Category: Death Notice(s)

Wednesday

Just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord,

so walk in Him.

~Colossians 2:6 (NIV/NKJV)~

What a celebration in honor of Mr. “Bully” Schwartz! I’m glad I was there.

Please continue to pray for all those who are undergoing tests or treatment.

Baptist Press

June 24, 2008

WASHINGTON–Land: Candidates should be free, not forced, to share their faith. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28351

COLORADO–Obama distorts Scripture, Dobson says. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28352

WISCONSIN–Disaster relief chaplains bond with flood victims. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28353

GEORGIA–Post-flood mud-out: Dirty, yet rewarding. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28354

TENNESSEE–Balanced worship envisioned at LifeWay conference. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28355

LOUISIANA–Conference highlights ‘Music as Ministry.’ http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28356

TENNESSEE–EDITORIAL (Will Hall): Dobson is right, Obama distorts the Bible & presents a ‘confused theology.’ http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28357

LOUISIANA–FIRST-PERSON (Keith Manuel): Revival begins with me. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28358


Vivian Womack
(November 20, 1908 – June 24, 2008)

Mrs. Womack passed away at her residence in Greensburg, LA on Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at the age of 99. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time.

Mildred Matthews Johnson
(November 9, 1917 – June 23, 2008)

“I have fought the good fight. I have finished my course. I have kept the faith.” II Timothy 4:7 She went to be with the Lord on Monday morning, June 23, 2008 at Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center, McComb, MS. She was at peace and ready to claim her mansion in heaven. Affectionately known as Aunt Mil to those who knew and loved her, she was born on November 9, 1917 in Tangipahoa Parish, LA and was the youngest of six children born to Lewis Moak Matthews and Mary Dean Matthews. Aunt Mil loved the outdoors, gardening, and especially enjoyed hunting and fishing with her husband, family, and friends. She loved her church, Line Creek Baptist Church. She frequently visited with the sick and bereaved, also reached out to those in need. She was an excellent cook whose cookies and pies were favorites of many in the surrounding area. She is survived by her step-daughter, Sylvia Johnson Reagan, niece, Frances Harrell Wilson, nephew, James Silton Lambert, special nephew and caretaker, Robert E. Phillips, Jr., great-nieces, Linda Price Alford and husband Ronald, Linda Sue Matthews McKinley and husband Bill, great-nephews, Dr. Paschal Wilson and wife, Julie and children Paschal and Caroline Rose, James Curtis Lambert and family, David Wayne Lambert and family, William Lewis Matthews and family, Hal Price and wife Tonia and children, Caroline and Tristan. Preceded in death by her husband, James M. Johnson, parents, Lewis and Mary Dean Matthews, step-grandson, David Leslie Milam, sisters, Bernice Matthews Harrell, Deanie Matthews Lambert, and Pinkie Matthews McDaniel, brothers, Tommy Matthews and William Matthews, niece, Helen McDaniel Price, nephew, Nelson McDaniel. Visitation will be at Line Creek Baptist Church from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Thursday, June 26, 2008. Religious Services at 1 p.m. Services conducted by Rev. Bobby Holder, Rev. Jimmy Dukes, and Rev. Ken Irvin. Interment at Woodland Cemetery, Kentwood, LA. Pallbearers will be Ronald Alford, David Conerly, Paschal Wilson, James Hamilton, Bill Brown, and Willis “Sonny” Addison. Honorary pallbearers will be Robert E. Phillips, Jr., Mason Simmons, Dr. Harry Frye, and Dr. Lucas Lampton. Special thanks to McComb Extended Care and Brenda and James Hamilton for all their love and special care given. McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, in charge of arrangements.

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“At the name of Jesus every knee should bow…” (Philippians 2:10).
Mike Benson, Editor


I ONCE HEARD interviews with survivors from World War II…

The soldiers recalled how they spent a particular day. One sat in a foxhole; once or twice, a German tank drove by and he shot at it. Others played cards and frittered away the time. A few got involved in furious firefights. Mostly, the day passed like any other. Later, they learned they had just participated in one of the largest, most decisive engagements of the war, the Battle of the Bulge. It didn’t feel decisive at the time because none had the big picture.

Great victories are won when ordinary people execute their assigned tasks.

Perhaps you sense you’re in a spiritual rut. Stay at your assigned task! Obedience to God offers the way out of our futility. (Philip Yancey)

“What does the Lord require of you but to do justly,

to love mercy,

and to walk humbly with your God.”

~Micah 6:8~

Blessings,

Anna Lee

Tuesday

Pray for the students throughout the state who will be taking the LEAP test in the next few days.

 

 

The funeral service for Mr. “Bully” will be at 10 A.M. at the funeral home.

 

 

 

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“At the name of Jesus every knee should bow…” (Philippians 2:10).
Mike Benson, Editor
YOU’RE LAZILY FLIPPING through the channels on your new flat screen TV…

Despite the vast array of viewing options, there’s nothing worth watching, at least for the moment. Your thumb stops on a random station. It’s a half-hour long commercial for “Feed the Children.”The broadcast depicts a hungry African child. His arms and legs exhibit no muscle at all. He’s a veritable skeleton with dark brown skin stretched over the bones. Green bottle flies encircle his eyes and ears. His belly is unnaturally distended and swollen. He’s weak, pale, sickly, and frail. He’s had one “meal” in the past seven days. A small cup of rice.

A phone number flashes at the bottom of the television. You’re being asked to donate. Just the change out of your pocket. For the price of a cheap cup of coffee you could support this poor, starving child. You could put food in his growling belly. Your heart and emotions are aroused by this under-nourished youth. “How in the world does he make it?” you ask yourself. “He can’t live on one meal a week.” Determined to help, you pick up the phone and punch in the 800 number.

Stay with me for just a moment.

We all recognize that to be healthy, we must maintain a steady, balanced diet. We can’t skip meals for days on end. We certainly can’t live off of a single meal once a week. And yet, isn’t that exactly what we’re doing when our only source of spiritual nourishment comes from the Sunday morning sermon? When we habitually skip Sunday morning Bible class, aren’t we saying that we can be healthy and strong by eating just one meal a week? When we miss the Sunday evening and Wednesday night assemblies at church, and the only time we take in real, biblical sustenance is the 11 o’clock Lord’s Day message, aren’t we saying — at least by our actions — that a child of God only has to eat one meal every seven days? When we fail to open our Bibles at home and pour through the sacred Word each day, but then manage to “squeak in” at the last minute for that one hour worship assembly on the first day of the week, aren’t we communicating that a Christian requires little food for the soul? A small cup of rice, indeed. What we acknowledge in the physical realm, we tend to forget in the spiritual. Some of us are starving ourselves to death (Hosea 4:6) and we don’t even realize it!

When we go to the New Testament book of Acts, we find a group of folks who understood the correlation between regular Scripture “meals” and a strong, maturing faith. The text says, “Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true” (Acts 17:11 NIV). Did you catch that? The Bereans were more nobly disposed than the Thessalonians because 1) they received the spoken Word with great eagerness (A. T. Robertson says “eagerness” carries the idea of rushing forward/1), and because 2) they “examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.” Watch it! The Berean Jews were commended because they personally investigated the Old Testament prophecies to which Paul appealed on a DAILY basis. You might say the Thessalonians had a cup of rice once a week, while the Bereans ate “three squares” a day.

Dear Christian, if the Word is food (Matthew 4:4; cf. Psalm 19:9,10; Jeremiah 15:16; John 6:26,63), and it is, shouldn’t we “pull up to the table” and fill our plates every day? If we can make time for television, sports, shopping at the mall, going to the movies, and a myriad of other fleshly pursuits, we certainly can make time to read and study God’s Word.

When would be the best time for you to delve into your Bible? At the breakfast table? During break at work? Before you go to bed after the kids are asleep? Pick a time that’s best for you and then enjoy the meal! (Mike Benson)

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1/ Word Pictures in the New Testament, p. 274.

“These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so” (Acts 17:11).

Sunday

 

 

“Have you not known? Have you not heard?

The everlasting God, the LORD,

the Creator of the ends of the earth,

neither faints nor is weary.

His understanding is unsearchable.

He gives power to the weak,

and to those who have no might He increases strength.

Even the youths shall faint and be weary,

and the young men shall utterly fall,

but those who wait on the LORD

shall renew their strength;

they shall mount up with wings like eagles,

they shall run and not be weary,

they shall walk and not faint.”

~Isa. 40:28-31~

Please don’t forget to bring toiletries for Kelly Schneeweiss’ mission trip to Honduras. Money will be acceptable too if you forgot to get toiletries. You may give your donations to a member of the Schneeweiss family or to me. Thank-you for supporting this young lady as she goes on a medical mission trip. Please pray for live-changing decision to be made as medical needs are addressed.

Katie Weiburg and her dad, Bro. Gary Weiburg formerly of Roseland Baptist Church, will be going on a mission trip to Central America this week. Please pray for their ministry as lives as touched.

Bro. Chip Sloan, another former pastor at Roseland Baptist Church, will be taking a mission trip to work with the Roma (Gypsies) in Romania during July. Included in those going on the trip will be Bro. Chip’s wife, Martha, and their older daughter, Jennifer and her husband. Again, pray for lives of those going to be touched and for lives of those to whom they minister to be forever changed.

Pray for the mission team from Parkway Baptist Church in McKinney, Texas as they minister to the Roma in Romania this week.

Pray for a search committee from Georgia as they are in Texas this weekend to consider a candidate for worship leader. Our daughter-in-law, Becki, is a member of this team that flew from Georgia yesterday and will fly back home later today.

Don’t forget to pray for Gary Schiro, husband of Peggy Hendry Schiro of Chesbrough. Gary will have a heart valve replacement in the morning at North Oaks.

Pray for the students who attended summer LEAP remediation and who will be testing this week.

The Hatchels and others have safely returned from their Annual General Meeting (AGM). Thank God for the opportunities provided by volunteers from the States who so freely gave of themselves to minister to the needs of our missionaries and MK’s. Jennie always tells me of he Lottie Moon Christmas Offering given at the meeting. I’ll report that later.

Today is Adopt an Annuitant Sunday in Southern Baptist Churches. Donations will be accepted to assist retired ministers and their wives or widows who are having financial needs.

There’s a number of people undergoing tests and treatment for cancer. Please continue to remember each of them daily even when I do not list each one individually.

 

 

Jason Tate “Bully” Schwartz
(October 1, 1911 – June 18, 2008)

Died at 12:05 p.m. on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at St. Helena Parish Nursing Home in Greensburg. He was a native of Kentwood and a resident of Greensburg. Age 96 years. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Kentwood and Kentwood Masonic Lodge. He is survived by his son, James Charles Schwartz, Sr. and wife, Ruby, Kentwood; daughter, Lois “Chee Chee” Dunn and husband, Bubba, Greensburg; grandchildren, Sherry Dunn Schivers and husband, Robert, Greensburg, Brenda Dunn Miller and husband, Randy, Roseland, Maj. James Charles Schwartz, Jr. and wife, Maryanna, Ft. Hood, TX, Michael Collins Schwartz and wife, Sarah, Hammond, Christopher L. Dunn and wife, Kelly, Metairie, Timothy Tate Schwartz and wife, Sharon, Hammond, Paul Scott Schwartz, Kentwood, Carl Blades, Jr. Corpus Christi, TX, Susan Henry, Dallas, TX, Alan Blades, Palmdale, CA, Daniel Blades, Los Angeles, CA, Carolyn Blades, San Bernardino, CA, Gerry Needham Davis, Baker, and Janice Needham Westbrook, Zachary; numerous great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren. He was greeted in heaven by his first wife, Myrtle Birch Schwartz and second wife, Inez Greener Schwartz; parents, Charles P. and Lois Tate Schwartz; 2 brothers, Rukins Schwartz and C. P. Schwartz, Jr.; 2 sisters, Eupora Hutchinson and Ora Lee Nelson; great-granddaughter, Breanne Miller. Visitation will be at McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Monday and from 8 a.m. until religious services at 10 a.m. on Tuesday. Interment will follow in the Woodland Cemetery, Kentwood.


Betty Lambert
(October 23, 1922 – June 19, 2008)

Died at 5:24 p.m. on Thursday, June 19, 2008 at Belle Maison Nursing Home in Hammond. She was a native and resident of Amite. Age 85 years. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 10 a.m. until religious services at 11 a.m. Monday. Interment Mulberry Street Cemetery, Amite. She is survived by her 5 nieces, Clinton Sue Driscoll and husband, John, Covington, Becky Jelpi and husband, Keith, Metairie, Kitty Beaumier and husband, Ken, Alabama, Kathy Vaughn, Ponchatoula and Lydia Benson, New Orleans; 6 great-nieces and great-nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Delma Lambert; 3 brothers, Clinton, Maxwell and Donald Earl Gill; a sister, Mary Evelyn Gill Glosson; parents, Hinson Gill and Geneiva Gill Ricks.

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“At the name of Jesus every knee should bow…”

(Philippians 2:10).
Mike Benson, Editor


THE MOST DRAMATIC moment in human history makes for odd drama…

The hero is center-stage yet silent. His script is only seven lines long, some whispered, some groaned through gritted teeth. He gestures simply and seldom. He is still, pinned as it were to a prop from which neither the audience nor the other actors can easily unfasten their eyes. The stage is stark, the scenery sparse, the props peculiar — hammer, spikes, spear, dice. The action is minimal at best, at worst awkward. The lighting is at first too bright, then too night.

Other actors take the stage. Soldiers hammer and gamble, making light of the weighty moment. Bystanders assuage their boredom with blasphemy. Priests parrot their vain victory, ignorant of the irony: “If you come down, we will believe.” Followers weep and wonder, only a few and from afar. The rest, obvious in their absence, rest off-stage. Ultimately our eyes are drawn back to the main character, still still, and we listen to the seven lines and the sudden silence.

This old drama makes for odd drama. And we find ourselves left wondering less about the hero than ourselves. Where will we stand on the stage, with the deriders or the disciples? Will we stand fearfully but faithfully with the women or will we slip off to the wings unable to see or be seen? And what will we say when the next line is ours?

And if we should decide not to try out for this play, not to take part in this odd, old drama, it’s too late. By coming to this table we have already accepted a role, we have already joined the cast, we have already taken the stage. This meal is which we are invited reminds us that we are privileged to play a part, a part in the most dramatic moment in human history, in the great drama of redemption. (J. Lee Magness)

“And when they had mocked Him,

they took the purple off Him,

put His own clothes on Him,

and led Him out to crucify Him.”

Mark 15:20

 

That’s a reminder we need to hear.

Have a great Lord’s Day!

Anna Lee

Friday

And my God will meet all your needs

according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.

~ Philippians 4:19 (NIV) ~


The arrangements for the wake and funeral services for Mr. Jason “Bully” Schwartz are still not available. I’ll post them when they become available.

Flood Relief Focus Shifting Toward ‘Mud-Out’
By Staff


CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (BP)–The focus of Southern Baptist relief operations in America’s flooded Midwest may be shifting toward “mud-out” recovery teams — a ministry that weary residents will be deeply grateful to receive, according to Southern Baptists in the region.

“The feeding operation seems to be decreasing in most of the areas in which we are currently operating,” said Mike Morgan, manager of the North American Mission Board’s Disaster Operations Center. “We have had no additional requests for feeding teams at this time. Requests for the mud-out recovery teams — that go in and clean the homes so people can get back in them and rebuild — are increasing extensively, especially in Iowa and Indiana.”

President George Bush scheduled a June 19 to visit the region, where volunteers still are piling sandbags atop river levees in a frantic effort to forestall the disaster that has engulfed so many communities to their north. At least 20 levees have been overcome by floodwaters this past week and emergency management officials expect another 30 may be overflowed in the next few days, according to the Associated Press.

Storms and flooding in six states have claimed 24 lives and caused an estimated $1.5 billion in damage. The Associated Press reports a 280-mile stretch of the Mississippi River between Fulton, Ill., and Winfield, Mo., is expected to remain closed for at least 10 more days because of flooding. Almost 2,000 members of the National Guard have been deployed in riverfront communities of Missouri and Illinois.

More assessment teams are moving into the area to identify additional needs in towns that don’t have recovery operations in them, Morgan said. “We are still finding areas that even though the recovery need is there, the water hasn’t receded enough for us to do any work yet,” he added.

Richard Nations, editor of the Iowa Baptist newspaper, has been on the road in eastern Iowa, interviewing both flood victims and Southern Baptist relief workers who have come to their aid. He said residents whose homes and businesses have been flooded out are grateful others are coming to help and relief workers are just glad to lend a hand.

“I spoke to Brad Oberreuter, who had chest-high water in his house in Cedar Rapids,” Nations said. “They were pretty much emptying the house of everything. There is mold and the smell is horrible. I could smell the mold. I could smell the rotting food. It just singed your nose as you walked into his house.

“I also met the son of Marcene Pollet, who is a 75-year-old member of Immanuel Baptist Church in Cedar Rapids. She lost her house, which was about 100 years old, to the flood,” Nations added. “Her son-in-law stopped by the church when he saw the Texas Baptist disaster relief unit. He said, ‘She doesn’t want to accept any help, but I know this is her church and I wanted to thank you for what you are doing.”

Much of Pollet’s furniture had been moved to a nearby town, where the owner of a storage facility gave her two months’ free rent on a unit, Nations reported.

Nations also had an opportunity to meet Tommie Brown, a Southern Baptist retiree from Plains, Texas, who was serving as a volunteer in a feeding unit that had been deployed to Cedar Rapids for 10 days.

“Tommie was washing dishes and stopped for a minute to talk with me,” Nations said. “She told me this is her seventh or eighth deployment in four years of working in disaster relief. She said she was just glad to be able to help.”

Nations said Brown told him: “I don’t want to just sit down and wait for death to come. I want to feel needed and used. If I get tired, that’s a good thing. I enjoy this work and it’s a good tired. I am ready to be tired. I’m here to roll up my sleeves and work.’

Individuals and churches interested in donating or helping with relief efforts in Iowa may contact the Iowa Baptist Convention office at (515) 278-1566 or Baptist Convention of Iowa, 2400 86th St., Suite 27, Des Moines IA 50322; or, visit http://www.bcisbc.com and click on “Disaster Relief Give Now.” Donations for disaster relief also may be directed to the North American Mission Board by visiting http://www.namb.net and clicking on “Give Now.”

Compiled by Mark Kelly, an assistant editor with Baptist Press.

KOMpray

June 20, 2008

“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

THEY SPEAK A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE

We are Kids on Mission in Togo, West Africa. We live at a school in Togo where Africans from a lot of different countries come to learn about Jesus and the Bible. They move here with their families, so my sister and I have a lot of other kids to play with. We love to play soccer and throw rocks at the mango trees so that we can knock down the mango fruit and eat it. My sister likes to play dolls and climb trees. The hard part is that none of our friends speak English. They all speak French in this part of Africa. We are learning to speak French too so that we can talk to them. Will you pray that God helps us to learn this language? My sister and I really want to be able to tell our friends about Jesus. LOGAN and ELIZABETH, age 6 and 4 (West Africa)

MORE PRAYER REQUESTS FROM MISSIONARY KIDS
Please pray that all my friends would come to Christ. Pray that the Central Asian government will let us keep living in our country. ERIC, age 12 (Central Asia)

My brother goes to a boarding school and doesn’t live at home. I have a hard time with him gone. I know that this is God’s plan but I still have trouble. God has taught me not to take my family for granted all the time.
My last prayer request is for the villages that we go to. Pray that I can be a living testimony to the children and adults. MIRANDA (West Africa)

Please pray for the people of South Africa who are dying of HIV Aids. 40% of South Africans are dying of HIV Aids. Praise the Lord that many Zulu people are bringing Jesus into their hearts. COREY, age 11 (Central, Eastern and Southern Africa)

Please pray for me to be able to make friends where I live. Please pray for me to become a Christian. Please pray for me to be able to learn Thai so I can speak with the Thai kids where I live. RACHEL, age 9 (Pacific Rim)

There are many needs, spiritual, physical, financial, etc., in our community. Please pray for God’s solution and God’s timing for each need.

Anna Lee

Thurday Noon


Jason Tate Schwartz
(October 1, 1911 – June 18, 2008)


Died at 12:05 p.m. on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at St. Helena Parish Nursing Home in Greensburg. He was a native of Kentwood and a resident of Greensburg. Age 96 years. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Kentwood and Kentwood Masonic Lodge. He is survived by his son, James Charles Schwartz, Sr. and wife, Ruby, Kentwood; daughter, Lois “Chee Chee” Dunn and husband, Bubba, Greensburg; grandchildren, Sherry Dunn Schivers and husband, Robert, Greensburg, Brenda Dunn Miller and husband, Randy, Roseland, Maj. James Charles Schwartz, Jr. and wife, Maryanna, Ft. Hood, TX, Michael Collins Schwartz and wife, Sarah, Hammond, Christopher L. Dunn and wife, Kelly, Metairie, Timothy Tate Schwartz and wife, Sharon, Hammond, Paul Scott Schwartz, Kentwood, Carl Blades, Jr. Corpus Christi, TX, Susan Henry, Dallas, TX, Alan Blades, Palmdale, CA, Daniel Blades, Los Angeles, CA, Carolyn Blades, San Bernardino, CA, Gerry Needham Davis, Baker, and Janice Needham Westbrook, Zachary; numerous great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren. He was greeted in heaven by his wives, Myrtle Birch Schwartz and Inez Greener Schwartz; parents, Charles P. and Lois Tate Schwartz; 2 brothers, Rukins Schwartz and C. P. Schwartz, Jr.; 2 sisters, Eupora Hutchinson and Ora Lee Nelson; great-granddaughter, Breanne Miller. Service times are incomplete at this time

Wednesday Afternoon

Dear friends, The Parkway missions team to Romania leaves for Bucharest on Friday. We would so appreciate your prayers that God would use us to honor Him, for travel safety, and for spiritual and physical strength. In His Love, Dianne E.

Could you please add Gary Schiro to the praylink. He is the father of my best friend and will having open heart surgery on Monday. They will be replacing a valve. He had bypass surgery several years back. I know that the family would appreciate any prayer for their preperation of the surgery as well as the surgery itself. Thank you!

Wendy Fowler

Natalie Corrine Stafford McDaniel
(September 6, 1917 – June 17, 2008)

Natalie Corrine Stafford McDaniel, 90, a resident of Spring Creek, died at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 17, 2008, at her daughter’s home in Mt. Hermon. She was a member of Spring Creek Baptist Church. She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Larry and Gail McDaniel of Spring Creek; a daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Hugh Fortenberry of Mt. Hermon; three step-sons and their wives, Robert and Toon McDaniel of Baton Rouge; Steve and Dianne McDaniel of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; and Tom and Marleen McDaniel of Atlanta, Georgia; 6 grandchildren, Kristin Latham, David McDaniel, Lisa LaCour, Hugh “Rusty” Fortenberry, Todd Fortenberry and Terry Fortenberry; 8 step-grandchildren; 23 great grandchildren; and one niece and three nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Sidney and Ione Crowe Stafford; husbands, Barney McCoy McDaniel and Talmadge McDaniel; siblings, Houston Stafford, Emile Stafford, Elaine Stafford, Wesley Stafford, Hoyt Stafford, Dalton Stafford, Marie S. Kemp, Bertha S. Lewis, and Clara S. Leonard; and daughter-in-law, Linda H. McDaniel. Visitation will be at McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, on Thursday, June 19, 2008 from 6 to 9 p.m. Visitation will continue at Spring Creek Baptist Church on Friday, June 20, 2008 from 9 a.m. until time for the service at 10:30 a.m. conducted by Rev. Danny Smith and Rev. Eric Latham. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Pallbearers are David McDaniel, Rusty Fortenberry, Todd Fortenberry, Terry Fortenberry, Don Lewis, Ted lewis, Jeff LaCour, and Smiley Conerly.

Ida Currier Landry
(September 2, 1917 – June 17, 2008)

Died at 6:32 p.m. on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 at Tangi Pines Nursing Home in Amite. She was a native and resident of Amite. Age 90 years. She was an active member of St. Helena Catholic Church, Amite, where she was a choir member and past-president of the Altar’s Society. She worked for many years as an insurance agent, then as a bookkeeper at Home Lumber and Hardware and later volunteered for many years at God’s Storehouse. She is survived by her brother, Joseph “Jo Jo” Currier; nieces, Anita Gayle Currier, Jessie “Cookie” Coxwell and husband, Sid, Madeleine McElveen and husband, Ray, and Louise Peterson and husband, Melvin; nephews, Camile Currier and wife, Robin, and Neil Currier; great-nieces, Lynne Coxwell and Jennifer Currier Boyle; double first cousins, Richard “Radar” Currier and Joseph “Tip Top” Currier; numerous cousins including, Ida Tryniecki. She was preceded in death by her husband, Otis J. Landry; parents, Carmelo and Josephine Magliolo Currier; brother, Charlie P. Currier; sister, Venera Currier Esteven; nephew, “Butch” Esteven. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Thursday with a rosary service to be held at 5:30 p.m. conducted by Deacon Mike Agnello. Visitation will continue on Friday at St. Helena Catholic Church, Amite, from 9 a.m. until religious services at 10 a.m. conducted by Fr. Joe Camilleri. Interment Amite Memorial Gardens, Amite. Contributions may be made in her memory to your favorite charity.

Wednesday

For the grace of God …

teaches us to say “No”

to ungodliness and worldly passions,

and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives.

~Titus 2:11-12 (NIV) ~

Marvelous Mondays in July

  • 7 P.M. each Monday
  • Theme: “Building on the Firm Foundation”
  • Former staff members leading worship services
  • Nursery provided for each service
  • Worship Guests
    • July 7th – Keith Rhodes and Chris Wales
    • July 14 – Bobby Eads and Tim Daniels
    • July 21 – J.P. Miles & Dennis Walker
    • July 28 – Steve Echols and Ronnie Nielson

LAST FRONTIER. People in a Last Frontier people group are going through a hard time, as there is lack of food right now. It is a difficult period of time for people to survive, because there is no food before the new crop is harvested. A worker has plans to start a business of making soy milk to feed them. Ask the Father to provide whatever is needed to make this project successful. The worker wants to start feeding 900 people and then increase that to 1,300 people. He asks you to join him in requesting for our Provider to provide that all he needs to keep the business going. Also pray for people to begin to know the Lord through this act of love.

AIDS. Pray for the hundreds of thousands of unemployed and underemployed people of Durban, South Africa, as well as the tens of thousands who are living with AIDS and related illnesses that are making them physically unable to work regularly. As food and fuel prices continue to rise, single-parent families and those led by teenagers who are children themselves suffer the most. Pray that churches and Christians here will have a vision, a way, and a will to minister to those in need. http://www.imb.org/AIDS/

MUSLIMS: PRAYING BEYOND THE WALL. Praise the Lord for His unfathomable love which stubbornly pursues us when we are lost in sin, deceived by the Satan and even reject His love. Last year, a South Asian Muslim couple who had believed were separated when the wife renounced her faith in Christ. Sometime later, she had a dream of a man in white, warning her that the path she had chosen was dangerous, that she was “on the wrong path”. Later in tears she fearfully admitted she had made a mistake and said that she wanted to be on the right path again. However, as her internal struggle raged she once again lapsed into a stubborn refusal to surrender herself completely to the Lord. God did not give up on her. Believers continued to pray in faith and last month she made a public profession of faith in Christ. She and her husband have been reunited and have renewed their vows. Pray that they will rebuild their marriage and ministry on Jesus Christ, the only firm foundation!

Joseph Anthony “Joe” Ruffino

After a five-year battle with colon and liver cancer, he lost the battle on Tuesday, June 17, 2008, at 4:05 a.m. at his home surrounded by his family. He was a native of Amite and a resident of Baton Rouge for 55 years. He was 79 years young, hoping to live to the age of 97 like his mom, Louise Ruffino. He was born on July 12, 1928. He was a retired welder from Delta Southern with 35 years of service. He later opened his own shop where he made barbeque pits, truck racks, wood racks and garbage can carriers. He really loved his work and continued that work for 20 years. He leaves behind his loving and devoted wife of 58‰ years who didn’t leave his side or stop caring for him, Gwen Carson Ruffino; daughter, Jo Ann Ruffino DiVincenti and son-in-law, Sam W. DiVincenti Sr.; two grandchildren, Stacy Lynn DiVincenti and Sammy W. DiVincenti Jr.; and a great-granddaughter, Karlee Marie DiVincenti, all of Baton Rouge; sister, Mary Checchin, of McHenry, Ill.; three brothers, Louis S. Ruffino II, of Baton Rouge, and Sam Ruffino and Nunzio Ruffino, both of Amite; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Louis Ruffino Sr. and Louise Inzinna Ruffino, who were both of Sicily, Italy; five sisters, Rose Ruffino, Pamelia Alack, Lucy Costanza, Josie Burrell and Stella Terracina; and two brothers, John Ruffino and Tony Ruffino. Visiting will be at Greenoaks Funeral Home, 9595 Florida Blvd., on Wednesday, June 18, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. and in the chapel Thursday from 9 a.m. until religious service at 10 a.m. Interment in Greenoaks Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be Louis John Ruffino, Louis Alack, Salvador Costanza, Anthony Ruffino, Louis Joseph Ruffino, Louis S. Ruffino III, Sal Ruffino and Robert G. Ruffino. The family would like to thank Dr. J. Philip Boudreaux and Dr. Yi Zarn Wang at Ochsner of Kenner and the staff of the intensive care unit of Ochsner Medical Center, where he stayed for 52 days; Dr. Fredric Billings and Sandra Knight and all of their caring staff at Mary Bird Perkins, along with the staff of St. Joseph’s Hospice. Special thanks to Rob Frazier for all his help. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center, 4950 Essen Lane, Baton Rouge, LA 70809 or St. Joseph’s Hospice, 8923 Bluebonnet Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA 70810.

 

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“At the name of Jesus every knee should bow…” (Philippians 2:10).
Mike Benson, Editor
IN RECENT YEARS, a number of psychologists and sociologists have joined the chorus of religious and political opponents in warning about the impact of pervasive pornography…

They argue that porn is transforming sexuality and relationships — for the worse. Experts say men who frequently view porn may develop unrealistic expectations of women’s appearance and behavior, and have difficulty forming and sustaining relationships and feeling sexually satisfied. Fueled by a combination of access, anonymity and affordability, online porn has catapulted overall pornography consumption — bringing in new viewers, encouraging more use from existing fans and escalating consumers from soft-core to harder-core material. Cyberporn is even giving rise to a new form of sexual compulsiveness. According to Alvin Cooper, who conducts seminars on cybersex addiction, 15% of online-porn habitues develop sexual behavior that disrupts their lives. “The internet is the crack cocaine of sexual addiction,” says Jennifer Schneider, co-author of Cybersex Exposed: Simple Fantasy or Obsession? (Tim McLaughlin)

“Finally, brethren, whatever things are true,

whatever things are noble,

whatever things are just,

whatever things are pure,

whatever things are lovely,

whatever things are of good report,

if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy –

meditate on these things.”

~Philippians 4:8; cf. 2 Tim. 2:2~

Have a great “hump day”!

Anna Lee

Tuesday Afternoon

Jimmie Clayton Battles
(February 17, 1932 – June 17, 2008)

Jimmie Clayton Battles, 76, of Amite, LA., died Tuesday, June 17, 2008 at his home at 5:00AM. Jimmie was born on February 17, 1932 in Amite. Surviving are his high school sweetheart and wife of 56 years, Eva Juanita Graves Battles, Amite, a daughter, Caroline Battles, Bastrop, LA., Kathi Battles Moreland, Winthrop Harbor, Illinois, and Robin Battles Gray and husband Mark, Hammond; a sister, Mary Retha Davis, Amite, and 4 grandsons, John Mark Gray, Michael Clayton Gray, Daniel Moreland, and Clint Sharp. Jimmie is preceded in death by his parents Nathan and Lucille Bennett Battles, 2 brothers, Melvin Battles, Sr., and Clifford Battles, and 2 sisters Clara Bennett and Margie Drude. Jimmie was a U.S. Army Veteran of the Korean Conflict, Second Infantry Division, Second to None, 23rd Infantry Medical Company attachment, serving as a medic. He was a local building contractor for 48 years. His favorite past-time was fishing and hunting with his children and grandchildren. He was proud of his daughters and their many accomplishments, and of his grandchildren. Friends and family will be received Thursday, June 19, 2008, at First Baptist Church, Amite, from 9 AM until the Religious Services at 12 NOON at the First Baptist Church. Interment in Battles Cemetery, Hwy. 1046, Amite, LA. McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite in charge of arrangements. An on-line guestbook is available at http://www.mckneelyvaughnfh.com

Mrs. Mildred Brooks Easley
(August 6, 1921 – June 16, 2008)

Mrs. Mildred Evelyn Brooks Easley, 86, passed away at her home Tuesday, June 17, 2008 after a brief illness. Mrs. Easley was preceded in death by her husband, Fleet J. Easley during his second term as Mayor of Amite City. Mrs. Mildred Easley served as interim mayor after Mr. Fleet’s death in 1984. Mr. and Mrs. Easley were preceded in death by their only child, Evelyn Kathleen Easley in 1968 as the result of a car accident. Mrs. Easley was born in Chesbrough on August 6, 1921 to parents George Albert and Bettie Hart Brooks. She grew up in Tangipahoa, graduated from Kentwood High School and Soule’ Business College in New Orleans. Mrs. Easley served in the United States Navy during World War II, stationed in Pensacola and Whiting Field. Following the war, she worked at Gullett Cotton Gin in Amite City where she met and married Fleet, also a Gullett employee. She was an active member of First Baptist Church of Amite. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Easley was preceded in death by three sisters Anna Laura Reed, Beverly LeTard, Helen Sue Gates and brother Richard Brooks. She is survived by two sisters Miss Dorothy Brooks of Kentwood, Mrs. Catherine Lou Brooks Wright of Amite and Fort Walton Beach, Florida and brother George Albert Brooks, Jr. of LaMarque, Texas. Visitation will be at the McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, Wednesday, June 18, 2008 from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM and Thursday, June 19, 2008 from 8:00 AM until Religious Services at 10:30 AM in the Funeral Home Chapel. Services will be conducted by Dr. Tom Higginbotham. Interment in the Amite Mulberry Cemetery. An on-line guestbook is available at http://www.mckneelyvaughnfh.com. The funeral home is located at I-55 North and Hwy 16 West next to Coggins-Gentry Ford.