Obituaries
Elaine Dunn
Aug 9, 2020
Funeral services for Mrs. Carrie “Elaine” Dunn will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, August 13, 2020 in the chapel of Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home. Burial will follow at the Rachal Cemetery in the Marco Community. The family will receive friends on Thursday morning from 8 a.m. until service time at Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home. Elaine Dunn, 78 years...
Cecile Monette
Aug 8, 2020
A Mass of Christian Burial for Ms. Cecile Monette will be celebrated at 1 pm on Tuesday, August 11, 2020, at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Natchitoches with Rev Marc Noel serving as celebrant. Burial will follow at St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery in Cloutierville, LA. The family will receive friends from 5 pm until 8 pm on Monday,...
Wayne North
Aug 8, 2020
Funeral service for Wayne North will be at 1 pm Wednesday, August 12, 2020, at Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home with Bro. Mike Staples officiating. Burial will follow at Springhill Cemetery near Jonesboro, LA. The family will receive friends on Tuesday the 11th from 5 pm until 8 pm at Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home. Those honored to serve as pallbearers include...
Dr. Leland Carroll Scoggins
Aug 7, 2020
Leland Carroll Scoggins, 87, of Natchitoches, Louisiana, went to be with his beloved Lord Jesus Christ on August 7, 2020. A graveside service will be held at 10 am Wednesday, August 12, 2020 at Kisatchie Baptist Church Cemetery, with the Rev. Lloyd Whitman officiating. A memorial service honoring his life will be held at First Baptist Church, date to be...
Hyman LaCour
Aug 6, 2020
A service to honor the life of Mr. Hyman LaCour will be held at 11 am on Monday, August 10, 2020, at Abundant Life Church with Dr. Aill Harris, Jr. officiating. Burial will follow at Memory Lawn Cemetery in Natchitoches. The family will receive friends from 8:30 am until 10:30 am at Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home of Natchitoches on Monday,...
Shirley Ann Kerry White
Aug 6, 2020
A Mass of Christian Burial for Mrs. Shirley Ann Kerry White will be at 11 am on Friday, August 14, 2020, at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Cloutierville with Rev. Christian Ogbonna serving as celebrant. Burial will follow at Emmanuel Cemetery in Chopin, LA. The family will receive friends from 10 am until the time of Mass at...
Peggy Ann Bennett-Arenburg
Aug 5, 2020
Peggy Ann Bennett-Arenburg departed this life peacefully and went to spend eternity with her heavenly father on August 5, 2020. She was born on August 15, 1951 to Emilie Irene Stiglets Bennett and Arthur Carlton (A.C.) Bennett in Gulfport, Mississippi. She was preceded in death by her parents as well as her stepfather, Jasper A. Kennington; and a sister, Mary...
Wilma Jean Gilchriest
Aug 5, 2020
Funeral service for Mrs. Wilma Jean Melton Gilchriest will be at 11 am Sunday, August 9, 2020, at Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home with Bro. Billy Shugart officiating. Burial will follow at Weaver Cemetery in Flora, LA. The family will receive friends from 8 am until service time on the 9th at Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home. Wilma, 77 years of age...
Eleanor Gill
Aug 4, 2020
Eleanor Gill, the matriarch of the Gill family, died suddenly at home Tuesday. She was 87. Eleanor is survived by her twin brother, John Marshall Chamberlin, sister Rose Alicia Prudhomme, both of Rambin, La.; and sister-in-law Patsy Chamberlin of Carmel, La. She leaves behind her children, Mary Ligon and husband Bill of Toledo Bend, La., Rita Lemoine and husband Curtis...
Carrie Lee (Rachal) Harang
Aug 3, 2020
Carrie Lee (Rachal) Harang was born the daughter of Bruno Elwin (B.E.) Rachal and Burna (Bernadette) La Cour Rachal on Cane River, Isle Brevelle, Louisiana on August 14, 1926. She was the second oldest of ten children. The order of birth was Jeanetta, Carrie Lee, and then Isaac, Emma Lee, Martharine, Joseph, James, Philip, Peter, and Maxille. Young Carrie found...
Melissa Louisa Fredericks
Aug 1, 2020
Funeral services for Mrs. Melissa Fredericks will be Friday, August 7, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. at Clear Lake Cemetery in Goldonna, LA. The family will receive friends from 9:00 a.m. until 9:30 a.m. at Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home on Friday, August 7, 2020. Mrs. Melissa Fredericks was born on November 29, 1948 in Natchitoches, LA and passed away on August...
Donald Wayne Stroud
Jul 31, 2020
Donald Wayne Stroud, 75, died peacefully in his sleep on July 31, 2020, in Natchitoches, LA. Don was born on October 4, 1944, in Montgomery, LA to Elbert and Ila Mae Stroud. He enjoyed fishing and fixing things. He held many jobs during his life repairing any type of electronic device, most recently worked at Natchitoches Regional Medical Center. Don...
Robert "Bob" Malcolm McGill, Jr.
Jul 30, 2020
Funeral service for Robert “Bob” Malcolm McGill, Jr. will be at 3 pm Sunday, August 2, 2020, at Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home with Bro. Bill Hudson officiating. Burial will follow at Pine Grove Cemetery near Hagewood, LA. The family will receive friends from 12 noon until service time on the 2nd at Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home. Bob, 71 years of...
Joe Teekell
Jul 29, 2020
A memorial service to honor the life of Joe Glen Teekell will be held at 2pm on Monday, August 3, 2020 at Freedom Life Church of Natchitoches. The family will receive friends from 12 noon until service time at the church on Monday. Joe Glen Teekell was welcomed into his eternal home, Wednesday, July 29, 2020 after a brief illness....
Margaret "Janae" Y. Anderson Harpool
Jul 28, 2020
Margaret “Janae” Y. Anderson Harpool, 92, passed away peacefully Tuesday, July 28, 2020, in her home surrounded by her family. Visitation will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 1 at Beulah Methodist Church at 2279 LA Hwy 487, Marthaville, followed by a graveside service at noon. Flowers may be sent to Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home in Natchitoches. In lieu...
Jack Freeman
Jul 28, 2020
Edwin Andrew Freeman, born February 7, 1934, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 28, 2020, with his family by his side. A memorial service to honor Jack’s life will be held at Blanchard-St. Denis on Friday at 2:00 p.m. Visitation starting at 12:00 p.m. with Bro. Warren Maxwell and Bro. Bill Hudson officiating. Burial will follow in the Magnolia Cemetery...
Victoria Page Middleton
Jul 26, 2020
Victoria Page Middleton passed away Sunday, July 26, 2020 at 89 years of age. She was born August 29, 1930 and raised in Flora, LA where she attended Flora High School. She resided in Metairie, LA along with her late husband and children for more than 50 years. Victoria was preceded in death by her parents David Thomas Page and...
Elsie Lucille Roberts Taylor
Jul 21, 2020
Elsie Lucille Roberts Taylor, 92, of Natchitoches, died on July 21, 2020, at her home surrounded by family. Private graveside services were held in Provencal Cemetery on July 23, 2020, with Reverend Glen Howard, a childhood family friend, officiating. Mrs. Taylor was born on May 26, 1928, in Provencal, LA, to the late Rev. and Mrs. O. S. Roberts. She...
Barbara Wyatt Barberousse
Jul 21, 2020
Barbara Wyatt Barberousse was born to Morgan Loon and Inez Fletcher Wyatt on August 27, 1932 in St. Maurice, LA. She passed away at the age of 87 on Tuesday, July 21, 2020. Barbara had a passionate love for growing flowers and working in her yard. That passion extended to catching white perch on Toledo Bend Lake and telling stories...
Ginger Renee Davis Keith
Jul 19, 2020
Ginger Renee Davis Keith, 62 years old, of Campti, passed away on July 19, 2020, at Louisiana Extended Care Hospital in Natchitoches, Louisiana. Graveside services will be at 10 am on Thursday, July 23, 2020, at United Baptist Church Cemetery in Campti, LA. Ginger Keith was born March 29, 1958, to James Walter Davis and Juanita Hudson Davis at Ryukyus...
