Obits

MARTHAVILLE, LA Feb. 23, 1934-Jan. 10, 2019 Services to honor the life of Mrs. Mary Tate Birdwell were at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 13 at Jennings Chapel Congregational Methodist Church in the Bethany Community with Butch Bruce, Clyde Miley and Chris Birdwell officiating.  Burial followed at Bethany Cemetery under the direction...

Sept. 29, 1990 – Jan. 2, 2019 Funeral services will be celebrated at Mt. Pilgrim Baptist Church near Clarence Saturday, Jan. 12 at 11 a.m. The remains will lie in state at the church one hour before service for public viewing.  Burial will follow in the church's cemetery.  

Jan. 7, 2019 Funeral services will be celebrated at Choctaw Island Baptist Church in Clarence Saturday, Jan. 12 at 1 p.m. with burial following in the church's cemetery. The remains will lie in state for public visitation at the church Saturday from noon until service time.  

Service’s honoring Louis Coutee Sr. will be Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019, at noon at First Baptist Church, 201 North St., Natchitoches. Visitation will be from 10 a.m.-noon. Burial will follow at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church. Repast: John Below Community Center.

NATCHITOCHES, LA March 23, 1947-Jan. 3, 2019 Frederick Cree Boring III, 71, and a resident of Natchitoches, passed away Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, in Shreveport. He was born March 23, 1947, to Emilie Sophie Busch and Frederick Cree Hall Jr. in Chicago, Ill.  After the passing of his biological father, Fred was...

CLARENCE, LA March 23, 1937-Jan. 6, 2019 A Mass of Christian Burial for John H. Vercher will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 12 at Blanchard - St. Denis Funeral Home with the Rev. Louis Sklar officiating. Interment will follow at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery in the Trichel Community. The family...

NATCHITOCHES, LA April 7, 1934-Jan. 7, 2019 Funeral service for Mrs. Betty Jane Davenport will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 9 at Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home with Father Blake Deshautelle officiating.  Burial will follow at Memory Lawn Cemetery.  The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. until service time at the funeral...

NATCHITOCHES, LA March 21, 1937-Jan. 6, 2019 Herbert Pierre “Buzz” Salard, 81, and a resident of Natchitoches passed away Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019, in Natchitoches. He was born March 21, 1937, to John Salard and Anna Vercher Salard in Chopin. He was preceded in death by his parents; a daughter, Judy Phillips;...

MARSHALL, TX Oct. 5, 1942-Jan. 1, 2019 Funeral services honoring the life of Louise Smith Stutts, 76, were at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 6, at Rose-Neath Chapel in Mansfield with the Rev. Roger Bynog Jr. officiating. Burial followed at Harmony Cemetery in Provencal. Louise was born Oct. 5, 1942, in Provencal to...

GOLDONNA, LA Aug. 29, 1945-Jan. 2, 2019 Mr. J. L. Morgan, 73, of Goldonna passed away Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019. Born Wednesday, Aug. 29, 1945, in Nebo, La., he was retired from Placid Oil Industries as chief operator having 31 years of service. Mr. Morgan was preceded in death by his parents, Curtis...