Obituaries and Memoirs

Sue Johnston Jordan Warren was born on February 13, 1933 in Haile, Louisiana and passed away on July 6, 2022. Sue graduated from Bastrop High School in 1951 and from Northeast Louisiana State College in 1956 with a BA in...

Rev. Marva Louise Washington-Mitchell, a retired pastor in the Louisiana Annual Conference of United Methodist Church, departed this life on Friday, May 27, 2022, at Touro Hospital at the age of 86. A native of New ...

Steven Randall Kelly died unexpectedly on May 16, 2022 in Plano, Texas. He was born May 8th, 1957 in Shreveport, Louisiana to the late Reba Leach Kelly and the late Joseph Edward Kelly. Steve graduated from O. Perry ...

Rev. Karl M. Clark peacefully departed this life after a lengthy illness on Tuesday, April 26, 2022. He was 74, a native and resident of Baton Rouge, LA. He was educated in the East Baton Rouge Parish School System and ...

Mildred was born in Columbia, LA from the union of John B. Fluitt and Georgia M. Smith, and was the baby of 9 children. She was spoiled a little by her mother who rocked Mildred in her lap until her feet touched the ...

Rev. Gary Van Horn passed away on Saturday, April 2, 2022, at the age of 82.   He served churches throughout Louisiana for many, many years.   Those left to mourn his loss and cherish his memory are his daughter, Joy ...

Jeannette Hester Webb Pickens, 91, went to be with her Lord, Jesus, Friday, March 18, 2022 at her home with her loving daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter by her side. A native of Alexandria and a resident of Denham ...

Rev. Michael Dean McLaurin was born in New Orleans, LA to Robert and Virginia McLaurin on March 10, 1950.  Mike grew up in Amite, LA, graduated from Moss Point High School in Moss Point, MS in 1968, attended Emory & ...

Reverend Conrad Paul Edwards was born August 5, 1931 in Bienville Parish, Louisiana to Otis and Margaret Edwards and passed away peacefully, Saturday, March 5, 2022 in Shreveport, Louisiana. Reverend Conrad was a ...

Margaret Monvoisin Fuller passed away on the afternoon of Friday, March 4, 2022 surrounded by her family. Beloved only child of the late Frank Anthony Monvoisin and Jessie Watson Monvoisin, and beloved wife of the late ...

     Rev. James Oliver Evans was born Jan. 27, 1925 in the Wesley Chapel community near Ruston to Walter Scott Evans and Nina Riser Evans. He honorably served as a Staff Sergeant in the US Army in Europe in World War II ...

Emile A Rousseau, Jr, was born on April 24, 1947 and entered into the presence of our Lord on Sunday, February 13, 2022 in his hometown of Biloxi, MS. Emile was born and raised in Biloxi, MS where he, felt at a young ...

Robert "Bob" Riley Richardson, passed away on February 12, 2022 at age 84. He was born October 10, 1937. He was preceded in death by his parents Edward Everette Richardson and Mathilde Virginie Richardson, as well as his...

Rev. Heidi Spell, beloved mother, sister, and friend passed away on February 3, 2022.    She served the United Methodist Church for 10 years and was also a librarian for the John Dupre Library in Port Barre since it ...

Reverend Marguerite Rheams was the eldest of six siblings, who was born and raised by the (late) Morris Jordan, Sr. and Velma Barnes in Denham Springs, LA. She began her journey on March 2, 1947. Reverend Marguerite ...

Donalda Jane Mayo was born July 31, 1932, to George Donald and Jane Edith Baldwin in Cushing, Oklahoma.  She deported this life January 10,2022, at the age of 89.  She was a 1950 graduate of Cushing High School.  On ...