Obituaries
Brian D. Olliff
Jul 16, 2022
A service to honor the life of Brian D. Olliff will be held Friday, July 22, 2022, at 10:00 A.M. at First Baptist in Natchitoches, LA. Officiating will be Bro. Tommy Rush and Bro. Mike Honzell. Burial will follow at Memory Lawn Cemetery in Natchitoches, LA. The family will receive friends on Thursday, July 21, 2022, from 5:00-8:00 P.M. at...
Dennis "Beaux" Edward Gourdon, Jr.
Jul 16, 2022
A service to honor the life of Dennis Edward Gourdon, Jr. will be held at 2 pm on Sunday, July 24, 2022 in the chapel of Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home with Bro Rob Harrison officiating. Burial, with military honors, will follow at Clearlake Cemetery near Goldonna, LA. The family will receive friends from 10 am until service time on the...
Jason Michael Johnson
Jul 16, 2022
Jason Michael Johnson was born on July 3, 1966 in Natchitoches, Louisiana. He passed away after a brief illness at Natchitoches Regional Medical Center on July 16, 2022. Jason was a kind hearted soul who loved to help people. His favorite thing to do was fish on the banks of Cane River behind his childhood home. He also loved to...
Willie Edward Vercher
Jul 15, 2022
A Mass of Christian Burial for Willie Edward Vercher will be held on Saturday, July 23, 2022 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Cloutierville, LA at 10 AM. Burial will follow at St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery. Recitation of the Holy Rosary will begin at 9:30 AM. The family will receive friends Saturday morning from 8:30 until...
Mark Anthony Bynog
Jul 13, 2022
Mark Anthony Bynog, age 72, passed away Wednesday, July 13, 2022, at his home in Shreveport, LA, from natural causes. Born to Donald Joseph and Mary Agnes Bynog in Natchitoches Parish on September 23, 1949, Mark attended St. Mary’s High School, graduating in 1967. After serving in the United States Air Force, he received a degree in accounting from Northwestern...
Wanda Sue McCain
Jul 13, 2022
A memorial mass for Wanda McCain will be held on Saturday, July 23, 2022 at St. Anthony Catholic Church at 10:00 AM., celebrated by Father John O’Brien. Wanda was born on December 4, 1955 to Glen and Billy Jean Ballard in Natchitoches, LA. She is preceded in death by her parents, and grandparents, Floyd and Ruth McCarty and Lillie and...
Alonza Earnest Morgan
Jul 11, 2022
Alonza Earnest Morgan, 91 years old of Natchitoches, LA, entered into eternal rest July 11, 2022 in Shreveport, LA. Earnest was born May 4, 1931 in Junction City, LA. to Alonza and Jessie Morgan. Earnest graduated from Campti High School in 1950 and joined the United States Air Force where he was a staff sergeant. Returning home, he married his...
Herbert Dewey Dalme
Jul 5, 2022
Herbert Dewey Dalme of Natchitoches, LA went home to the Lord surrounded by his family on Tuesday, July 5, 2022, at the age of 67. A memorial service will be held Saturday, July 9, 2022, at Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home, 848 Keyser Ave, Natchitoches LA Deacon Robichaux officiating. Family will welcome visitors beginning at 12:00 pm. Recitation of the...
Linda Apponey Sandefur
Jul 4, 2022
Funeral services for Linda Apponey Sandefur will be held on Saturday, July 9, 2022 at 11:00 am at Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home with Bro. John David Astling officiating. Burial will follow at Bellwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends Saturday morning from 9:00 am until 11:00 am at Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home. Those honored to serve as pallbearers will be...
Carmen Delores Holland
Jul 4, 2022
A graveside service to honor the life of Carmen Delores Holland will be held Monday morning, July 11, 2022 at 10:00 am at Friendship Cemetery, with Bro. Paul Grace officiating. Carmen was born on September 22, 1959 to Cecil Leon Odom, Sr. and Mae Laverne Alford Odom in Natchitoches. She passed away on July 4, 2022 in Huntington, WV. She...
Dorothy Ruth Brown Haymon
Jul 3, 2022
Dorothy Ruth Brown Haymon, of Natchitoches, La, went home to the Lord surrounded by her family on Sunday, July 3, 2022 at the age of 91. Celebration of Life Service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, July 8th at First Baptist Church of Natchitoches, 508 Second Street. Interment will follow at Fort Jesup Cemetery, Many, La. Visitation with the...
"Pixie" Cora Lynn Woods/Coldiron
Jul 3, 2022
“Pixie” Cora Lynn Woods/Coldiron, age 66, passed away peacefully in her home early Sunday morning, July 3, 2022. She is survived by son, James Daniel Collier, and wife, Melissa Ann Collier, daughter, Jessica Lynn Cason, daughter, Julia Amber Bamburg, and husband, James (Jimmy) Bamburg, seven grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, brother, Elray Woods, and sister, Jack Moxley, companion and friend, Gary Swayze....
Donna Airhart
Jul 3, 2022
“Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality.” -Emily Dickinson A Funeral Mass will be held for Donna Airhart 11:00 am Friday, July 08, 2022, at Immaculate Conception Church in Natchitoches, Louisiana. There will be a reception immediately following the Mass hosted by The Catholic Daughters. All who knew and loved Donna are invited and welcomed. Donna loved...
Stella Mae LaCour
Jul 3, 2022
A Memorial Mass will be celebrated for Miss. Stella Mae LaCour, on Thursday, July 21, 2022 at 10:00 am at the sacred final resting place of St. Augustine Catholic Church Mausoleum in Isle Brevelle Louisiana. Rev. Charles Ray serving as celebrant will offer the funeral rites of Vigil, Mass and Committal in the presence of her family and friends. The...
Ronnie Rine
Jul 3, 2022
Ronnie Rine, 40 years of age and a resident of Natchitoches, passed away on July 3, 2022, after losing his battle to addiction. He leaves behind his daughter, Kaitlyn; Mother, Mary; Brother, Sean; and Sisters, Dana and Jamie. He was preceded in death by his father, Byron Rine, III. A private service will be held at a later date.
Lana Frank Scott
Jul 2, 2022
It is with profound sadness we announce the passing of our loving and devoted mother and friend, Lana Frank Scott, age 79. Lana was born in Natchitoches, LA and preceded in death by her parents Webbie Francis Frank and Katherine Bell Frank, as well as the love of her life Terry Scott, Sr. Lana is finally at peace after a...
Audrey Rachal Gallien
Jul 1, 2022
A Mass of Christian Burial for Mrs. Audrey Rachal Gallien will be at 2 pm on Thursday, July 7, 2022, at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Natchitoches with Rev. Jose Pallipurath serving as celebrant. Interment will follow at St. Ann’s Cemetery at Old River near Natchez, LA. The family will receive friends Thursday, July 7th from 10 am until 1:45...
James Daniel Abraham
Jun 26, 2022
It is with great sadness that the family of James Daniel Abraham announce his passing on Sunday, June 26, 2022 in Cary, NC at the age of 69. James was born in Natchitoches, Louisiana to Leo and Elma Abraham in 1952. He will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 50 years, Dianne Hampton Abraham; sons Danny and wife Sheri...
Rodney D. Vinzant, Sr.
Jun 22, 2022
A going home and celebration of life service for Pastor Rodney D. Vinzant, Sr. will be held at 10 am on Friday, June 24, 2022 at The Pentecostals of Cloutierville with Bro. Mark Woodham and Bro. Gene Sanders officiating with tributes by Mark Phillips and Chad Daniels. Burial will follow at Bay Springs Cemetery in Chopin, LA. The family will...
Isabel Sylvie Delphin Arceneaux
Jun 20, 2022
Service will be held Saturday, June 25th, 2022 at St. Augustine Catholic Church, Iberville, La. Visitation will begin at 9am, Rosary 10:30, Mass at 11am, Father Charles Ray officiating. Interment will follow in St. Augustine Catholic Cemetery. A celebration of life will be held at St. Augustine Catholic Hall following the burial. All are invited to attend. Isabel “Mama Bell”,...
