Obits

'J.R.' JUNUS O. RACHAL, JR. MAY 30, 1927-NOV. 8, 2018 A Mass of Christian burial for J.R. Junus Rachal will be Monday, Nov. 12 at 1:30 p.m. at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Cloutierville, with the Rev. Christian I. Ogbonna officiating.  Viewing and final respects in Cloutierville is at the...

MARTHAVILLE, LA and PASADENA, TX A service to honor the life of Barbara Berry will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 12 at Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home.  Burial will follow at Beulah Cemetery in Marthaville.  The family will receive friends from 4-7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11 at the funeral home. Barbara Berry...

NATCHITOCHES, LA June 17, 1943-Nov. 4, 2018 Funeral Services for Roy Cecil Knotts Jr. will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 9 at First United Methodist Church of Natchitoches in the Crossroads sanctuary.  Burial will follow at Old Ramah Cemetery in Ashland under the direction of Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home.  The...

Aug. 13, 1961–Oct. 30, 2018 There will be a viewing of the remains at the First Baptist Church, 1116 Amulet St., Friday, Nov. 9 from 6-8 p.m. A graveside burial will follow at the Jackson Square Cemetery Saturday, Nov. 10 at 10 a.m.

Oct. 29, 2018 Celebration of the life and legacy of Gloria Jean Brown will be at the St. Mary Baptist Church, Cane River, Saturday, Nov. 10 at 1 p.m. The body will lie in state for public visitation at the church from noon to service time. Interment will follow in the...

Dec. 22, 1939 – Nov. 1, 2018 Homegoing services for Annie Pearl Alex will be at the Restoration Apostolic Ministries Church Saturday, Nov. 10 at 11 a.m., with burial following in the St. Paul Baptist Church Cemetery, Bermuda Community. The remains will lie in state at the church from 9:30 a.m....

Sunrise: Feb. 4, 1947 Sunset: Oct. 30, 2018 1st Corinthians 15:51-55 “Behold, I shew you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be...

PEARL HENRY PAYNE NATCHITOCHES PARISH July 18, 1918 – Nov. 1, 2018 Pearl Henry Payne, 100, died peacefully in her home Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018. She was a lifelong resident of Natchitoches Parish. Pearl Henry Payne was preceded in death by her mother, Addie Cecila Bridges; father, James Emmitt Henry Jr.; and...

Aug. 5, 1934-Oct. 24, 2018 One of Natchitoches’s true treasures, Carolyn “Conna” Mizell Glass Cloutier, 84, died peacefully in her bed at home early Wednesday morning, Oct. 24, 2018, after a brief illness. A lifelong resident of Natchitoches, she was for decades one of the brightest stars of the City...

Oct. 24, 2018 Funeral services will be Saturday, Nov. 3 at 11 a. m. at Winnfield Memorial Funeral Home Chapel, 318 North St., Natchitoches.  The remains will lie in state at the funeral home from 9 a.m. to service time. Interment will follow in the St. Davis Baptist Church Cemetery, Cloutierville.