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Carol Daniels Cook,
88, of Grand Cane, Louisiana, passed away Friday, June 4, 2021, in Grand Cane,
Louisiana.
Funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, June 8, 2021, at
Watson & Sons Funeral Home in Center with visitation an hour prior. Bro.
Ron McLellan will officiate. Interment will follow at
Oaklawn Memorial
Park in Center.
Born April 23, 1933, in Ferriday, Louisiana, Carol is the daughter of
Henry Daniels and Ruby Stevens Daniels. She earned her BA in nursing and
became an RN. Carol was a dedicate wife and mother. She enjoyed
cooking and cherished the time spent with her children and grandchildren. Her
hobbies included coloring and gardening. A dedicated Christian, Carol was
active in her church and other Christian organizations. She was a member
of Gloster Baptist Church, where she taught the 4 and 5 year old children’s
classes with Hall Burford for many years. After retirement, Mr. & Mrs.
Cook traveled the country doing missionary work.
She is survived by her children, Cherrie Cook-Flores of Grand Cane,
Louisiana and Christian Cook of Keatchie, Louisiana; grandchildren, Derek Deas
of Stonewall, Louisiana and Brittany Miller of Keatchie, Louisiana; numerous
nieces and nephews; other family; and a host of friends.
Preceded in death by her husband, Charles Cook; parents, Henry Daniels
and Ruby Stevens Daniels; daughter-in-law, Debrah Miller; son-in-law, Robert
Flores; sister, Frances Lewis and husband Joe; brother, Ted Daniels and wife
Gloria.
Pallbearers will be Taylor Burford, Bobby (Hootie) Henderson, Dwayne
Restivo, Barry Rambin, Tommy Niten, and Tyler Adams. Honorary pallbearers
will be Dave Means, Hall Burford, Dean Graner, and Dan McBride Sr.
A special thanks to Life Path Hospice and also to Kathy Thomas, Kim
Thorton, Paula Pouncey, Amanda Reed, Eileen Lewis, and Pauline Douglas for their
compassionate care.
Memorial donations can be made to Clara Springs Baptist Encampment, 4420
Highway 177, Pelican, Louisiana, 71063 or by phone, 318.796.3875.
Kenneth Earl Cunningham
Funeral services celebrating the life of Kenneth Earl
Cunningham, 86, of Joaquin, Texas will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Saturday,
April 23, 2022, at First Baptist Church of Logansport with Rev. Shawn
Thrapp and Rev. Charles Hall officiating. Visitation will be held from
1:00 P.M. until the time of service at the church. Kenneth was born
November 4, 1935, to John Thomas \"Tom\" Cunningham, Sr. and Ruby Lee
Hensley Cunningham and entered into rest on April 20, 2022, in
Shreveport, Louisiana. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and
great-grandfather. He volunteered for over 30 years with the Logansport
Volunteer Fire Department. Kenneth is preceded in death by his wife,
Ruth Laverne Lewis Cunningham; his parents; son, Kenneth C. Cunningham;
brother, John Thomas Cunningham, Jr.; and son-in-law, Perry Pugh. Those
left to cherish his memory include his sons, Phil Cunningham and wife,
Marsha, David Cunningham and wife, Kay; daughters, Sandy Mahan and
husband, Johnny, Donna Pugh; ten grandchildren and seventeen
great-grandchildren. Honoring Kenneth as pallbearers will be Jake Pitts,
Tony Pugh, Brock Pugh, Greg Cunningham, Tommy Cunningham, and Cole
Fleming.
Celia Gilliard was born 5 Dec 1855 to
Ephraim Gilliard and Peggy Green-Gilliard in Grand Cane, La. She was converted
and joined The Mary Evergreen Baptist Church and baptized by Rev. B. W. Williams
in Sept. 1899. She passed on 10 Feb. 1967, at 3:05 a.m., Shreveport, La. She
became the wife of Joseph Sanders on 24 Nov. 1905. To this union was born 12
children. She is survived by 10 children, 29 grandchildren, 19 g.grandchildren,
1 sister, 1 brothers and host of relatives and friends. Processional
prayer.....Rev. W. M. Warmsley Scriputres: Old & new testemant...Rev.
G.O.Tyler....As I Knew Her....Sister Mary T. Tyler......Solo....Bro. Magross
Hall.... As A Neighbor....Sister Mary King....Condolences.....Sister V. C.
Turner.....Funeral Orations...Rev. J. H. Fobbs and Rev. Sam Stills.
Pallbearers: Willie Fred Johnson, Perry Smith, Theodis Hall, A.J. Handy,
Bernis Hall, Enis Jackson Honorary Pallbearers: Liffard Hall, Bud Griffin,
Tommie Mayers, Salmon Jackson, Rev. A. Carter, Roosevelt Thomas .Wednesday, Feb.
15, 1967 1:00 P. M. Mary Evergreen Baptish Church, Grand Cane, La. Rev. Sam
Stills, Pastor. Winnfield Funeral Home in charge.
Submitted by
Maxine Santifer (santifer@aol.com bounced
10/12/2022) gr-gr-gr-neice of
Celia Gilliard
Obituary for
Jennie Phillips Glasscox:
obtained from Mr. Brian McCarty.
From the Mansfield Enterprise, Oct. 30, 1952
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD MONDAY FOR MRS. JENNIE PHILLIPS GLASSCOX
Funeral services for Mrs. Jennie Phillips Glasscox, 67, were held Monday, in the
Bethel cemetery with the Rev. William F. Draper, pastor of the Christ Memorial
Episcopal Church officiating. Mrs. Glasscox, of Grand Cane, died Sunday at 4:30
p.m. She was a native of Texas.
Surviving are one son, John Whitten, Logansport; three sisters, Mrs. Pinkey
Laffitte, Mansfield, Miss Willie Bullock, Shreveport, Mrs. Della English,
Coushatta; one step-brother, Ebb Bullock, Logansport; 13 grandchildren; five
great grandchildren, and a number of nieces and nephews.
Submitted by Harold Gosnell
gosnell36@bellsouth.net
Pall bearers were nephews: James, Leonard and Mack Laffitte, Oscar Chreene,
Blanton English and Tommy Phillips
The Obituary said that she was burried in the
Bethel Cemetery:
However; She is listed in the Chreene Cemetery in
De Soto Parish, LA.
Mansfield Enterprise: August 1, 1940. LONGSTREET: After a lingering illness,
Mrs. B. C. Gordon passed away at her home here on Friday July 26. Funeral
services were held in the Baptist Church Saturday afternoon with Reverend
Hancock of Bethany officiating. Mrs. Gordon is survived by her husband, five
daughters and eight grandchildren to whom heartfelt sympathy is extended by
their many friends.
Martin Lacy
contributed by: Rose Edwards
baragarose@gmail.com
Mary Ruth Phillips
A graveside service for Mary Ruth Phillips, 86, of Shreveport,
Louisiana will be held on Thursday, May 12, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. at
Longstreet Cemetery with Rev. Dean Register officiating. Visitation will
be held on the same day of service at Kilpatrick\'s Rose-Neath Funeral
Home, Mansfield, Louisiana from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Mary was born on
January 16, 1936, to Victor and Mercer Boggs and entered into rest on
Tuesday, May 10, 2022, after a lengthy illness. She was a loving mother
and grandmother. She is preceded in death by her parents, husband, Joe
Phillips, and daughter, Patricia Ward. Those left to cherish her memory
include her son, Joe F. Brannon, Jr., and wife, Tina; daughters, Vicky
Lynn Rouse, and Teresa Jean Brannon; eight grandchildren, thirteen
great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.
Robert H. Scott
died at his home in Kingston, La. on Saturday October 24, 1931. He was
74 years of age, and closed his long career with a record that is excelled by
few men, as he was on the the very best citizens of which DeSoto could boast.
He leaves a wife, who was Miss Corinne Beard, the only daughter of Colonel
James Hamilton Beard, the outstanding hero of the battle of Mansfield, where he
led the Crescent regiment, of which he was Colonel, when it charged across an
open space of 700 yards, breaking through the Federal line, turning their flank,
and assuring victory to the Confederate cause. The decedent is survived by two
sons, Rochelle, T. Scott of Shreveport, and Rembert B. Scott of Kingston: Three
grandsons: Two brothers, Maxcy Gregg Scott of Colorado and Edward L. Scott of
Baton Rouge: Three sisters, Mrs. G. W. Sample and Mrs. W. P. Courtney of Grane
Cane, and Mrs. O. B. Patterson of Baton Rouge. The pall-bearers were J. H.
Riggs, James E. Scott, Pendleton Courtney, Will Sample, L. T. Lancaster, and I.
W. Pickens. Mrs. Scott was a superb gentleman in every sense of the word, who
discharged his every duty, both in public and private life, sincerely and
conscientiously. His death is both a public and private loss. Reprinted from
the Mansfield Enterprise, October 29, 1931
submitted by Cindy Scott
Freeman, ffreeman@cds.net.net (email bounce 10/13/2022) gr- niece
Lewis Watson
Lewis Watson, 88, of Logansport, Louisiana passed away on Thursday,
March 10, 2022, in Shreveport, Louisiana. Lewis was born to Author and
Gladys Watson on October 9, 1933, in Pensacola, Florida. Lewis served in
the United States Army. Lewis is preceded in death by his parents, one
brother, and his three sisters. Those left to cherish his memory include
his daughters, Sheila Brown, and husband, Clyde of Longstreet,
Louisiana, Evelyn Harriman of Columbia, South Carolina; his sons, Rev.
Douglas Freeman, and wife, Connie of Boyce, Louisiana, Ricky Freeman and
wife, Darlene of Irmo, South Carolina, and a host of grandchildren,
great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren. A memorial service
honoring the life of Lewis will be held at a later date.
Obituary for
John Whitten obtained from Mr. Brian Services for John Whitten, 87, of Grand
Cane, were held at 2 p.m. Saturday, November 26 at Rose-Neath’s Mansfield Chapel
with the Reverend Bob Elder, Pastor, Logansport Pentecostal Church,
officiating. Burial:
Chreene Cemetery. Mr. Whitten died Thursday, November 24,
1994 at DeSoto General Hospital. He was born in Logansport. Mr. Whitten was
retired.
Survivors
include four daughters, Jean Allen of Stonewall, Mazie Goodman of Stonewall, Sue
Weber of Logansport, Mildred Morton of Doyline; one son, John R. Whitten of
Grand Cane; 10 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren.
Submitted by Harold Gosnell
gosnell36@bellsouth.net
Mrs. Ellie Ann Howell Williams
Life-Long Resident of DeSoto Parish
Passes Away:
Mrs. Ellie Ann Howell Williams widow of
the Late Jeff D. Williams and life long resident of DeSoto Parrish died Friday
morning, August 19, 1949, at the Curtis Clinic. Funeral services were held
Saturday, Aug 20 at 5 o'clock from the Drewitt Funeral Home with Dr. George A.
Ritchey of the First Baptist Church, Mansfield, and Rev. J. P. King, of Antioch
Baptish Church officiating. Interment was in the the
Allen Cemetery. She is
survived by eight children. Mrs. H. C. Robertson, Mrs. Wayne Smith, Mrs. Rascoe
Hamilton, Mrs. Bill James, all of Mansfield: Mrs D. F. Parry of Logansport, Mrs.
Al H. Jones and Mrs. Glenn Overman, of Sulphur, and O. D. Williams of Tulsa
Okla., twelve grand-children, six great-grandchildren, one brother Beulah Howell
of Vivian, and three sisters, Mrs. West Williams, Mrs. C. C. Williams and Mrs.
Ed Mathis. submitted by Bobbie Barrett twbarrett@earthlink.net
Mrs. Sarah Williams
Mrs. Sarah E. Howell Williams, 99, one
of DeSota's oldest citizens, died in a local hospital December 26, 1968 after a
short illness. Funeral services from the Drewett Memorial Chapel, were
conducted Dec. 28 at 10 a.m. with the Revs. Sidney Fillington and C. W. Calhoun
officiating. Burial followed in
Allen Cemetery. Mrs. Williams is survived only
by a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Angie Williams, and several nieces and nephews.
submitted by Bobbie Barrett
twbarrett@earthlink.net
granddaughter
reprinted from the Mansfield Enterprise
