Category: Death Notice(s)

So then, my friends,

because of God’s great mercy to us

I appeal to you:

Offer yourselves as a living sacrifice to God,

dedicated to his service and pleasing to him.

This is the true worship that you should offer.

~Romans 12:1-2 (TEV)~

John Schaffner is the pastor of Roseland Baptist Church and the BMC director at SLU. His wife’s sister, Roaryn (?) Beck recently had a baby that was born two months premature. Please pray for the mother and the baby as they deal with medical issues. This family is in southwest Louisiana.

Don Denton

Today was a busy day in that Don had appointment in Springfield with ENT so he could get referral to doctor in Kansas City. That went well for Don and he was encouraged. Thank you so much to Larry Hodges for taking Don to Springfield and back. It was most helpful to us.

And we are most grateful to Dr. Nutt for coming to our home to fit Don’s glasses. He came by on his lunch hour yesterday to help so that Don would not have to go into the office. We are blessed and we give thanks.

Don has another test tomorrow in Springfield. He has a MRA. This is to look at the dissection in the Carotid Artery. Our hope is that the hole is closed up and that he will no longer have to be on a blood thinner.

I can’t seem to catch up on feeling rested. Please pray that I will get the rest that I need. I am still so tired these days.

We continue to pray for healing with the dizziness and are in hopes of relief for Don.

Bless you our family and friends

Diane

Floyd and Freida Angeletti

Thank you for praying for Floyd’s surgery. Below is Freda’s note she wrote last night but sent out today. Please continue to pray for Floyd as he recovers and as they prepare to return to the US in April.

Melinda

Eva Mae White Strickland
(February 16, 1935 – February 11, 2009)

Died at 11:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at her daughter’s home in Magnolia, MS. She was a native of Independence, LA and a resident of Kentwood, LA. Age 73 years. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Friday and from 8 a.m. until religious services at 11 a.m. Saturday. Services conducted by Dr. Danny Smith. Interment Spring Creek Cemetery, Kentwood, LA. She is survived by her 2 daughters, Barbara Gale Gill Ardillo, Amite and Kathy Sue Gill McClendon, Gillsburg, MS; 3 sons, Stanley “Junebug” Gill, Jr., Kentwood, David Mike Gill, Kentwood and Heath Chambliss, Kentwood; 11 grandchildren, Jamie, Tabatha and Britany McClendon, Ashton, Whitney, Stan, and Chris Gill, Aaron Ardillo, Aaron, Destinee and Austin Chambliss; 3 great-grandchildren, Colton McClendon, Braylon Hammonds and Kassidy Tastet; 3 sisters, Ruby Santangelo, Independence, Ruth Catalano, Bay St. Louis, MS and Audery Vadrine, Pineville; 1 brother, Ray White, Kentwood. She was preceded in death by her husband, Troy Strickland; parents, Ellis and Maudie White; sister, Anne Mae Temple; 3 brothers, Clyde White, Hewitt White and Mut White; son-in-law, Michael McClendon.

Joseph S. Divincenti Sr.

Holly K’s February Newsletter

Thank God for:

– Language skills and lessons

– Good beginning to homeschooling

– Housekeeper to attack the dust daily

Ask God for:

– Conversation partner

– Operation Christmas Child (Shoeboxes) delivery in March

– People group

– Building of relationships

Funny

– Street-side salesmen selling carrot peelers (Holly thought they were selling the carrots they were demonstrating with.)

Valentine Banquet

Tonight at FBC, Kentwood @ 7 P.M.

Youth fundraiser for summer activities

KOMpray (Kids on Mission Pray)

http://imb.org/main/pray/page.asp?StoryID=6686&LanguageID=1709

This will bring a smile to your hear. 🙂

Have a great day!

Anna Lee

God has reserved a priceless inheritance

for his children.

It is kept in heaven for you,

pure and undefiled,

beyond the reach of change and decay.

1 Peter 1:4 (NLT)

Mrs. Ruby Dillon called to say Carl Wayne Stevens made it through surgery well. The upper right lobe of his lungs was removed. He will not require additional treatment. Thank God for this good report.

Ronald Putman is doing much better. He may be able to come home as soon as he accomplishes his rehab goals. Please continue to pray for him.

Don Denton

Don was admitted to the hospital at Cox South this morning. He woke up about 1:30 Thursday morning very sick to his stomach, low grade fever and headache. I called doctor on call she said if he gets sicker bring him in to the ER. So about 3:30 this morning I started to prepare to find someone to come and stay with Joshua, so I could take Don in to the ER.

Don is severely dehydrated and his potassium level is critically low. At this point his doctors are treating this as a separate illness. His body is so immune-compromised that he is susceptible to illness easily.

The good news in all of this is that he has not had a relapse at this point. As a matter of fact, if they can get him hydrated, fever under control and get him eating, he may get to come home tomorrow or Saturday.

He is very discouraged, so please pray for him. He just needs encouragement. I have been up since about 1:30am this morning, so I will close for now.

I will keep you all posted once I know. I will be back at the hospital in the morning. Joshua is having a very, very hard time with this hospital stay. He wants to be with Don and I and he does not want to stay home or be with friends.

Pray that Don will be well enough to come home tomorrow.

Bless you our family and friends.

Diane

Mrs. Jewel Allen Easley
(February 4, 1924 – February 5, 2009)

Mrs. Jewel A. Easley a loving mother, wife, sister, and grandmother, was born on February 4, 1924 and passed away at 10:37AM on Thursday, February 5, 2009 at Southwest Regional Medical Center, McComb, MS. She was 85, a native of Liverpool and a resident of Kentwood.

Mrs. Jewel is survived by a daughter, Carolyn Geter Troquille and husband, John, Jackson,LA; a son Joe Allen Easley and wife, Jean Clark, Kentwood; a sister, Sybil Allen Marcantel, Clinton; 3 sisters-in-law, Mary Joyce Allen, Baton Rouge, Willie Jean Allen, Jackson, & Jeannette Allen, Clinton; a son-in-law, Michael Bracy, Spring Creek; 9 grandchildren, Walt Geter, Julie Geter Netterville, Vonda Geter Cain, Jody Easley Davidson, Stacy Easley Cassel, Buddy Lynn Easley, Joe Allen Easley II, Byron Bracy and Chris Bracy; 14 great grandchildren, Ron Netterville, Lindsey Netterville, Orry Cain, Olivia Lynn Cain, Trenton Scott Bailey, Thomas Trey Bailey, Drew Allen Davidson, Matthew Bridges, Ethan Michael Cassel, Isabella Fisher, Carter Douglas Easley, Kennedy Marie Easley, Brennan Bracy, Abigail Bracy and a great-great grandchild, baby Bailey to be born in June 2009.

Preceded in death by her husband, Walter “Buddy” Easley; parents, Charlie & Minnie Hurst Allen; a daughter, Donna Lynn Easley Bracy; 2 sisters, Lorena Allen Weegan & Robbie Allen Bueche; 4 brothers, Charlie Ray, John Freeman, Felix Warren “Pete”, & Billy Roy “Woodsie” Allen.

Visitation will be held at The Lord’s Church, 1936 Hwy 440, west of Tangipahoa, on Friday, February 6, 2009 from 6:00PM until 9:00PM and on Saturday, February 7, 2009 after 8:00AM until Religious Services at 11:00AM with Rev. Don Meadows officiating. Interment in the New Zion Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Walt Geter, Buddy Easley, Joe Easley II, Byron Bracy, Chris Bracy, Billy Allen, Jr. and Al Travis.

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

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

Nancy Sue Morgan
(May 18, 1948 – February 3, 2009)

Nancy Sue Morgan was born on May 18, 1948 and passed away at 8:51AM on Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at her residence. She was 60, a native of Parchmen, MS and a residence of Independence.

She is survived by her husband, Windle B. Morgan, Independence; a daughter, Wendy S. Nunez and husband, Donald, Independence; a step-daughter, Lisa Gillam, Slidell; a son, Michael D. Morgan, Independence; 2 step-sons, Harry J. Morgan, Slidell & Darryl Morgan, Mississippi; 2 sisters, Linda K. Brown & Stella M. Swaim both of Mississippi; a brother, David W. Sanders of Texas: 15 grandchildren & a great-grandchild.

She was preceded in death by her parents, James K. & Lavora Goodwin Sanders; a son, James Adrian Jones, Sr.; 4 brothers James K., Stephen J., William P., & Charles Sanders.

Visitation will be held at the First Baptist Church of Independence on Saturday, February 7, 2009 from 12:00NOON until Religious Services at the church at 1:00PM with Rev. Mitch Williams officiating.

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

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

Movie

“Fireproof”

6:30 P.M. Friday

FBC, Kentwood

On Mission in Kentwood

Saturday @ 8 A.M.

Help someone in our community.

A DIFFICULT WORD

I heard about an office whose answering machine was set up to instruct callers to leave their name and address, and to spell any difficult words.

Early one Monday, when the secretary was reviewing the weekend messages, she heard an enthusiastic young woman recite her name and address, and then confidently offer, “My difficult word is reconciliation. R-E-C-O-N-C-I-L-I-A-T-I-O-N.”

Reconciliation can be a difficult word. It’s not that it’s difficult to understand. Webster defines the word “reconcile” as “to restore to friendship or harmony, to settle or resolve.” The word can be used in a variety of ways, but when it’s applied to people it basically means to get two separated people back together again. So we talk about a husband who wants to be reconciled to a wife who has left him. A father who wants to be reconciled to a wayward son. And a lost sinner who needs to be reconciled to God.

While not difficult to understand, reconciliation can be a difficult word to put into practice. It can be very difficult to get two family members who are at odds to be reconciled. And it can sometimes seem very difficult for us (or for others we know) to be made right with God.

A man once went to a preacher because he was having some family problems. He wasn’t a very well-educated man and sometimes got his words confused. He said, “Me and my wife need a re-cancellation.” What he meant to say was reconciliation, but the word re-cancellation wasn’t a bad choice. Because there can be peace for those who have been separated only when sin has been canceled. As sinners before a righteous God, we need a “re-cancellation”. And that’s exactly what Jesus made available when he died on the cross.

“….by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross. And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight.” (Col. 1:20-22)

Thanks be to God for making this difficult word a reality in our lives.

Have a great day!

Alan Smith
Helen Street Church of Christ
Fayetteville, North Carolina

May you be able to count numerous blessings in your life today.

Anna Lee

“We give thanks to You,

O God,we give thanks!

For Your wondrous works declare

that Your name is near.”

~Psalm 75:1~

New baby in Tate family

Hello everyone! We are happy to announce the birth of our little sister! We don’t have a name yet but will soon.
She was born today ( 2/3/09 ), by C-Section, at 12:10 p.m. and weighed 8lbs. 14oz. and was 21” long!
She and Mama are doing well and hope to come home on Thursday. Thanks for your prayers! We will try to get a name for her soon!

She is so sweet!

Hannah

(Hannah Tate, oldest daughter of Chuck and Jeanne Bond Tate)

Kathy Dyer’s surgery was successful in that the tumor in the colon was removed. However, 3-4 small tumors (of the same type as the original one)were found in the small intestine and could not be removed during this surgery. She is to have 6 more months of chemotherapy. Kathy is recuperating well and thanks everyone for the prayers. Please continue to lift Kathy and her family up in prayer.

Don Denton

We were up at 6am this morning. Don and I headed down to Springfield for his Lumbar puncture. We did get very good news. The opening pressure of the brain is normal! We feel really good about this. It means that healing is happening. He still has Hydrocephalus and inflammation, but it is getting better.

WE have more doctor appointments this week and next. No improvement with the vertigo that continues to be a source of discouragement for Don.

No news as of yet with respect to the insurance issues, but I did get some good advice today from one of Don’s students mother. I am so grateful to her for the advice.

There are two special prayer requests that I have today. When Don, Josh and I were up at Mayo our friend Arwen introduced me to a friend of hers whose son has had brain cancer. I saw allot of hard things that families go through while at Mayo.

This young man’s name is Will. He is 10 years old. The doctors believe his cancer has returned again. He has medulloblastoma. Please pray for this boy and his family.

Also please pray for my brother’s wife Lynn. Her cancer has returned and it looks like they won’t be able treat her with anything other than a hormone drug.

Joshua continues wake up every night. But he is wanting to play with his friends more and that is huge. Well, I better go….I get to put dishes in my new dishwasher that came…..yeah! Whirlpool replaced it for us.

Don gets his new glasses tomorrow. Hopefully that will help him see better so he can read.

Take care,

Diane

MISSIONARY PERSONAL NEEDS. “Family members of several of our team members are suffering from major health issues. Pray that the Lord will provide His peace and comfort for everyone involved. Pray that team members can continue to focus on their work in spite of their desire to be with family to offer support. Ask the Lord to send others to minister to these families in the place of team members who are so far away.”

Nancy Sue Morgan
(May 18, 1948 – February 3, 2009)

Nancy Sue Morgan was born on May 18, 1948 and passed away at 8:51AM on Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at her residence in Independence, LA. She was 60 years old.

Arrangements are incomplete at this time.

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

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

HE SAT ALONE in the right hand corner of the front pew — just left of the pulpit…

As I recall, he was a relatively short man in terms of physical stature. He wore thick, black-framed glasses and had a red flat top hair cut. He had a broad smile. He always wore a dark suit on the Lord’s Day to the worship assembly. He sang bass — I mean real d-e-e-p bass. His loud voice would resonate throughout the auditorium during services. I learned to love singing bass largely because of Joe. He sang well, and it was obvious that he loved to lift his gift of praise to the Father.

Joe was my Wednesday night Bible class teacher one year. Always prepared. Very knowledgeable. Concerned about his students. Friendly. Supportive. Personally interested.

One of Joe’s classes sticks out in my memory above all others. For some reason, the rest of my fellow students didn’t make it to Bible study this particular night. So this evening I was Joe’s only pupil. Other teachers might have been tempted to send me to another classroom, since I was the sole student. Not Joe. Like I said, he took a personal interest. To him Bible class wasn’t just about imparting information, it was about making connections with people. Nobody had to “strong arm” Joe to teach the Word; he did so gladly. Well, he sat down with me that night and talked to me about my soul — about my salvation. We didn’t go through the Bible class workbook, we just talked about how to become a Christian — what I needed to do to be saved and why. A few days later — May 17, 1972 — I put on Christ in baptism (Gal. 3:27). Much of the reason I did so was because of Joe Flannary and out little one-on-one Bible study that one Wednesday night at the Overlook church in Dayton, Ohio.

Observations:

Jesus valued people as individuals. He talked one-on-one withe Zacchaeus (“…For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost”– Luke 19:10). He held a night study with the Pharisee, Nicodemus (“…Unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God”– John 3:3). He conversed with the Samaritan woman at the well “…Whosoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst”– John 4:14). It’s not surprising that Jesus gave His attention to individuals like these; He knew the worth (cf. Matt. 16:26; 10:29-31) of one soul.

Like the Master, Philip knew the worth of one. Remember Philip (Acts 8)? He left his work with many in Samaria (Acts 8:6, 12) to speak to just one from Ethiopia (“…Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning at this Scripture, preached Jesus to him”– Acts 8:26ff). It has been suggested by some that the eunuch made his way back home to Ethiopia following his conversion and then, in turn, preached the Word to his fellow-countrymen and spread it through the region. I have no way of affirming or denying that proposition, but I do know that even if the eunuch lived and died the only Christian in Ethiopia, it was worth Philip’s efforts and time.

What if only one student came to your Bible class this week? Like Jesus, would you give him your individual and undivided attention? Like Philip, would you get in your vehicle and drive a long distance, even if you knew only one person would be present to hear God’s message? Like Joe, would you stay with him in class and talk to him about eternity and his soul, or would you send him over to another teacher because you only had one student?

Jesus practiced one-on-one teaching. So did Philip. So did Joe. All three were effective. What about you, dear Christian…? Would you be willing to teach just one…?