Lula Mae Stevens

Funeral service for Mrs. Lula Mae Stevens will be at 2 pm Monday, October 23, 2017, at Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home of Natchitoches with Rev. Tommy Rush officiating. Burial will follow at Fern Park Cemetery of Natchitoches. The family will receive friends from 12 noon until the time of service on Monday the 23rd at Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home. Mrs. Stevens blessed this world for 100 years, 8 months and 5 days. She was born on Wednesday, February 14, 1917, to Edward Clarence Sibley and Laura Elva Anderson Sibley and passed away Thursday, October 19, 2017, in Shreveport. She married James Henry Lofton on April 26, 1934, and they made their home in Natchitoches. After Mr. Lofton's passing she then later remarried Benford Elree Stevens on December 3, 1949. On July 13, 1949, she was sworn in to fulfill her late husband's term in office making Lula the first woman Police Juror in the state of Louisiana. A long-time member of First Baptist Church, she especially enjoyed Ruth Sunday School class. She also enjoyed participating in the “Young at Heart” program through the Methodist Church. She was very proud to be a member of Chapter 13 of the Eastern Star. Her civic involvements included being a member of Natchitoches Genealogical and Historical Association, St. Denis Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Natchitoches Garden Club, and The Cane River F.C.E. Club. She will be dearly missed by two daughters, Janette Fae Lofton Taylor Brooks of Bossier City and Geneva Mae Lofton Durr of Shreveport. She was blessed with 14 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by her first husband Henry of 15 years, as well as her second husband Elree of 43 years; her parents and two sons, Kenneth Wade Lofton and Carl P. Lofton. Those honored to serve as pallbearers include John Mctyre, Don Durr, Jr., Russell Taylor, Steven Taylor, Jason Lofton, and Hester Leach. Honorary pallbearers will be Lee Posey, Ronnie Stevens, Carson Sibley, Harold Porter, Leon McQueen, Dalton Lofton, David Breedlove, Bob Porter and Bill Bacle.