Obituaries
Robert "Mitch" Merwin Mitcham
Jul 5, 2013
Funeral services for Robert M. Mitcham will be held at 11:00 am on Sunday, July 7, 2013 at Jennings Chapel Congregational Methodist Church in Marthaville, LA with Rev. Ed Fenton, Rev. Melvin Smith, and Chris Bruce officiating. Interment will follow at Bethany Cemetery in Marthaville, LA. The family will receive friends from 5:00 pm until 9:00 pm on July 6,...
Leta Coburn
Jul 4, 2013
A service to honor the life of Leta (Goins) Coburn will be 10 am Tuesday, July 9, 2013 at Pine Grove Cemetery in Mora, LA. Mrs. Coburn, 98 years of age, passed away Thursday, July 4, 2013 in Leesville, LA. She was born November 19, 1914 in Mora, LA. She was preceded in death by her husband, Crit Coburn. She...
W.D. Willie Carter
Jul 3, 2013
W.D. “Willie” Carter, 86, passed peacefully away from this world, into Heaven, late Wednesday evening at the Courtyard of Natchitoches where he had been since last Friday. His wife, son and close family friend were by his side. Willie, affectionately known by many as simply “Carter” was a retired watchmaker/jeweler, with many years experience in both Springhill and Natchitoches, and...
Eula Gunter Henry
Jul 2, 2013
Eula Gunter Henry of Natchitoches passed away on July 2nd, 2013 in the Natchitoches Regional Medical Center after a brief illness. She was 93 years old. A Mass of Christian burial will be held at the Minor Basilica of the Immaculate Conception Church in Natchitoches, Friday July 5th at 10am in the morning, with Pastor Ryan Humphries as celebrant. Interment...
Janis F. Longlois
Jun 30, 2013
A mass of Christian burial for Janis Longlois will be 11 AM Wednesday, July 3rd at St. Anne’s Catholic Church at Old River with Father Thomas Paul serving as celebrant. Interment will follow at St. Anne’s Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5 PM to 9 PM on July 2nd at Blanchard-St. Denis. Recitation of the Rosary will be...
Mary Ada Gallien Evans
Jun 28, 2013
Mary Ada Gallien Evans of Natchitoches died on Friday, June 28, 2013, at the age of 93. Services will be 10 am Tuesday July 2, 2013 in the chapel of Blanchard St. Denis with Rev. Thomas Paul serving as celebrant. Interment will follow at Fern Park Cemetery in Natchitoches. The family will receive friends on Monday July 1, 2013 from...
Vester H. Wilkerson
Jun 27, 2013
Funeral services for Vester H. Wilkerson will be held at 2:00 pm on Sunday, June 30, 2013 at Blanchard - St. Denis Funeral Home in Natchitoches, LA with Rev. John Foster officiating. Interment will follow at Memory Lawn Cemetery in Natchitoches, LA. The family will receive friends from 6:00 pm until 9:00 pm on June 29, 2013 at Blanchard -...
Fannie Couch
Jun 22, 2013
Funeral service for Fannie Couch will be held at 10:00 am on Friday, June 28, 2013 at Blanchard - St. Denis Funeral Home in Natchitoches, LA with Rev. Mike Marbut officiating. Interment will follow at Black Lake Full Gospel Cemetery in Campti, LA. The family will receive friends from 5:00 pm until 8:00 pm on June 27, 2013 at Blanchard...
Marie Gourdon
Jun 22, 2013
A service to honor the life of Mrs. Marie Gourdon will be 10 am Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home with Bro. Truman Leach officiating. Interment will follow at Goldonna Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5 pm until 8 pm on Monday, June 24, 2013 at Blanchard St. Denis. Mrs. Eva Marie Gourdon, 81...
Edgar Raymond Jordan
Jun 19, 2013
Funeral service for Edgar Raymond Jordan will be held at 2pm on Sunday, June 23, 2013 at Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home in Natchitoches, LA with Bro. Bill Hudson and Bro. Stanley Clemons officiating. Interment will follow at Coldwater Baptist Church Cemetery in Hagewood, LA. The family will receive friends from 5 pm until 8 pm on Saturday, June 22nd...
Joseph "Buddy" Coutee, Sr.
Jun 17, 2013
A Mass of Christian Burial for Joseph “Buddy” Coutee, Sr. will be 10 am Saturday June 22, 2013 at Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church in Campti with Rev. Ryan Humphries serving as celebrant. Interment will follow at Campti Catholic Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5 pm until 9 pm on Friday, June 21, 2013 at...
Kathleen Futrell Kennedy
Jun 14, 2013
Kathleen F. Kennedy, 95, passed away peacefully on June 14, 2013. Kathleen was born August 28, 1917 in Natchitoches, Louisiana, the tenth child of Horace and Josephine Futrell. Kate, as many called her, was a teacher in the Elfrida Elementary and Valley Union High School Districts for 36 years. She moved to Elfrida in January 1948, and loved the community...
Jake LaCour, Jr.
Jun 13, 2013
A Mass of Christian Burial for Jake LaCour, Jr. will be 11 am Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, Natchitoches, LA with Rev John O’Brien serving as celebrant. Entombment will follow at St. Augustine Mausoleum in Isle Brevelle, LA. The family will receive friends form 9 am until 10:30 am on Tuesday, June 18th at...
Kenneth M. Crow
Jun 9, 2013
A service to honor the life of Kenneth Crow will be 10 am Friday, June 14, 2013 in the chapel of Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home with Bro. Jimmy Price officiating. Burial will follow at Calvary Cemetery in Natchitoches, LA. The family will receive friends from 5 pm until 8 pm on Thursday, June 13, 2013 at the funeral home....
Larry Johnson
Jun 9, 2013
Funeral services for Larry Johnson age 72 of Natchitoches, LA, will be held Wednesday, June the 12th, at 10 a.m. at Blanchard St Denis funeral home with Rev. Bennie Bynog officiating. Visitation will be held from 8:30 am until service time Wednesday morning at the funeral home chapel. Burial will follow in Bay Springs Cemetery in Chopin, LA. Mr. Johnson...
Frances Cecilia (Fredieu) Michael
Jun 8, 2013
Funeral service for Frances Cecilia Fredieu Michael will be 11 am Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home with Rev. Irion St. Romain officiating. Burial will be in the Catholic Cemetery in Natchitoches, LA. Visitation will be from 5 pm until 7 pm on Monday, June 10, 2013 at Blanchard St. Denis. Recitation of the Rosary will...
Lou May Pratt Johnson
Jun 7, 2013
Lou May Pratt Johnson, lifetime resident of Natchitoches, Louisiana, passed away June 7, 2013 in the same home which she was born after a short, but valiant battle against cancer. Lou May was born on October 21, 1925 in the front bedroom of Twelve Oaks Plantation to Dr. Joshua Bennett Pratt, a physician and planter, and Lou May Murphy Pratt...
Randall L. Rhodes
Jun 6, 2013
A service to honor the life of Randall L. Rhodes will be 10 am Monday, June 10, 2013 at the First Baptist Church of Provencal with Bro. Kevin Taylor and Bro. Bruce Mitchell officiating. Burial will follow at New Cedron Cemetery in Vowells Mill. The family will receive friends from 5 pm – 8 pm on Sunday, June 9, 2013...
Daniel Willard
Jun 6, 2013
Daniel David Milne Willard, Navy test pilot and founder of KinderSport, died on June 6, 2013 in Coronado, California after a long struggle with atypical Parkinson’s disease. He was 86. Born on April Fools Day, 1927 in New York City to Irma Sompayrac and David Milne Willard II, he had a sharp wit and a wicked sense of humor which...
Kerry James Friedman
Jun 4, 2013
A celebration of life will be held for Kerry Friedman at 10:00 am on Saturday, June 08, 2013 at Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home in Natchitoches, LA, with Rev. Thomas Rush officiating. Interment will follow at Memory Lawn Cemetery in Natchitoches, LA. The family will receive friends from 5:00 pm until 7:30 pm at Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home. Kerry James Friedman,...
