Category: Praises, Requests, & Updates

Please continue to pray for Mr. Billy Brabham and Mrs. Ruby Dillon.  He will spend another night at North Oaks.  She will be at Southwest another night.

Eunice A. Dykes
(April 22, 1916 – February 10, 2010)

A loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother went to be with her Lord on Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond, LA. She was born April 22, 1916 in St. Helena Parish, LA and was a resident of Kentwood, LA. Age 93 years. She was married to Curtis “Son” Dykes, Sr. on July 16, 1937 and they celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary on July 16, 1987. She and her husband owned and operated the Kentwood Skating Rink from 1961 until 1988. She was a homemaker and a babysitter at the Skating Rink for nearly every kid in south Louisiana and Mississippi. She is survived by her daughter, Carolyn Dykes, Greenwell Springs, LA; son, Curtis Dykes, Jr. and his wife, Karen, Magnolia, MS; 3 grandchildren, Krista McCulley and her husband, Michael, Curt Dykes and his wife, Lesley, and Cal Dykes; 5 great-grandchildren, Brooke, Mallory and Wesley McCulley, Reagan and Addison Dykes; sister, Angie Redmond, Kentwood. She was preceded in death by her husband; parents, Hosea and Georgie Bridges Addison; 4 sisters, an infant sister, Kathleen Addison, Irene Dykes, and Cora McDaniel; brother, Hiram Addison. Pallbearers will be Curt Dykes, Cal Dykes, Michael McCulley, Jimmy Hatcher, Major Hatcher and Robert Hutchinson. Honorary Pallbearers will be Wesley McCulley, Bobby Hutchinson and Justin Hutchinson. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, from 10 a.m. until religious services at 1 p.m. Thursday. Services conducted by Rev. Lewis Morris. Interment Woodland Cemetery, Kentwood, LA.

William Roger Hallmark a loving husband, father and grandfather was born October 7, 1943 and passed away at 6:14 a.m., Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at his residence surrounded by his family. Roger was 66, a native of Lewisburg, AL and a resident of Amite.

Roger is survived by his wife, Jane Wood Hallmark, Amite; his daughter, Marie Clare Hallmark, Amite; son, Scott Hallmark and wife Wendy, Ponchatoula; Scott’s sister, Paula Bloomfield; step-son, Art Smith, Baton Rouge; step-daughter, Grace Wood Smith, Baton Rouge; 3 grandchildren, Braeden Hallmark, Evan Hallmark and Avery Hallmark; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Roy and Lyda Wood, Amite.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Clarence and Marie Hallmark; sister, Ruby Jo Town.

Visitation at McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, on Friday, February 12, 2010 from 11:00 a.m. until Religious Services at 2:00 p.m. in the funeral home Chapel. Interment in Edwards Cemetery, east of Amite.

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

McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home is located at I-55N & Hwy 16W behind Mr. Tom’s Car Wash and Bill Hood Automotive.

Please pray for Mr. Billy Brabham.  He had to undergo some tests due to a heart issue.  He was still at North Oaks the mid-afternoon.

Please continue to pray for Bob and Diane Wagstaff.  They are still unable to leave the country they went to at Christmas to visit their son.  Health issues and paperwork delays are delaying their return to Romania.

Daisy Dean Alford Wascom

(September 22, 1939 – February 8, 2010)

A loving wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away at 8:38 p.m. on Monday, February 8, 2010 at Hood Memorial Hospital in Amite. She was born on September 22, 1939 in St. Helena Parish and was a resident of Greensburg. Age 70 years. She was a member of New Zion Baptist Church and The Order of Eastern Star in Greensburg. Visitation at New Zion Baptist Church, Kentwood, from 8 a.m. on Wednesday until religious services at 11 a.m. Wednesday. Services conducted by Rev. Richard Sandberg and Matthew Belser. Interment New Zion Cemetery, Kentwood. Survived by husband, Jule W. Wascom, Greensburg, 3 daughters, Glenda Rohner Wascom and her husband, Ricky, Greensburg, Jana Rohner Causey and her husband, M. L., III, Gillsburg, MS, Vicki Rohner Creager and her husband, Tommy, Vinton, son, Jeffrey Dean Rohner, Greensburg, 5 grandchildren, Colby, Chelsea, and Carson Causey, Ryan and Rusty Wascom, sister, Janis Lassiter and her husband, Mike, Greensburg. Preceded in death by parents, John Dean and Ida Perryman Alford. Pallbearers will be Colby and Carson Causey, Ryan and Rusty Wascom, Michael Smith, and Bobby Wascom. McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, in charge of arrangements.