Essie Mae Little Riegel

Graveside service for Mrs. Essie Mae Little Riegel will be at 2 pm Sunday, June 3, 2018, at Coulee Methodist Church Cemetery, located at 14245 Hwy 84 West, Couley, Louisiana 71483.  The family will receive friends from 4 pm until 7 pm on Saturday, June 2, 2018, at Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home of Natchitoches. Mrs. Riegel, 98 years of age and a resident of St. Maurice, passed away Thursday, May 31, 2018, in Natchitoches.  She was born on February 26, 1920, to Carlous and Mary Wyatt Little in Couley, LA.  She was preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, Albert Rigel, her parents, and siblings, Elsie Little and Carlous P. Little. She is survived by a niece, Suzanne Fogle and a nephew, Leon Little.