Johnny Antoon

A Mass of Christian Burial for Johnny Antoon will be at 11 am Saturday, November 28, 2015 at The Minor Basilica of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Natchitoches with Rev. Louis Sklar serving as celebrant. Interment will follow at Memory Lawn Cemetery under the direction of Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 8:30 am until 10:30 am at The Minor Basilica of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church located at 145 Church Street, Natchitoches, LA. Recitation of the Holy Rosary will be at 10:30 am on Saturday the 28th. John Maroun Antoon, 72 years of age and a life-long resident of Natchitoches, passed away Wednesday, November 25, 2015 with his family by his side. He was born in Shreveport, LA to Maroun and Beatrice Derbonne Antoon on July 29, 1943. A proud veteran of the United States Army, Johnny also earned his Masters’ Degree in History from Northwestern State University. Since 1975 he was the owner/operator of Antoon’s Package Liquor located in Natchitoches. All of his family and friends will remember him as a kind, gentle, selfless man that would always put others first. He is survived by his wife, Merle Wilkerson Antoon; his son, Michael Antoon and his wife Alyson; his daughter, Danielle Antoon and her fiancé, Daniel Cobb; a sister, Catherine Beatrice Antoon; as well as numerous cousins and many friends. Those honored to serve as pallbearers include: Charlie Brittain, Claude Dance, Michael LaBorde, Justin Golemon, Randy Lucky, John Jackson, Harry Garsee and Mike Brown. Honorary pallbearers will be Howard Neitte and Barry Guillet. In lieu of flowers, memorials in Johnny’s name may be made to the Johnny Antoon Scholarship Fund c/o NSU Foundation, 535 University Parkway, Natchitoches, LA 71497; Natchitoches Hope for Paws, P.O. Box 2552, Natchitoches, LA 71457; or St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105.