Irene Jones Broadway

Funeral service for Irene Jones Broadway will be held 1 PM Thursday, November 18, 2010 in Provencal First Baptist Church with Rev. Bruce Mitchell and Rev. Robert Leach officiating under the direction of Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home. Burial will be in Bellwood Cemetery at Bellwood, La. Visitation will be Wednesday, November 17, 2010 from 5 PM until 10 PM and on Thursday, November 18, 2010 in the Provencal First Baptist Church. Mrs. Broadway, 90, of Provencal, La., died Tuesday, November 16, 2010, at Natchitoches Regional Medical Center in Natchitoches, La. She was a native of Bellwood, La. Mrs. Broadway was a retired sales clerk having worked at Nichols Dry Goods and Wal-Mart. She was a member of Provencal First Baptist Church and was active in the ladies Sunday School Class. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Kenneth A. Jones; second husband, Levi Broadway; son, Gerald Wayne Jones; brother, Thomas Norsworthy, Jr.; parents, Thomas Leo Norsworthy, Sr. and Minnie McClendon Norsworthy. She is survived by two daughters, Shirley Marlor and friend Paul of Corinth, Ms. and Ann Toms of Saline, La.; one son, Charles Jones, Sr. and wife Carolyn of Provencal, La.; eight grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren; four sisters, Gladys Longlois and husband Pierce and Gertrude Guffee and husband Elmer both of Shreveport, La., Eva Phillips and Odeal Rachal both of Bellwood, La. Pallbearers will be Bubba Jones, Daniel Jones, Donnie Toms, Bobby Broadway, Johnny Rachal, Danny DuBois, Clay Yelverton, and Kyle Rachal. Honorary pallbearer will be Donald Jones. The family of Mrs Irene Jones Broadway would like to extend a special thanks to Drs. Archie Breazeale, Chris Ingram, and Javior Pere', the nurses and staff of The Natchitoches Regional Medical Center and Intensive Care Unit.