Category: Death Notice(s)

Wednesday

“Give all your worries and cares to God,

for he cares about you.”

~ Peter 5:7 NLT~

 

Pray for Chris Primes of Amite as he sees an oncologist about a possible cure for his health problem.  This is good news after being told his problem was not curable.

 

 

Nikki Newell is receiving long-awaited treatment.  Her new doctor diagnosed her problem quickly and began treatment.  The family is thankful for being led to the new physician.

 

 

Mary Lou “Ganny” Cutrer

October 02, 1935 – May 15, 2018

A resident of Greensburg, passed away on Tuesday, May 15, 2018. She was born October 2, 1935 in Liverpool and was 82 years of age. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Greensburg. She is survived by her daughter, MaryJo Cutrer, Greensburg; 2 sons, John “Buck” Cutrer, Jr., Colyell,  and Richard D. Cutrer and wife, Donna, Greensburg; 7 grandchildren, Josh Freché and wife, Mary Beth, Ashley Woodard, Joey Cutrer, III, Drew Cutrer and wife, Lauren, Brittany Cutrer, Baylor Cutrer and wife, Baileigh, and Justin Cutrer and wife, Pam; 2 step grandchildren, Kyle Hayden and wife, April, and Kayla Populis and husband, C.J.; 7 great grandchildren, Ava Cutrer, Reed Freché, Rylee Freché, Ross Freché, Ariat Cutrer, Owen Cutrer and Eden Cutrer; 3 step great grandchildren, Tinsley Populis, Lawson Hayden and Luke Hayden; and her special companion, her beloved dog, Little Bit. Preceded in death by her husband of 63 years, John “Joe” “Paw” Cutrer, Sr.; parents, Fred and Edith Johnson; granddaughter, Carly Lou Cutrer and her brother, Billy Ray Johnson. Visitation at First Baptist Church of Greensburg from 9 AM until religious services at 12 Noon on Thursday, May 17, 2018. Services conducted by Bro. Tommy Smith. Interment Greensburg Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Josh Freché, Drew Cutrer, Baylor Cutrer, Justin Cutrer, Kyle Hayden and Greg Carruth. Honorary pallbearers include Joey Cutrer, III, Reed Freché and Ross Freché.  The family would like to extend a special thanks to the staff of Heart of Hospice for their care and support. In lieu of flowers, donations maybe made to First Baptist Church of Greensburg, 6260 Hwy 10, Greensburg, LA 70441. McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, in charge of arrangements. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

 

 

Isabella Rose Durbin

May 05, 2018 – May 13, 2018

Isabella Rose Durbin, a resident of Independence, passed away on Sunday, May 13, 2018 at Children’s Hospital in New Orleans. She was born May 5, 2018 in Hammond and was 8 days old. She is survived by her father, Justin Palmer; mother, Heather Durbin; sister, Leigha Petho; grandparents, Gary and Terri Durbin, and Roy and Phyllis Palmer; uncle, Gary Durbin, Jr.; aunt, Heather Russell and husband, Edward; great grandparents, Cecil and Nora Stewart and Shirley Palmer. Preceded in death by her great grandfather, Jerry Palmer. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite,  from 9 AM until religious services at 11 AM Thursday, May 17, 2018. Services conducted by Rev. Mitch Williams. Interment Durbin Cemetery, Independence. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

This is the second baby’s obituary I have posted in less than a week.  How sad for the families.

 

 

 

Read the Bible

  • 2 Samuel 21-22
  • Job 3
  • Acts 24

 

 

Children in Action will meet at 6 P.M. tonight in the regular classroom.

 

 

Hoping for rain, but knowing God will send rain “In His Time”.  God’s timing is always right.

Anna Lee

 

 

 

 

Saturday

 A wife of noble character who can find?

She is worth far more than rubies.

She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.

Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her.

— Proverbs 31:10, 27-28 (NIV)

Happy Mother’s Day weekend!

 

 

Our Mallory, the first grandchild, made it to Kentwood last night.  God has blessed us greatly by giving her to us off and on for the summer.

 

 

Arlene Rae Travis

May 09, 2018 – May 09, 2018
Arlene Rae Travis was born into the arms of Angels on Wednesday, May 9, 2018. She is survived by her parents, Mitchell and Amber Travis; sister, Adelyne Georgia Travis; brother, Matthew Vernon Travis; grandparents, Kenneth and Imelda Travis, all of Greensburg, and George and Jan Burch, Mt. Hermon; and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. Preceded in death and welcomed into Heaven by her angel baby sibling. Graveside Services will be held at Greensburg Cemetery at 4:30 PM Saturday, May 12, 2018. McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, in charge of arrangements.

 

 

 

Read the Bible

  • 2 Samuel 15-16
  • Psm. 61
  • Acts 21

 

 

Have a wonderful Saturday!

Anna Lee

 

 

 

 

Thursday

“Be still in the presence of the Lord,

and wait patiently for him to act.” 

~Psalm 37:7 NLT~

 

 

David and I just watched the homecoming of the hostages who were held in North Korea.  What great homecomings they will have during the next few days and weeks!

 

 

A missionary had a homecoming too.  She arrived in heaven.   https://wordpress.com/post/theprayerlink.com/22947

‘Return to sender’: Casket proclaims life journey

by Diana Chandler, posted Wednesday, May 09, 2018 (11 hours ago)
Tags: Heaven

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (BP) — Retired Southern Baptist missionary Patricia Stooksbury wanted everyone to know her life’s journey. She had it printed plainly on her pine shipping-crate-modeled casket.

“Return to Sender.” “To: Heaven thru Jesus Christ.” “This end up.” “Fragile.”

John Green, pastor of Wallace Memorial Baptist Church in Knoxville, Tenn., described the casket as unique and unlike anything he’d ever seen.

“I was so impressed because it was such an interesting way to share about her faith,” Green told Baptist Press today (May 9). “Everyone recognizes a shipping crate is sending you to another destination. That’s the story she was telling, even in her death — the story she was telling all throughout her life, which is that through faith in Christ we can have another home where we’ll spend eternity.”

Stooksbury, of Powell, Tenn., returned to her eternal home April 29 at age 70. Her journey was recounted and celebrated May 3 at Wallace Memorial Baptist Church, named in 1953 for William Wallace, a medical missionary to China for 17 years until his death at the hands of the communists in 1951.

At her funeral, the custom-built casket was front and center. By then, many friends and family members had signed the casket with well wishes.

“God speed.” “See you on the other side.” “Thank God for missionaries.”

The International Mission Board commissioned Stooksbury for the mission field in 1976. She spent more than 36 years spreading the Gospel, first as a Journeyman in Ecuador, then as a missionary to Costa Rica and Bolivia. She took medical leave in 2010, returning to the U.S. with pulmonary hypertension and stage 3 kidney failure.

She commissioned her casket in 2014 from Stevens Mortuary in Knoxville, the Knoxville News Sentinel wrote at the time.

“I think it’s appropriate for the occasion,” the News Sentinel quoted her as saying. “I want those at my funeral to notice my witness. I am going back to God, so I had them put ‘return to sender’ on top.

“On the sides, in English and Spanish, it says ‘To Heaven [thru] Jesus Christ,’ because it is because of Him and what He did that I can get there.”

Friends who spoke at her funeral, including her Knoxville pastor Mark Sasser, said she relished heaven.

“Here’s what I learned about Pat over the years that I’ve known her — she was ready to go,” said Sasser, pastor of Callahan Baptist Church. “She was ready to go. She had made her preparation.”

Stooksbury accepted her call to missions while a teenage member of Wallace Memorial Baptist, under the tutelage of former and longtime pastor Jim McCluskey. She joined Callahan Baptist after retiring from the mission field.

Retired Southern Baptist missionaries Carter and Charlotte Davis, longtime friends of Stooksbury, also noted her eagerness for heaven.

“Why isn’t the Lord calling me home?” she asked Carter Davis two months before her death, Davis said at the funeral. Davis didn’t know what to tell her, he said, other than God still had use for her on earth.

Bringing greetings from IMB to her survivors, Davis read from Ecclesiastes 7:1.

“A good name is better than fine perfume, and the day of death better than the day of birth (NIV),” Davis said. “That’s the way Patricia viewed death, something to behold and celebrate. Patricia, we love you and we miss you. We return you to sender.”

 

 

We may not have a homecoming to our country like the hostages did, but we can all have a sweet homecoming like Patricia Stooksbury!

 

 
Read the Bible 

  • 2 Samuel 11-12
  • Ps. 60
  • Acts 19

 

 

Let’s all get prepared for a heavenly homecoming!

Anna Lee

Mansell’s Obituary

Mansell Ira Stinson

August 02, 1951 – May 07, 2018

A resident of Kentwood passed away on Monday, May 7, 2018 at North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond. He was born August 2, 1951 in New Orleans and was 66 years of age. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Kentwood. He is survived by wife, Jackie Pierre and many loving friends. Preceded in death by parents, Ira James Stinson and Beatrice Lewis Stinson. Memorial Services will be held at 3:00PM on Sunday, May 20, 2018 at First Baptist Church, Kentwood. McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, in charge of arrangements. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

Monday at Noon

I received a call that Mansell Stinson has been hospitalized at North Oaks since Friday and passed away a little while ago.  I’ll post more as information becomes available. Please pray for Jackie, Chris, and other family members.

Monday

Then I said: “LORD, the God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love with those who love him and keep his commandments, ….

~Nehemiah 1:5~

 

 

Yesterday, the 2018 graduates were honored at many area churches.  FBC, Kentwood not only had a large number of graduates, but we also had such wonderful Christian young adults in the group.  May you take God with you each day whether you will be in school or on-the-job.

 

Read the Bible

  • Reflect on God as Sovereign
  • Complete any passages you missed this past week

 

 

It was good to have the Dillons at church again.  “Miss” Ruby’s illness has kept them homebound for a year.  How wonderful it was to have them at church!  I know it was wonderful for them too.

 

 

Also, Mrs. Bessie Hayden was back, this time with her oxygen tank.  She wore a big smile, as usual.  I’m thankful again today to the men who built her a ramp to get her wheelchair out of her house.

 

 

I’m also thankful for the elevator at church that enables people like these two ladies to get to our sanctuary.  It is much more than a convenience for others to use when they are not able to climb the steps.

 

 

If you know someone who is not mobile enough to climb the steps at church, please tell them about the elevator and the volunteers who wait out in front of the church to assist those who may need an umbrella, help with a heavy load, wheelchair assistance, etc,  Those volunteers make mobility to the sanctuary not only possible, but also much more pleasant.  The volunteers usually  notice your need before you can ask!

 

 

Pray for the family of Mr. James W. Frazier today.

 

 

Have a fantastic week!

Anna Lee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday Evening

“If you want to know what God wants you to do, ask him, and he will gladly tell you, for he is always ready to give a bountiful supply of wisdom to all who ask him.”

 ~James 1:5 TLB~

 

 

This is an appropriate verse for the ten graduates who will be honored in the morning at FBC, Kentwood.

 

 

Thank-you to David, and Brett and Susan Frazier for helping take our boys and girls to M-JAM at Tall Timbers Conference Center. Thanks to the parents who entrusted us with their children Friday and Saturday and for sending them to missions class on Wednesdays.  What a great week-end we had hearing about God’s calling on lives and missions on the home-front as well as internationally.  We all learned so much!  We came back extremely tired, but we are already making plans for next year.

 

 

Please pray for Mr. Red Pittman who has been hospitalized at North Oaks.

 

 

Mr. James Walter Frazier has been faithful to check on us the last few years.  We think of him as a special friend.  He passed away yesterday.

James Walter “Jim” Frazier, Jr.

November 01, 1947 – May 04, 2018

A resident of Kentwood passed away on Friday, May 4, 2018 at Southwest Regional Medical Center in McComb, MS at the age of 70. He was born November 1, 1947 in McComb, MS to James Walter Frazier, Sr. and Thelma Brumfield Frazier. He was a U. S. Air Force Veteran of Vietnam where he served as a jet mechanic.  He is survived by his loving wife, Patricia Frazier; daughters, Amy Fisher and Brenda Frazier; step-children, John Corkern, Sandra Hicks, Angie Desmond, Steve Bennett, and Renee Bennett and husband, Anthony; numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.  Preceded in death by his parents, J. W. and Thelma Frazier; sister, Elizabeth “Libby” Perrin; and a niece, Elizabeth Perrin. Visitation at New Zion Baptist Church, Kentwood, from 9 a.m. until religious services at 11 a.m. on Monday, May 7, 2018. Services conducted by Rev. Larry Blades and Rev. Donnie Easley. Interment New Zion Cemetery, Kentwood. McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, in charge of arrangements. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

 

 

Read the Bible

  • 2 Sam. 3-4
  • Ps. 54
  • Acts 15

 

 

The Lord’s Day is approaching.  Let’s honor Him with our time, our worship, and our service tomorrow.

Anna Lee

 

Monday

“God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts.

Use them well to serve one another.” 

~1 Peter 4:10 NLT~

 

 

K.K. Huckaby has shared an update on Josiah.

Tomorrow is Josiah’s kidney surgery. We still don’t have a time yet but should have one early tomorrow morning. I will post that info as soon as we have it. I will continue to update that same post tomorrow as I have info & am able. Please don’t worry if the last update seems to take awhile. Once he comes back to his room after a procedure, it gets a little chaotic while they get him settled because there are a ton of people in his room plus the doctors have to give us an update. Thanks for all the prayers! God is so good!!!

 

 

Debi Bales will be undergoing some medical testing at the end of the week.  Please pray for her.

 

 

Robert E. Turner

January 22, 1930 – April 27, 2018

Robert Turner, 88, of Baton Rouge, passed away on April 27th at Christus Highland Hospital in Shreveport. Visitation will be from 9 to 10:30 am followed immediately by the funeral service at McKneely Funeral Home in Amite on Tuesday May 1st. The burial service will be held immediately afterwards at Kedron Baptist Church in Amite, LA.

At age 17 Bob joined the merchant marine and sailed Caribbean routes, telling stories of the Dry Tortugas and eating lobsters straight from the sea. At 23 Bob joined the Army and was stationed on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state, forever after saying that that was the most beautiful place he had ever seen. But the beauty there couldn’t keep him from the beauty at home – he returned to marry the love of his life, Mollie Rushing Turner. They built their lives together for the next 62 years, raising and loving two children, Sherri and Rob, and four grandchildren, Claire, Chris, Benjamin and Jacob.

Bob was a talented athlete in high school, playing basketball for Woodland High School. He graduated from Southeastern Louisiana State University and passed on his love of sports and teamwork to generations of kids as a coach, first at Istrouma Middle School, and then at Central Middle School for 30 years. Most importantly for those who knew him, Bob was one of the kindest and fairest men you could meet. Bob was a man of few words but lived his life as an emblem of the “golden rule”, treating everyone he met with respect and kindness.
Bob was pre-deceased by his Father Jacob Turner, his Mother Rena Pulliam Turner, his sisters Katie Turner Stevens, Lillian Turner Courtney, Marie Turner Curtis, and brothers Artemis “Team”, Charles Murdoch “CM” and Ivy.

Bob is survived by his wife, Mollie Rushing Turner, his daughter Sherri Turner Skrivanos, his son Robert Turner Jr., daughter-in-law Chau Ta Turner and grandchildren Claire Skrivanos and Lib Tietjen, Chris Skrivanos, Benjamin Turner and Jacob Turner.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Kedron Baptist Church cemetery fund.

 

 
Read the Bible

  • Reflect of God as Strength
  • Catch up on any readings you missed
  • If you would like a hard-copy of the readings for the rest of the year, stop by FBC, Kentwood and ask someone in the office to get you a yellow paper from the sanctuary.

 

 

 

Don’t forget the ladies’ meeting tonight at FBC, Amite at 6:30.  Let me know if you want to ride with me.  You don’t have to bring anything but a friend.

 

 

 

Yesterday, I got to meet another faithful reader.  It is always good to see your faces and hear your names.

Anna Lee

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday

I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that people will fear him.
~Ecclesiastes 3:14~

 

 

 

Please continue to pray for Mr. Elwood Courtney, 99, of Holden.

 

 

 

Josiah Huckaby

Update: Josiah has continued to become more stable over the last 3 weeks and Urology has decided they want to move forward with his kidney surgery. It is scheduled for Monday, April 30th. We don’t have a specific time yet. This will be the last know surgery and it will be the longest one so far…taking about 3 hours. This is a huge praise because when we talked about this in December, the doctor was very hesitant about doing the surgery and she felt it was best to wait until we just couldn’t wait any longer. Now they are eager to get it done so that he won’t have to come back for surgery once he comes home. The nurse practioner seemed pleasantly surprised on Saturday when she was talking to us about his current vent settings. He is currently on an older model home vent which is bulky and makes mobility for him a little more difficult so our goal is to try to swap him to the newer home vent after surgery. They were hesitant about the idea a few weeks ago but now they are confindent with the future change. Josiah has been to playgroup twice now and hopefully we will get to go outside tomorrow for the first time ever (weather permitting). He loves his custom stroller and enjoys just sitting in it. He continues to make more talking noises over his trach. He has 6 teeth that I can see…his tongue stays in the way so he could have more.  He has finally started trying to roll to the left…he has always favored rolling to the right. And of course he’s always silly, smiling, and laughing! To God be the glory!!!

 

 

Pray for Joanne Seymour, formerly of Amite and one of my former students, as she undergoes surgery in New York today.

 

 

Eyvonne Ricks
August 20, 1935 – April 23, 2018

Eyvonne Ricks, a resident of Denham Springs, passed away on Monday, April 23, 2018 at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge. She was born August 20, 1935 in Kentwood and was 82 years of age. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Kentwood and IRA #84 Order of Eastern Star. She loved spending time with family and friends, scrap booking and putting puzzles together. She is survived by her 2 sons, Layton Ricks, Jr. and wife, Susan, Denham Springs, Ronnie Ricks and wife, Susan, Canton, MS; daughter, Judy Ricks Garcia and husband, Larry, Denham Springs; 11 grandchildren, Angela, April, Layci, Nancy and Brett, Rondi, Rob, Joel and Kristin, Heather, and Lucretia; and 14 great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by the love of her live of 59 ½ years , Luther L. Ricks, Sr.; parents, George and Ada Lou Tidwell; sisters, Lillie Mae Easley and Norma D. Christopher; granddaughter, Jessica N. Garcia and grandson, Larry Garcia, II. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, from 5 PM until 8 PM, Wednesday and from 8 AM until religious services at 11 AM Thursday, April 26, 2018. Services conducted by Rev. Leo Miller. Interment Woodland Cemetery, Kentwood. Pallbearers will be Brett Miller, Brien LeBlanc, RP Scritchfield, Gary White, Michael Temple, and Mason White. Honorary Pallbearer will be Rob Ricks. In lieu of flowers please make donations to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 or to the American Heart Association, 10 Glenlake Parkway  NE South Tower, Ste 400, Atlanta, GA 30328. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

 

 

Camp Living Waters article – http://baptistmessage.com/fire-destroys-camp-living-waters-maintenance-building/

 

 

 

Read the Bible

I Sam. 7-9
Eccl. 9:11-18
Acts 4

Copies of the Bible reading plan for May-December are available at FBC, Kentwood.

 

 

 

This afternoon and evening, please be praying as a film team videos at FBC, Kentwood today for a future promotional video about missions.  The plans are to make this one segment of the Georgia Barnett Week of Prayer for Louisiana missions.

Anna Lee

 

Sunday

The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, “Come!”

Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.

~Revelation 22:17~

 

 

Pray for the family of Mr. John Alan Blackwell as they have his services this afternoon at FBC, Kentwood.

  • Wake – 2:00 P.M.
  • Celebration of Life – 3:00 P.M.

 

“Young” Ladies’ Birthday Party

Tuesday at The Cafe at 11:00

Honoring Ladies with April Birthdays

                  Othell Williams

                 Catherine Yarborough

                 Gail Brister

                 Annie Bell Harrell

                 Virginia McKenzie

 

M-JAM (Grades 1-5) – May 4-5

Permission slip and $20.00 fee is due TODAY!

See Anna Lee if you have any questions.

 

Children in Action

A video team will be here Wednesday night to film a portion of a segment for a future Georgia Barnette video.

 

Operation Christmas Child

Shoeboxes and information sheets available after church today!  Questions? Ask Anna Lee .  

 

 

Read the Bible

  • I Sam. 1-3
  • Eccl. 9:1-10
  • Acts 4

 

 

Have a great Lord’s Day!

Anna Lee