Obituaries
Pearl Ethelene Bright
Sep 7, 2021
A family graveside service for Ethelene St. Andre Bright will be held at Memory Lawn Cemetery on Friday, September 10th at 10:00 a.m. to celebrate her life. She was born December 1, 1927, and died September 7, 2021, with members of her family at her bedside. She would tell you that she was a blessed woman to have been married...
Myrna Dunn
Sep 3, 2021
Funeral services for Myrna Barton Dunn will be Monday, September 6, 2021 at 11:00 am at Westside Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Memory Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 9:00 am until 11:00 at Westside Baptist Church. Myrna Dunn was born and raised on January 2, 1939 in Alexandria, LA to Roy Lee Barton and Vaudean Walters...
Betty Sue Setliff
Sep 2, 2021
Funeral service for Mrs. Betty Sue Setliff will be held at 10 am Thursday, September 9, 2021 at The Pentecostals of Cloutierville. Burial will follow at Flatwoods Cemetery in Flatwoods, LA. The family will receive friends from 8 am until service time on September 9th at The Pentecostals of Cloutierville located at 14940 LA-1, Cloutierville, LA 71416. Betty, 72 years...
Joseph Bush, Sr.
Aug 31, 2021
Joseph Bush Sr. was a man who was “everything to everyone”. He accepted God into his life at an early age and truly lived a life of service. He worked tirelessly for over 40 years in construction and while he was passionate about his work, his goal was to be sure that his family was well kept and provided for....
Harriet Foshee Wood
Aug 31, 2021
Harriet passed away on August 31st after a brief illness. Harriet grew up in Provencal, LA, with her family where she learned the core values as a child and continued to practice throughout her life. She was always positive, kind, generous, thoughtful, caring, loving and charming. She graduated from Provencal High School and Northwestern University. Harriet was a shining light...
Shirley Ann Currier
Aug 31, 2021
Funeral services for Shirley Ann Currier will be held at 1 pm Saturday, September 4, 2021 at Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home with burial to follow at Fern Park Cemetery in Natchitoches. The family will receive friends from 5 pm until 9 pm on Friday, September 3rd at Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home with recitation of the Holy Rosary to begin at...
Jefferey "Jeff" Lamar Grimes
Aug 30, 2021
A time to reflect and remember the life of Jefferey Lamar Grimes will be held from 5 pm until 9 pm on Sunday, September 5, 2021 at Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home. Military honors will be performed at 7 pm in the funeral home chapel. Jeff, 46 years of age and a resident of Campti, LA, passed away on August 30,...
Theresa "Terri" Durr
Aug 25, 2021
A service to honor the life of Theresa “Terri” Durr will be held on Tuesday, August 31, 2021 at 10 am at the Bethel Methodist Church, with Bro. Brian Jennings officiating. Burial will follow at Beulah Methodist Cemetery. The family will receive friends for a visitation on Monday, August 30, 2021 at Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home from 5 pm until...
Virginia M. Wilson James
Aug 25, 2021
Virginia M. Wilson James, better known as Deannie, was born on October 5, 1928, and passed away on August 25, 2021. She was preceded in death by her husband, Elmer S. James; parents, Dudley D. Wilson and Sarah Lavadah Jones Wilson; two granddaughters, Melissa P. Dowden and Amy Lynn James; a son in law, Joseph “Boney” Powell; siblings, Gladys M...
Lori Ann O'Bannon Savell
Aug 24, 2021
Lori Ann O’Bannon Savell, entered eternal rest on August 24, 2021. She was born to Marguerite Ann O’Bannon, May 16, 1971. She was the apple of her Paw Minor’s eye and he always referred to her as his baby. When she was growing up where ever you saw Minor you saw Lori Ann. She met and fell in love and...
Dorothy "Dot" Roig Knecht
Aug 24, 2021
Dorothy Roig Knecht, fondly known as “Dot”, died peacefully on August 24, 2021, at the age of 91. A funeral service will be held at 1:00 pm Monday, August 30, 2021 at Trinity Episcopal Church, 533 2nd Street, Natchitoches, LA. Interment will follow at Memory Lawn Cemetery in Natchitoches. Visitation with the family will be held on Monday the 30th...
Paul O'Con
Aug 24, 2021
Lovingly known as Polito or Papa by his family, Paul O’Con brought joy to all who had the pleasure of knowing him. He was born in Spanish Lake to Maggie Rodrigues O’Con and James Peter O’Con and lived in Powhatan most of his life. Paul was an avid fisherman and hunter. He helped his father and brother with auto mechanic...
Carita Mitchell
Aug 20, 2021
Funeral services for Carita S. Mitchell will be held on Saturday, September 4, 2021 at 11 am at Rocky Mount CMC. Burial will follow at Rocky Mount Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 10 am until 11 am. Carita was born on February 18, 1944 to William Foster Jennings and Vera Elizabeth Middleton Jennings in Marthaville, LA. She is...
John Thomas Colligan
Aug 19, 2021
A service to honor the life of John Thomas Colligan will be held at 1 pm on Saturday, August 28, 2021 at Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home. Burial will follow at L.C. Weaver Cemetery in Campti, LA. The family will receive friends from 5 pm until 8 pm on Friday, August 27th at Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home. John, 46 years of...
Gerald Wayne Philen, Sr.
Aug 15, 2021
A service to honor the life of Mr. Gerald Wayne Philen, Sr. will be held at 2 pm on Wednesday, August 18, 2021, in the chapel of Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home with Bro. David Matlock officiating. Burial will follow at St. Maurice Cemetery with Rev. James Philen officiating. The family will receive friends from 11 am until service time on...
Anna Jearlean O’Bannon Ray
Aug 14, 2021
On Saturday, August 14, 2021, Anna Jearlean O’Bannon Ray, loving mother, grandmother and sister, passed away at the age of 82. Jearlean, also known as Jerri, was born in 1939 in Good Hope, Louisiana, to Harris and Pearl O’Bannon. She is survived by daughters Christi Vanoye (Carlos) and Paula Ray; grandson, Ethan Vanoye; sister, Earlean Smith; and sister-in-law, Polly O’Bannon;...
Jerri McElwee Price
Aug 11, 2021
Jerri was born to Billy L. McElwee, Sr. and Shirley Crippen on August 3, 1958 in Natchitoches, LA and on August 11, 2021 she passed away and was reunited with her father in heaven. She was in a long-term relationship with Robert Allen, someone that she considered her soul mate and life partner. She is survived by two sons, Jarrod...
Aline Martin
Aug 10, 2021
A Mass of Christian burial for Mrs. Aline P. Martin will be held on Saturday, August 14, 2021 at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Robeline, LA at 1:00 PM. Burial will follow at St. Ann’s Cemetery. Father Tommy Paul will officiate the mass. The family will receive friends on Friday, August 13, 2021 from 5 PM until 8 PM at...
Thad "Pat" Kerry, Jr.
Aug 9, 2021
Thad “Pat” Kerry, Jr. (76), passed away on Monday, August 9, 2021 in Houston, Texas. He was born on July 1, 1945 in Derry, Louisiana to Thad Kerry and Melissa Vallery Kerry. Pat is survived by his two sons, Patrick Kerry and wife Erin of Friendswood, Texas and Luke Kerry and wife Rachel of Seabrook, Texas; sisters, Ruth Kerry, Velaria...
Eugenia "Sally" Abraham
Aug 7, 2021
Family and friends are invited to attend visiting services for Eugenia “Sally” Abraham at Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home from 5-8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 12. Father Blake Deshautelle will preside over the Holy Rosary at 6 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be conducted by Father Derek Ducote at The Minor Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Natchitoches on Friday,...
