Peggye Anne Rivers

Funeral services for Peggye Anne Matthews Rivers, age 79, will be at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 6, 2016, at Friendship Church of the Nazarene, in Robeline, Louisiana, with Rev. James Ericson officiating. Burial will follow at the Friendship Cemetery. The family will receive friends Monday evening from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m. at Blanchard St. Denis Funeral home, in Natchitoches. Mrs. Rivers passed away Saturday, September 3, at Christus Highland Medical Center in Shreveport, Louisiana, after a brief illness. Survivors include Wayne (Cindy) Rivers of Kingwood, Texas, and Elaine (John) Sandifer, of Natchitoches, Louisiana; grandchildren Sylvia Krkoska, Brooke Roark, Leslie Roark (Christian) Walters, Mitch (Cari) Rivers, Spencer (Whitney) Rivers, Chelsea Rivers, Leon (Hanna) Norsworthy, and Matt Branam; 14 great-grandchildren; sister, Mary Jane (Jerry) Larpenter; sisters-in-law Bonnie Matthews and Betty Matthews; also, nieces and nephews and first cousins who were all very special to her. Mrs. Rivers is preceded in death by her daughter, Pamela Jane Roark and son-in-law, Tommy Roark; parents, James Rufus and Mary Melvina Stewart Matthews; brothers, Billy Gene Matthews, Bobby Ray Matthews, and Harold Dan Matthews (her twin brother); and her former spouse, Eirtis Rivers (the father of her children). Mrs. Rivers spent over 20 years as a military wife while raising her children from Beeville, Texas to Guam and places in between. She loved her family and friends, but most of all, loved her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. She attended Friendship Church of the Nazarene where she loved worshiping with her family and friends. She worked many years for Dr. Charlie B. Tramel, a dentist in Many, and retired from ABC Finance Company in Many. She was a kind and compassionate daughter, caring mother, grandmother, sister, and aunt and will be missed greatly by all who knew and loved her. Pallbearers will be Mitchell Rivers, Spencer Rivers, Leon Norsworthy, Matt Branam, Christian Walters, and Noah Barnhill. Honorary Pallbearers will be Dr. John Sandifer and Jim Matthews.