Obituaries
Billy Jack Stoker
Jun 1, 2020
A service to honor the life of Billy Stoker will be at 10 am on Saturday, June 6, 2020, at Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home with Bro. Buddy Boswell officiating. Burial with military honors will follow at Central Cemetery in Robeline. The family will receive friends from 5 pm until 8 pm on Friday, June 5th at Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home....
Len McCain
Jun 1, 2020
Len McCain, age 71, passed away at his home surrounded by his loving family friends. “I have fought the good fight; I have finished the course; I have kept the faith.” 2 Timothy 4:7 Visitation will be at Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home on Thursday, June 4, 2020 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Funeral services will be held on Friday,...
Donald Glenn Dowden
May 31, 2020
A service to honor the life of Donald Glenn Dowden will be held on Friday, June 5, 2020, at 2 pm at Kisatchie Baptist Church, with Bro. Wayne Chance, Bro. Bill Hudson, and Buster Jordan officiating. Burial will follow at Kisatchie Cemetery. On May 31, 2020, the Dowden family chain was broken again. Our family lost a huge link and...
Marlyne Carter Russell
May 30, 2020
Marlyne Russell, 67 years of age and a resident of Black Lake, LA passed away on May 30, 2020, in Alexandria, LA. She was born on August 26, 1952 to Clovis Carter and Lovie Franks Carter in Natchitoches. She was preceded in death by a son, Brandon Russell. She is survived by her husband of 47 years, Paul Russell; daughters...
Willa Brown Greene
May 29, 2020
Willa Brown Greene was born in 1932 in DeRidder, Louisiana and slipped from this earth May 29, 2020 in Natchitoches, “Sheltered in the Arms of God.” Raised in DeRidder, she married B.F. Greene of Summerfield, Louisiana, in 1949 and started a 70-year adventure of a bridge-builder’s life including over forty moves throughout the state of Louisiana. They finally settled in...
Faye Katheryn Mathews McLeod
May 29, 2020
Funeral services for Faye Katheryn Mathews McLeod will be Monday, June 1, 2020 at Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home at 1 p.m., with burial to follow at Memory Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. at Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home. Ms. McLeod was born October 12, 1936 in Bastrop, Louisiana to Clarence and Minnie Mathews....
Dorothy "Dot" Kelly Townsend Holladay
May 29, 2020
Dorothy “Dot” Kelly Townsend Holladay was born on August 14, 1932 in the midst of the Great Depression. The great-granddaughter of the first Judge of Red River Parish; her birth paid for with a bale of cotton. Dot passed away in the midst of a pandemic on Friday, May 29, 2020 at The Glen Retirement Center in Shreveport, Louisiana; having...
Jimmye Knott Holmes
May 29, 2020
Jimmye K. Holmes, age 78, passed away on Friday, May 29, 2020, at her home in Natchitoches. She was born in Marthaville on January 25, 1942, to R.W. and Willie May Knott. She graduated from Northwestern State University earning a Master’s Degree +30 in Education. She married George Shove Holmes in 1981 and they resided in Marthaville with their three...
Helen Meyers Vercher
May 27, 2020
A service to honor the life of Mrs. Helen Meyers Vercher will be held at 1 pm on Monday, June, 1, 2020, at Cloutierville Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Cloutierville Baptist Church Cemetery under the direction of Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 5 pm to 9 pm on Sunday, May 31st at Cloutierville Baptist...
Marilyn Rose Lumpkins
May 26, 2020
Marilyn Lumpkins was born August 27, 1940 to the late Leslie Lyle and Beulah Rose in Clarksville, Texas. She passed away Tuesday, May 26, 2020, at her residence in Natchitoches with her family by her side. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Bob Lumpkins and daughter, Mary Leslie Lumpkins. She earned her Masters of Education degree at...
John Garland Williams
May 24, 2020
John Garland Williams passed away Sunday morning, May 24, 2020, at the age of 75. He was born on July 8, 1944 in Jacksonville, FL and grew up on Cane River in Natchitoches. He is a graduate of St. Mary’s High School, where he played baseball and basketball. He studied Agriculture at LSU before entering Tulane Law School. In 1968...
Frances "Elaine" Thomason Allen
May 23, 2020
Frances "Elaine" Thomason Allen went home to the LORD early Saturday morning May 23, 2020. Elaine was born on August 3, 1939 in Natchitoches, Louisiana to Mildred and Buddy Thomason. She was a member of Westside Baptist Church and P.E.O. Chapter I. Elaine was preceeded in death by her husband, Hansel Joseph "Joe" Allen; her mother, Mildred Stephens Thomason; her...
Denise Veuleman McAlpin
May 22, 2020
On Friday morning, May 22, 2020, Denise Veuleman McAlpin passed away at the age of 65. If you were lucky enough to know Denise, you knew of her affinity for coffee, how much she enjoyed criticizing the accuracy of historical fiction, and her love of her family. Denise was born September 16, 1954, in Natchitoches, Louisiana. She graduated from Northwestern...
Betty Lou (MacCauley) Jeansonne
May 18, 2020
Our loss is Heaven's gain. Betty Lou (MacCauley) Jeansonne, left our world on Monday, May, 18, 2020. If you spent time with Betty, you knew her love of family, conversations, and coffee. She rejoins her loving husband of 50+ years, Russell "Pop" Jeansonne, her parents, Jane "Granny" Eldreth and Paul Eldreth, sister and brother Hazel Janney and Dick Eldreth, and...
William "Bill" Mooty
May 18, 2020
William “Bill” Archie Mooty age 83 of Natchitoches, LA went to be with the Lord Monday, May 18, 2020. He was born on August 9, 1936 in El Dorado, AR to the late Simmie Mooty and Millie Rosalee Gorum Mooty. He was a carpenter by trade, an Air Force Veteran, a member of the First Baptist Church of Marthaville, LA,...
Gayle Reece Phillips
May 16, 2020
Graveside service for Mr. Gayle Reece Phillips will be held at 2 pm Saturday, May 23, 2020, at Memory Lawn Cemetery in Natchitoches. The family will receive friends from 12 pm until 1:45 pm at Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home. Those honored to serve as pallbearers include E.L. Greene, T J Carson, Cayden Greene, James Martin, Jesse Martin, and Chris Williams....
Walter Stewart Meziere, Sr.
May 13, 2020
A Mass of Christian burial for Walter Stewart Meziere, Sr., will be held at 12 noon on Saturday, May 23, 2020, at St. Augustine Catholic Church in Isle Brevelle, LA with Father Charles Ray serving as celebrant. Entombment in the St. Augustine Mausoleum will follow the Mass with honors provided by the Natchitoches City Police Department. The family will receive...
Susan Hennigan
May 11, 2020
Graveside service for Susan Hennigan will be at 10 am Saturday, May 16, 2020, at St. Joseph’s Chapel Cemetery in the Trichel Community with Rev. Gus "Dutch" Voltz, III officiating. A procession will leave Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home of Natchitoches at 9:30 am on Saturday the 16th. Susan, 53 years of age and a resident of Denham Springs, passed away...
Wesley Aaron "Wes" Rollo
May 5, 2020
Funeral Services to celebrate of the life of Wes Rollo will be held on Saturday, May 9th, 2020 at 2 pm at Parc Natchitoches located at 4515 University Pkwy, Natchitoches, LA 71457. Burial will follow at the American Cemetery in Natchitoches. The family will receive friends from 5 pm until 9 pm on Friday, May 8th, 2020 in the chapel...
Cletus "Clete" Paul Bauer, Sr.
May 5, 2020
On the evening of May 5, 2020, Clete passed away peacefully of natural causes at Natchitoches Community Care Center. He was comforted by his family at the time of his passing. Although he did not pass from Covid-19, his last days were affected by the pandemic with visitor restriction. He was able to hear his family's voices via phone in...
