

Chris Primes had surgery yesterday.  Pray this is effective and the last surgery required.

Claude H. Brumfield,Jr.
(November 25, 1957 – May 29, 2010)

A resident of Kentwood, died at 10:10 a.m. on Saturday, May 29, 2010 at his home. He was born November 25, 1957 and was 52 years of age. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, from 8 a.m. Friday until religious services at 2 p.m. Friday. Services conducted by Rev. Lane Cotton Winn. Interment Mixon Cemetery, Tangipahoa. Survived by loving wife of 20 years, Deanie Ricks Brumfield, son, John Pike, Kentwood, 2 daughters, Kristi Hyde and her husband, John, Arcola, and Ali Brumfield, Kentwood, 2 grandchildren, A.J. and Brooke Hyde, grandmother, Josephine Brumfield, Amite, 1 brother and 2 sisters, numerous nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by parents, Claude H. Brumfield, Sr and, Eleanor Vessier Brumfield, father-in-law and mother-in-law, Milford and Betty Ricks. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in memory of Claude H. Brumfield, Jr. at McKneely Funeral Home, 110 E. Factory St., Amite, LA.

http://www.mckneelys.com/index.cfm

Tuesday

It is God himself who has made us what we are

and given us new lives from Christ Jesus;

and long ages ago he planned that we should spend these lives

in helping others.

~Ephesians 2:10 (LB)~


Please pray for Mrs. Judy Liberto as she has surgery Thursday morning in McComb. She will be very thankful for each and every prayer.

Rusty Williams is now stable at St. Tammany Hospital.  Keep him name in your prayers.

Please pray for Daddy.  He has follow up appointment from his hospital stay today and tomorrow.  Today’s appointment is scheduled for five to six hours.  Pray things go well.  Daddy has been doing well lately, so we are expecting good reports.

From Margaret Huber

I had a doctor’s appt in Baton Rouge today and I was able to start my treatments again. My Pet Scan report came out good,too. God is always working miracles in my life and I am not about to give up.Keep praying for me!

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The obituary for Claude Brumfield is still incomplete.  Pray for the family and friends as they meet and make plans.

TODAY’S PRAYER
IMB
JUNE 1, 2010

“Blessed be the Lord, because He has heard the voice of my supplications!” (Psalm 28:6)

WORLD LEADERS. “Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence” (1 Timothy 2:1-2). Please pray today for Governor George Fergusson of Pitcairn Islands (Oceania, midway between Peru and New Zealand).

Prayer requests from Eddie Cox, director of IMB’s Office of Global Prayer Strategy, to “Today’s Prayer” intercessors:

I recently developed a blog site, which features excerpts from IMB missionary blogs. Click onhttp://missionaryblogdigest.com to discover the hearts and passions of our personnel. You will be deeply blessed, and our missionaries and the peoples will be dramatically impacted through your related prayers.

This is a busy month (as if they all aren’t) here at the IMB. Please lift up the following events and emphases.

June 8: 2011 Budget Task Force meeting

June 14-16: Southern Baptist Convention in Orlando, Fla.

June 18: Commissioning of Field Personnel following the completion of their orientation at the international learning center

June 23: Jerry Rankin’s last President’s Forum with all of the home office staff

June 28 through July 3: Statesiding Missionary Conference at the international learning center

On a personal note, I would appreciate your prayers for my wife, Debbie, as she participates in Pine Lake Music’s Composer’s Symposium, June 14 -17, in Decatur, Ga. May the gifts and talents with which the Lord is blessing her bring honor and glory to His holy name!

In closing, I want to remind you to continue to pray for IMB’s Presidential Search Committee as they seek God’s man to lead the IMB.

Thanks again for your many prayers.

Most sincerely,

Eddie

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“At the name of Jesus every knee should bow…” Philippians 2:10

Mike Benson, Editor

GOD’S CREATION FUNCTIONS on the basis of laws…

It’s true in the physical world as well as the spiritual one.  You may deny the fact that what goes up must come down, but if you jump out of a second-story window, the law of gravity will take effect.

We cannot be indifferent or ignore the laws of God.  And He tells us very clearly that what we sow, we will also reap.

At least half the problems I encounter during marital counseling were sown during premarital relationship days.  Long before they said their vows, they were planting seeds that would sprout in the new soil of marriage.

God’s laws of sowing and reaping are fixed; you cannot ignore them without paying a price.  I have grown up hearing about the sexual revolution and the concept of “free love.”  Yet in every counseling situation with young people who have involved themselves in immorality, there has been a price to pay.  And sometimes a terrible one.

Let me make the modest suggestion that you engrave the following “laws of the harvest” on your spiritual forehead!  Everyone will reap exactly what he sows.

It seems that it is always easier to grow weeds than it is to grow vegetables.  My mom taught me that if you plant corn, you get corn.  If you plant potatoes, you harvest spuds and only spuds…not cantaloupes, not peaches, not turnips.  Please remember that your choices will determine your harvest (Luke 6:38; 2 Corinthians 9:6).  Ron Mehl, “Sowing and Reaping,” Just in Case I Can’t Be There, 159-161

“Do not be deceived, God is not mocked;

for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.”

~Galatians 6:7~

Thank-you for praying today.  Your prayers mean so much to those who request the prayers.  You make a difference in many lives!

Anna Lee

Sunday Evening

Jack Gill, Jr.

(April 20, 1929 – May 30, 2010)

A resident of Amite, LA, died on Sunday, May 30, 2010 at his residence. He was born April 20, 1929 and was 81 years of age. Arrangements are incomplete at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite.

Jerry Guycell Chadwick
(December 25, 1947 – May 28, 2010)

A resident of Amite, LA, died at 10:26PM on Friday, May 28, 2010 at North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond, LA. He was born December 25, 1947 in Amite, LA and was 62 years of age.Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 10 a.m. on Monday until religious services at 2 p.m. Monday. Services conducted by Rev. Richard Sandburg. Interment Arcola-Roseland Cemetery, Arcola, LA. Survived by wife, Brenda Chadwick, 3 daughters, Tracy Logan and her husband, Larry, Brandi Cali and her husband, Jermery, and Jacy Hayden and her husband, Jimmy, 2 brothers, Alan Chadwick and his wife, Kim, and Robert Chadwick, sister, Linda Roberts and her husband, Maurice, grandchildren, Sarah Logan, Joel Logan, and Roy Hayden, sister-in-law, Judy Chadwick, and many nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by brother, Ronald Earl “Buddy” Chadwick, father, Guycell Chadwick, and mother, Mary LaNell Brister Chadwick.

Claude Brumfield‘s arrangements are still incomplete.

Mrs. Frances Bell

Visitation is 5-8 p.m. Sunday at McKneely Funeral Home in Kentwood, and from 8 a.m. until services there at 11 a.m. Monday. Services conducted by Rev. Percy Frazier. Interment will follow in Woodland Cemetery, Kentwood.