Category: Death Notice(s)

Tuesday

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~

 

Bettye Fussell got great news when she saw her oncologist in New Orleans yesterday.  The chemo is working!  Join with many others in thanking God for this answer to prayer.

Bobbie Magee has been admitted to St. Tammany Hospital with pneumonia.  Bobbie has been sick for a couple weeks.  Pray for Bobbie, her doctor, and her family.

Sue Field Hood

http://harrymckneely.com/obituaries/sue-field-hood

“You will keep your friends if you forgive them,

but you will lose your friends if you keep talking about what they did wrong.”

~Proverbs 17:9 CEV~

“Others” 

 

“Young” Ladies’ Birthday Party 

  • This morning at 11:00
  • The Cafe
  • Come share lunch with us.
  • Ladies with April birthdays who are . being honored
    • Othell Williams
    • Catherine Yarborough
    • Gail Brister
    • Annie Bell Harrell
    • Virginia McKenzie

 

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

Reading the Bible – Isaiah 31-35 & Psalm 116

 

Children in Action

  • Tomorrow night at 6 P.M.
  • Boys and Girls through 5th grade
  • Learn about missions
  • Leading a drive to collect red beans and rice to give to two local food pantries.  Boxes are available at the office entrance and under the balcony steps.

 

I’m thankful to know you are a believer in Christ and in our opportunity to pray any time and any place we choose.

Anna Lee

 

 

 

 

 

Friday

David also said to Solomon his son,

“Be strong and courageous, and do the work.

Do not be afraid or discouraged,

for the LORD God, my God, is with you.

He will not fail you or forsake you until all the work

for the service of the temple of the LORD is finished.

~1 Chronicles 28:20~

 

Phillip Strickland‘s mom reported they are pleased with the surgery results.  Phillip is progressing according to expectations.  Please keep praying for Phillip and the rest of his family.

Susan Rimes has been fitted with a back brace and is adjusting to wearing it. This plan replaces the idea of having some surgery.  Pray for her as she continues to make this change.

 

Janie F. Ashmore

October 31, 1944 – April 19, 2017

http://www.mckneelys.com/home/index.cfm?action=obituaries.obit_view&o_id=4203899&fh_id=10545

Read the Bible – Isaiah 13-17 & Psalm 112

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

 

“Feed the hungry, and help those in trouble.

Then your light will shine out from the darkness,

and the darkness around you will be as bright as noon.

The Lord will guide you continually,

giving you water when you are dry and restoring your strength.

You will be like a well-watered garden, like an ever-flowing spring.”

~Isaiah 58:10-11 NLT, 2nd ed.~

“Serve the Lord with Gladness”

 

Friday Morning Bible Study – Ezekiel 6

 

Don’t forget to bring red beans and rice for our local mission project.  You can put them by the bin for Bibles at the church.

 

I always say that the Third Thursday Gathering is my favorite event of every month.  Last night was no different.  In fact, it was so good I told David it ranked as one of the very best ones yet.  We are so thankful that others come here to help make this happen.  We couldn’t do this without you.  We had a people from eight different churches including one person who was new to our gathering and one who hadn’t been here in a while.  Thank-you to everyone who blesses us by coming.

Anna Lee

 

 

 

Thursday

Therefore confess your sins to each other

and pray for each other so that you may be healed.

The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.

~James 5:16~

 

Phillip Strickland is in a regular room at Ochsner.  He’s still dealing with pain, but hopefully that won’t last too long.  Please pray again today.

Ora Lee WIlson learned the place on her neck is not cancer.  She is thankful and appreciates all your prayers.  Later, she will have surgery to remove it and identify it, but has decided to wait a while.

Ryan “Rufus” Williams continues to slowly improve.  Please continue to pray.

Kenneth Birth continues to deal with back pain.  Pray it eases up some.

Sam Raborn had a tractor accident.  He broke his neck and has had surgery.  Please pray for him as he recovers.  While praying, thank God the accident was not any worse.

 

Janie Ashmore of the New Zion Community passed away.  Please pray for her family and friends.  I’ll post an obituary when one is available.

Jewel Jeremiah Smith, Jr.

September 13, 1931 – April 18, 2017

http://www.mckneelys.com/home/obituary/jewel-smith-jr-

Mrs. Helen McCoy Robertson

  • April 18, 2017
  • Frisco City, Alabama

http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Helen-McCoy-Robertson-104692907

 

Bible Reading – Isaiah 9-12 & Psalm 111

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

 

“Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. — 1 Corinthians 15:55-57 (NIV)

“Victory in Jesus”

 

Third Thursday – 6:30 tonight; Spaghetti’s cooking, Guitars practiced last night, etc.  We’ll be ready!  Y’all come!  Contact me for directions.

Bible Study tomorrow morning at 10:00 – Ezekiel 6

 

Sunday at FBC, Kentwood – Missions March for Annie Armstrong Easter Offering and collection of red beans and rice for food pantries.  That’s in addition to numerous Sunday School classes, wonderful preaching, a nursery (every service), and welcoming members.  Contact the church at 229-8111, another member, or me for more information.

Keep your prayer like active!

Anna Lee

 

Wednesday

So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord,

continue to live your lives in him,

 rooted and built up in him,

strengthened in the faith as you were taught,

and overflowing with thankfulness.

~Colossians 2:6-7~

 

Ryan “Rufus” Williams continues to improve.  Please continue praying.

Phillip Strickland‘s surgery went well.  Phillip will have chemo later.

 

Mrs. Helen Robertson. 97, of Amite passed away.  She was a special lady and someone I can honestly say I have known all my life.

Brenda Ryals Adams

June 03, 1942 – April 18, 2017

http://www.mckneelys.com/home/obituary/brenda-adams

Marie Lorraine Distefano

February 13, 1938 – April 18, 2017

http://www.mckneelys.com/home/obituary/marie-distefano

Bible Reading – Isaiah 5-8 & Psalm 110.

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

 

Third Thursday at the Cabin – 6:30 this Thursday

 

“If they had wanted to,

they could have gone back to the good things of this world.

But they didn’t want to. They were living for heaven.

And now God is not ashamed to be called their God,

for he has made a heavenly city for them.”

~Hebrews 11:15-16 TLB~

“Higher Ground”

 

Annie Armstrong Easter Offering – FBC, Kentwood will have a special time to support this offering Sunday during worship service.

 

Thank-you for checking this site and for praying.  

Anna Lee

 

Monday

For if we have been united with him in a death like his,

we will certainly also be united with him

in a resurrection like his.

~Romans 6:5~

 

Bettye Fussell got through some difficult days last week and celebrated Easter by eating at Middendorf’s yesterday.  Join her in thanking God for a good day in one of her favorite places.

Wendell Simmons is doing well and is expected to be able to come home today.  Thank you for your continued prayers for his recovery.

Phillip Strickland will be having surgery tomorrow at Ochsner on Jefferson.  They expect to be gone for the entire week.  Pray for good results for the surgery and for the girls during this week.

Ora Lee Wilson sees an oncologist tomorrow.  Pray for her and her family as they are anxious to get this behind them.

Ryan “Rufus” Williams is making good progress following his stroke.  He’s successfully reducing the amount of dependence on the ventilator.

 

James Donald Spring

April 28, 1938 – April 15, 2017

http://www.jonesfamilyfuneralservices.net/home/obituary/4199697

 

 

Bible Reading – II Kings 23-25 and Psalm 108

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

Two Rivers Associational WMU Quarterly Meeting – 10:00 this morning at Montpelier Baptist Church.  The leadership meeting will be at 9:00.

 

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life.

The one who believes in me will live, even though they die;

~John 11:25~

“Behold the Lamb” (in honor of Andy Taylor)

Remember our Lord has risen and is waiting for us to join Him in Heaven one day.

Anna Lee

Easter

Let no debt remain outstanding,

except the continuing debt to love one another,

for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law.

 ~Romans 13:8 (NIV)~

 

 

Mr. Donald Spring passed away yesterday.  What a wonderful time of year to move to a heavenly home!  Please pray for the family members.

 

Sunrise and regular worship services available all around our area.  I hope you can be a part of celebrating the real meaning of this day.

 

Bible Reading Plan – II Kings 20-22 & Psalm 107

 

‘You have a guard;

go your way, make it as secure as you know how.’ 

So they went and made the tomb secure,

sealing the stone and setting the guard.”

~Matthew 27:62-66~

“Up from the Grave He Arose”

I look forward to singing this hymn on Easter morning every year!

 

This is the most important day of our religious history.  Celebrate it in the Lord’s House!

Anna Lee

Saturday

God has raised this Jesus to life,

and we are all witnesses of it.

Exalted to the right hand of God,

he has received from the Father

the promised Holy Spirit

and has poured out what you now see and hear.

~Acts 2:32-33~

 

Carry the Cross – Meet at FBC to be transported to Smokehouse where the walk will begin at 9:00.  It will end at FBC about 10:00.  There will be a brief celebration in the parking lot at that time.

 

Ruth Stewart Cutrer got a good report at the cancer center in McComb.  Join me in thanking God for her good report.

Ora Lee Wilson will be seeing a specialist this week.  Keep her in your prayers.

Phillip Strickland will have surgery this week.  Please remember him and him family.

Bessie Hayden‘s broken toe is allowing her to walk a little more.  Continue to pray for her.

 

Omar “Britt” B. Kennedy

September 18, 1947 – April 14, 2017

http://www.mckneelys.com/home/obituary/omar-britt-kennedy

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

Bible Reading – II Kings 18-19 & Psalm 106

 

“No eye has ever seen, no ear has heard,

and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him”

~1 Corinthians 2:9b NLT, 2nd ed.~

“Amazing Grace”

 

Third Thursday – Thursday at 6:30 at the Cabin;  We look forward to see who will be here this month.

 

Mission Project – The children’s missions class invites you to bring red beans and rice during the months of April and May.  The food will be taken to a food pantry.

 

North America needs Jesus!  The Annie Armstrong Offering helps take the gospel message to those who are lost.  Help get the Good News out to people in Canada and the US.

 

Jesus is the reason for the Easter season!  Please be in your church tomorrow or choose one to visit if you do not have a church home.  FBC, Kentwood will have a chose of services tomorrow, 8:15 or 10:30 A.M.  Check a previous post of The Prayer Link for sunrise services.

Anna Lee

 

 

 

Sunday

This is my blood of the covenant,

which is poured out for many

for the forgiveness of sins.

~Matthew 26:28~

 

Please pray for Wilbur Creel who suffered second and third degree burns on his hands arm and side yesterday.

Pray for Joanne Seymore who began her twelve rounds of chemo Friday.

Pray for Bettye Fussell as she and Fuzzy continue her treatment.

 

Nadine Joiner Anderson

November 05, 1954 – April 07, 2017

http://www.mckneelys.com/home/obituary/nadine-anderson

 

 

Read the Bible – I Kings 20-22 & Psalm 100

Easter Cantatas

  • Spring Creek Baptist Church – this morning
  • Kentwood FBC – 7 P.M. tonight

 

The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.                             ~Hebrews 1:3 (NIV)~

The reminds me of our Easter cantata which will be tonight.  David and I watched the practice last night.  I hope you can attend tonight.  The children are singing two songs.  There is a variety of music from the adults, some familiar and some new.  Come be blessed.  It will begin at 7:00 tonight.

The Children in Action are leading a mission project for an area food pantry.  They are collecting bags of red beans and rice.  Please support them by bring some too!

It’s Annie Armstrong Easter Offering time.  Our missions march will be one week from today.

Have an extra meaningful day this Palm Sunday.

Anna Lee

 

 

Saturday
Devotional image from Rick Warren

“Get up, cry out in the night,

even as the night begins.

Pour out your heart like water in prayer to the Lord.”

~Lamentations 2:19a NCV~

 

Margaret “Sis” Oliver is at her daughter, Sandra’s, house.

 

Nadine Anderson of Amite passed away Thursday morning.

Charles Cleborn “Cleve” Tidwell

January 30, 1933 – April 07, 2017

http://www.mckneelys.com/home/index.cfm?action=obituaries.obit_view&o_id=4186584&fh_id=10545

Huey Dalton Morgan

December 20, 1935 – April 06, 2017

http://www.mckneelys.com/home/index.cfm?action=obituaries.obit_view&o_id=4186579&fh_id=10545

Read the Bible – I Kings 17-19 and Psalm 99

Waylon Bailey – waylonbailey.com

Thom S. Rainer – thomrainer.com

 

Operation Christmas Child will have plastic shoeboxes, in red and green, printed and available for packing this year.  This will make the box a lasting gift to go with the gifts inside.

Remember this:

Whoever turns a sinner from the error of their way

will save them from death and cover over a multitude of sins.

~James 5:20~

“Rescue the Perishing”

 

“Jesus Messiah”, Easter cantata, tomorrow night at FBC, Kentwood at 7 P.M.

Everyone is invited to attend.

Anna Lee