Velda Loree Brewster Lauw, age 80, of Marthaville, La., passed away Thursday, May 21, 2009, at Natchitoches Regional Medical Center in Natchitoches, LA. Arrangements are being handled by Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home, in Natchitoches, where the family will receive friends from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM Saturday, May 23, 2009. There will be a visitation at the Crossroads Baptist Church from 11:00 AM until service time Sunday. The funeral service will be at Crossroads Baptist Church at 3:00 PM Sunday, May 24, 2009, with Rev. Benny Alford and Rev. Ray Dyess officiating. Interment will be at Beulah Cemetery in Marthaville, LA.
Mrs. Loree was a very loving, caring, and compassionate lady. She was very friendly, and she loved to participate in her church. She always placed her family first, and her main accomplishments were seeing her children succeed in life. She was a member of the Crossroads Baptist Church in Marthaville her entire life. She had a host of friends in the Marthaville Community and will be dearly missed by all.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Alton "Jim" Lauw, her parents, John Brewster
and Maggie Brewster; one son, "Bo" Lauw; four brothers, Marvin, Melvin, Johnny, and Charles Brewster; and three sisters, Bonnie Stockton, Ruby Craig, and Elva Ross.
She is survived by her three daughters, Judy Baxter of Marthaville, LA, Sandra Mitchell and husband Shane of Marthaville, LA, and Carol Hays and husband Chub of Marthaville, LA; two sisters, Aline O'Quinn of Tulsa, OK and Verline Houston and husband A.G. of Chicago, IL; nine grandchildren; and twelve great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Chub Hays, Stephen White, Shane Mitchell, Jeremy Mitchell, Jerad Mitchell, and Todd Warford.
Honorary Pallbearers will be Robert Ebarb, Chad Brazil, Michael Baxter, and Roper Hays.