Mary Lou Squyres

Funeral services for Mary Lou Squyres will be held at 11:30 am on Saturday, March 14, 2015 at Lake St. John Community Baptist Church in Ferriday, LA with Rev. Mark Richardson officiating. Interment will follow at Pine Ridge Cemetery in Melder, LA with Rev. Wayne Martin officiating at 3:30 pm following the service. The family will receive friends from 10:30 am until 11:30 am on March 14, 2015 at Lake St. John Community Baptist Church in Ferriday, LA. Mary Squyres, 83 years of age, passed away March 12, 2015. Mary was born in Azucena, a small community near Waterproof, LA on February 22, 1932 to Presley and Claudia Saxon. She was an active member of Lake St. John Community Baptist Church in Ferriday, LA where she served as church clerk for many years. She spent her early years growing up on beautiful Lake St. John in Concordia Parish, LA. After graduating from Ferriday High School in 1949, she attended Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, LA, where she majored in Home Economics. There, she met and married James E. "Sam" Squyres of Melder, LA. Together they worked and traveled to many places including Texas, South Carolina, and Alaska. She had a passion for reading, sewing, cooking, flower gardening, and enjoyed crossword puzzles. Her favorite color was purple and it was obvious by the many "purple" items she had collected throughout her entire life. She enjoyed spending time with her friends in Love Circle, W.M.U., as well as several church groups and organizations. She was survived by her children, Merlin Squyres and wife Mary of Natchitoches, LA and Larla McInnis and husband Butch of Shreveport, LA; eight grandchildren; eleven great grandchildren; her two brothers, James Presley Saxon and wife Annette of New Berlin Wisconsin and Daniel Talmadge Saxon and wife Jackie of Stonewall, LA; two sisters, Helen Morrow and husband Eugene of Calhoun, LA and Rowena Martin and husband Wayne of Pocahontas, AR; her aunt, Daisy Schexnayder and husband Al of Cincinnati OH; and numerous cousins, nieces, and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Presley and Claudia Watts Saxon; her husband, James Earl "Sam" Squyres; her son, James Marlin "Jim" Squyres; and her grandson, Boaz Barber Squyres.