Antonetta Angelina Pool

Service for Antonetta Angelina Pool will be held at 2:30 P.M., Wednesday, March 16, 2011 in Holy Cross Catholic Church with Reverend Jason Gootee officiating. Burial will be at St. Augustine Catholic Cemetary at Melrose, La. under the direction of Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home of Natchitoches, La. Visitation will be Tuesday, March 15, 2011 from 5 P.M until 9 P.M. with a Rosary at 7 P.M. in the funeral home. Mrs. Pool, 85 of Natchitoches, La., died peacefully on March 12, 2011 at Christus Schumpert Highland Hospital in Shreveport, La. following a procedure. She was a native of Providence, RI and a devoted wife of 53 years to Philip Lawrence Pool who preceded her in death in June, 2005. She was a member of Holy Cross Catholic Church, a loving mother and friend to all. She is survived by two sons, Richard Michael Pool and wife Dr. Holly Stave of Natchitoches, La. and Stephen Gregory Pool and wife Lisa of Jamaica, NY; grandchildren Scott Pool, Kate Pool, Tiffany McMahan and husband Matthew, Kimberly Davis and husband Kirsten; great grandchildren Justin McMahan, Jacob McMahan, and Emmaline, Easton, Elian and Ekela Davis. In lieu of flowers, donations are welcome to one of Mrs. Pool’s charities, the “Susan G. Komen for the Cure” breast cancer awareness organization.