Loretta Brevelle McTire

Funeral service for Loretta Brevelle McTire will be held 1 PM Thursday, June 11, 2009 in Blanchard St. Denis Chapel with Deacon Joe Peltier officiating. Burial will be in Memory Lawn Cemetery at Natchitoches, La. Visitation will be 5 PM until 9 PM with a Rosary Service at 7 PM on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 and visitation from 8 A M until service time on Thursday, June 11, 2009 in the funeral home. Mrs. McTire, 88, of Shreveport, La., died Monday, June 8, 2009, at Natchitoches Regional Long Term Care Unit in Natchitoches, La. She was a native of Cloutierville, La. She was a retired bookkeeper and secretary. She was a member of St. Mary of the Pines Catholic Church in Shreveport, La. She was preceded in death by her husband, John David McTire, Sr.; parents Julian Brevelle and Ezzie Roberts Brevelle; sister, Marie Vercher; two brothers, J. W. Smith, Sr. and Newton Rachal; great-grandchild, Jessica Brooke DeValle. She is survived by two sons, John D. McTire, Jr. and wife Eilene of Campti, La. and Bruce McTire and wife Delores of Shreveport, La.; eight grandchildren, Angela DeValle, Chris McTire, Wesley McTire, Ronald K. McTire, John M. McTire, Jr.,, Patricia Dalby, Shannon D. McTire, and Wendy Crow; twenty great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren; four sisters, Ernestine LaCaze of Natchitoches, La., Ann Sellers of Pineville, La., Bessie Holden of Baton Rouge, La., and Cecile Searl of Salt Lake City, Utah. Pallbearers will be Shannon McTire, Collin Crow, Chase Crow, Chris McTire, Wesley McTire, and Josh DeValle. Honorary pallbearer will be Matthew McTire.