Lennie Joan Mathews

Lennie Joan Sullivan Mathews, age 54, of Campti, LA, passed away Thursday, December 11, 2008, at her home in Campti, La. Arrangements are being handled by Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home, in Natchitoches, LA, where the family will receive friends from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM Friday, December 12, 2008. The funeral service will be at Family Worship Center at 2:00 PM Saturday, December 13, 2008, with Rev. Dan Chance officiating. Interment will be at Black Lake Full Gospel Cemetery in Campti, LA. Mrs. Lennie was very pleasant and joyful person. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She was a member of the Family Worship Center in Campti, LA. Although she fought a long battle with cancer, she never lost her faith and her good spirit. She was an active advocate for the Relay for Life as well. She enjoyed scrapbooking and attending church regularly. She will be dearly missed by her family and friends. She was preceded in death by her father, William Sullivan; and one sister, Hope Potts. She is survived by her husband Allan James Mathews; one son, William Smith of Vallejo, CA; five daughters, Rita Mathews of Castor, LA, Bernadette Hill of Coushatta, LA, Sonya Speir of Coushatta, LA, Sally Stewart of Goldonna, LA, and Amelia Mathews of Campti, LA; fourteen grandchildren, Ashley Smith, Amber Smith, Austin Smith, Atlas Britt, Christy Mathews, Misty Mathews, Amanda Hill, Kyle Hill, Ren Speir, Christian Speir, Josiah Speir, Colby Stewart, Taylor Stewart, and Jesse Stewart; one great grandchild, Aiden Speir; her mother, Alma Sullivan of Campti, LA; two sisters, Lyndle Potts of Campti, LA and Crystal Potts of Corning, IA; one brother, Sherril Sullivan of Campti, LA; and a host of nieces and nephews.