Eloise Thaxton

Funeral service for Eloise Thaxton will be at 10:30 am Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at the First United Methodist Church of Natchitoches with Rev. Doug deGraffenreid officiating. Interment will follow at American Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5 pm until 8 pm on Monday, November 23, 2015 at Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home and again on Monday from 9:30 am until the time of service at the First United Methodist Church of Natchitoches located at 411 2nd Street, Natchitoches, LA 71457. Eloise, 97 years of age and a resident of Natchitoches, passed away Thursday, November 19, 2015 in Natchitoches. She was preceded in death by her husband of 78 years, D.B. Thaxton; her parents, Cleveland Stewart and Vernie Stewart; one sister, Iris Weldon; and four brothers, G.C. Stewart, Sammie Stewart, Q.L. Stewart, and Lee Raymond Stewart. She is survived by her daughter, B J Thaxton McKee and husband Larry A. of Baton Rouge, LA; two grandchildren, Tracey McKee Cashio and her husband Vince of Baton Rouge, LA and Rev. Dr. Kevin McKee and wife, Mary Hook McKee of Baton Rouge, LA; four great grandchildren, Monica, Stewart, Joanna, and Lincoln; and one brother, Grover Stewart and his wife Betty. Those honored to serve as pallbearers will be Curtis Masingill, Vince Cashio, Rev. Kevin McKee, and Stewart McKee.