Obituaries
Gary Lirette
Jan 27, 2022
Wake and funeral services celebrating the life of Gary Lirette ("PawPaw") will begin with visitation on Sunday, January 30 at Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home in Natchitoches from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm with a rosary at 6:30 pm. Another visitation will be Monday, January 31 at the funeral home at 8:00 am. The funeral mass will be at The...
Janis Speir
Jan 27, 2022
Funeral service for Mrs. Janis Speir will be held at 2 pm Sunday, January 30, 2022 in the chapel of Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home with Trey Etheridge presiding. Burial will follow at Strange Cemetery near Readhimer, LA. The family will receive friends from 11 am until service time on the 30th at Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home. Janis passed away on...
Thomas Lattier Hennigan
Jan 26, 2022
Funeral services celebrating the life of Dr. Thomas Lattier Hennigan will be held on Saturday, January 29, 2022 at 12:00 p.m. at the Chapel of Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home in Natchitoches, Louisiana. Visitation will be held from 11:00 a.m. until the time of services. Officiating will be Reverend Linda Clark with the eulogy delivered by Senator Louie Bernard. Mr. Hennigan...
Cornial Cox
Jan 23, 2022
Funeral services for Cornial Fredrick Cox will be held Sunday, February 6, 2022 at 1:00 pm at Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home. Burial will follow at St. Anne’s Catholic Cemetery in Robeline. The family will receive friends on Saturday, February 5, 2022 from 5 pm until 8 pm at Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home.
Ruby Tamara Balthazar
Jan 22, 2022
Visitation for Ruby Tamara Balthazar will be held from 1 pm until 2 pm on Saturday, January 29, 2022 at Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home with recitation of the Holy Rosary to begin at 2 pm. Burial will follow at St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery in Cloutierville, LA. Ruby, 56 years of age and a resident of Natchitoches, passed away...
Mathias da Gama e Silva, Jr.
Jan 21, 2022
Funeral services for Mathias Joaquim da Gama e Silva, Jr. will be held at 1 pm on Wednesday, January 26, 2022 in the chapel of Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Coulee Bethel Cemetery near Campti, LA. The family will receive friends from 10 am until service time on Wednesday the 26th at Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home. Mathias,...
David Antilley
Jan 19, 2022
A funeral service celebrating the life of Mr. David Antilley, 77, will be held at the First Baptist Church of Natchitoches, 508 Second Street, on Friday, January 21, 2022, at 11:30 A.M. with Brother Tommy Rush officiating. Interment will follow at Sanders Methodist Cemetery near Calvin, LA. The family will receive friends form 10:00 AM until time of the service...
Rosella Mason Wells
Jan 18, 2022
Rosella Mason Wells, 82, of Natchitoches, LA went to her heavenly home on Tuesday, January 18, 2022 after a long battle with an illness. She was born and raised in Jefferson City, MO on November 26, 1939 where she lived most of her life before moving to Louisiana in 2006. She worked at Charles E. Still Hospital for 20 years...
Theresa Primm
Jan 18, 2022
Theresa Kerry Primm passed away January 18, 2022, in her residence in Dickinson, Texas surrounded by her loved ones. She was born September 27, 1937, in Derry, Louisiana to Thad and Melissa (Vallery) Kerry. She was the youngest girl of nine children. She was proud member of the Apalachee Indian Talimali Tribe. Theresa is preceded in death by her husband,...
Myrtis Marilyn Brett Otteman
Jan 17, 2022
Myrtis Marilyn Brett Otteman, 83, of Harlingen, Texas, loving daughter, wife, mother and teacher went to be with the Lord on Monday, January 17, 2022. Marilyn was born January 23, 1938, in Temple, Texas to James Laurence Brett and Myrtis Corley Brett. She spent her childhood and young adult life growing up in Highland Park in Dallas, Texas. She graduated...
Lynette Cole
Jan 14, 2022
Funeral services for Mrs. Lynette Cole will be held at 2 pm on Monday, January 17, 2022 at Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Beulah Methodist Cemetery in Marthaville, LA. The family will receive friends from 1 pm until service time on Monday the 17th at Blanchard-St. Denis. Dorothy Lynette Scott Cole, 68 years of age and a...
Ronnie Russell Monroe
Jan 12, 2022
Ronnie Russell Monroe passed away in Hammond, Louisiana, during the early morning hours of January 12, 2022, of complications arising from a series of chronic medical conditions. He was 73 years of age. Ronnie was born on May 7, 1948 in Shreveport Louisiana, and raised for most of his youth near Montgomery Louisiana. He graduated in 1966 from Montgomery High...
Thelma LaCaze Coutee
Jan 12, 2022
Funeral services for Mrs. Thelma Coutee will be held at 11 am Monday, January 17, 2022 at Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home with Father John Cunningham officiating. Burial will follow at Emmanuel Cemetery in Chopin, LA. The family will receive friend on Monday the 17th from 9 am until service time at Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home. Thelma, 94 years of age...
Cory Allen Cameron
Jan 9, 2022
A service to honor the life of Cory Cameron will be held at 11 am Thursday, January 13, 2022 at Northside Baptist Church in Montgomery, LA. He will be laid to rest at Montgomery Cemetery. The family will receive friends after 5 pm on Wednesday, January 12th at Northside Baptist Church located at 330 Bienville St, Montgomery, LA 71454. Cory...
Catherine "Big Momma" Feazell
Jan 8, 2022
Catherine Feazell of Campti, LA was born on July 11, 1924 and made her entrance into Heaven on January 8, 2022 from Natchitoches, LA at the age of 97. She was a devoted mother, grandmother, great grandmother and great-great grandmother, leaving a wonderful legacy behind. She was affectionately known as Big Momma. When she was introduced as Big Momma, some...
Bobby Fair
Jan 7, 2022
Bobby Clenton Fair, loving father and Papaw, passed away January 7, 2022 with his family by his side. Bobby was born in Ashland, LA on October 30, 1935 to Orie Clenton and Hazel Pulling Fair. He was raised in Natchitoches and graduated from Natchitoches High School in 1955. After graduation, he served in the United States Army. Bobby was a...
Eric James Edwards
Jan 6, 2022
Eric James Edwards, age 36, of Natchitoches, passed away unexpectedly on January 5, 2022 at his home in Natchitoches. He was born on March 19, 1985 at Rapides General Hospital in Alexandria, Louisiana to Deborah Ann Edwards and Johnny Edwards, Jr. of Natchitoches. Eric was diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic at an early age, but that didn’t stop him from...
Mildred Louise Eckhardt McTyre
Jan 4, 2022
Mildred Louise Eckhardt McTyre went to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday January 4, 2022. She is survived by her 3 children – Sharron Snapp (husband John), Debra McCall (husband Clark) and Steve McTyre (wife Marcia). Mildred has 7 grandchildren and 2 great granddaughters – Emily and Nathaniel Snapp, Ryan and his daughter, Sawyer Jamie McCall, Kylee McCall,...
Lorraine Cutright Ebert
Jan 3, 2022
Funeral services for Mrs. Lorraine Cutright Ebert will be held at 1 pm on Thursday, January 6, 2022, at Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home with Rev. T. J. Boyd officiating. Burial with military honors will follow at Memory Lawn Cemetery in Natchitoches. The family will receive friends from 11 am until service time on January the 6th at Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral...
Lester H. Lee, Sr.
Dec 28, 2021
Lester H. Lee, Sr., passed away December 28, 2021 in Baton Rouge, LA with his family by his side. He was born in Natchitoches on October 11, 1943, to parents Eleanor Hughes Lee Wertelaers and Edmond Anderson Lee. He was a selfless, kind-hearted, genuine man with a charismatic personality and an amazing smile. His family was his greatest joy and...
