Obits

May 11, 1951 – Oct. 15, 2020 Memorial services for Mr. Horace Taylor Mize were at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18 at Fire Station #1 of Hineston, under the direction of Rush Funeral Home, Pineville. Mr. Mize, 69, of Hineston, entered eternal rest Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, at Christus St. Frances...

CHESTNUT, LA Feb. 10, 1946-Oct. 14, 2020 Funeral services for Lawrence R. “Larry” Joyner, 74, of Chestnut will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17 at Mr. Joyner’s residence, 893 Morgan Quick Road, Ashland, with Bro. Butch Rogers officiating. Interment will follow in Old Saline Cemetery. Visitation will be...

May 5, 1957-Oct. 10, 2020 A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 17 at St Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, Natchitoches. Visitation will be at the church from 9-10 a.m. with recitation of the Holy Rosary at 10:30 a.m. Burial will be at St. Augustine...

ST. AMANT, LA Nov. 30, 1954-Oct. 11, 2020 Services for Betty Ivy Nielsen will be at Ascension Baptist Church, Gonzales, Oct. 15 at 11 a.m. Graveside services will be Oct. 16 at 11 a.m. at Coldwater Baptist Church. Betty was born Nov. 30, 1954, in Natchitoches to T.J. Ivy Sr....

AUSTIN, TX March 27, 1959-Oct. 8, 2020 David Wayne Hicks, 61, and a resident of Austin, Texas, was taken suddenly from this life Oct. 8, 2020. He was born in Norfolk, Va., March 27, 1959, to Wayne and Grace Hicks. He is preceded in death by his maternal grandparents,...

NATCHITOCHES, LA July 29, 1938-Oct. 12, 2020 Services for Ann Gibson Duke will be at First United Methodist Church, Natchitoches Oct. 15 at 10 a.m. with interment to follow at the Old Shongaloo Cemetery next to the Old Shongaloo Rock Church. The family will receive friends from 9:30-10 a.m. prior to...

LITTLE ROCK, AR May 20, 1933-Oct. 11, 2020 Eloise Jones Harris, 87, of Little Rock, Ark., passed away Oct. 11, 2020.  She was born May 20, 1933, in Rye, Ark., to the late Beatrice Ruth Taylor and Travis Fred Jones. Eloise was preceded in death by her husband of 66 years, George Rodgers...

NATCHITOCHES, LA Aug. 24, 1933-Oct. 2, 2020 A celebration of life for the Rev. Johnnie Glenn Flenniken will be at Trinity Baptist Church, Many, Oct. 5 at 2 p.m. with the Revs. Wayne Chance, Rickey Robertson and Doug Chance officiating. Graveside service will follow at Ft. Jesup Cemetery. Rev....

NATCHITOCHES,LA Dec. 30, 1933-Oct. 5, 2020 Janice Anne “Jan” Broderick passed away peacefully Oct. 5, 2020, after a short illness. She was born in New Orleans Dec. 30, 1933m to Horace Miller Wadsworth and Anne Inge Wadsworth.  She attended McMain High School in New Orleans and married Daniel T. “Dan” Broderick Dec....

MARTHAVILLE, LA Jan. 26, 1944-Oct. 3, 2020 Funeral services for Dora Bailes Allen were were at 2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 5 at Marthaville Baptist Church with Bro. Richard Kaufman and Bro. Benji Colvin officiating.  Burial followed at Marthaville Cemetery. Those honored to serve as pallbearers included Ronnie Allen, Wade Clemons, Shane Coleman, Doswell...