Obituaries

5/27/1974 – 5/25/2020

Remembering Richard Lee Flores: Richard Lee “Ricky” Flores was born in Mansfield, Louisiana May 27, 1974 to his loving mother, Dianne Norwood Boyt, and Randy Flores.

His life ended May 25, 2020, but his story continues. Friends remember Ricky as a “one of a kind good guy” with “a heart of gold”, “quick witted and kind hearted”, “a true and loyal friend”, who would give you the shirt off his back.

Ricky was always determined to give and do his very best. This was evident from the age of nine with his love for dirt bikes and motocross.

Marvin Glen Melton (PawPaw) passed away peacefully May 23, 2020 at Mansfield Nursing Center in Mansfield, LA at the age of 87. Funeral services honoring his life were held at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 27, 2020 at Rose-Neath Funeral Home in Mansfield, LA. Bro. Toby Shaw Officiated with Pat Cobbs assisting. Interment followed at Highland Cemetery in Mansfield, LA. Visitation was from 5 PM to 8PM, with the family hour starting at 4 Rose-Neath Funeral Home on May 26, 2020.

Funeral services honoring the life of Porter Garland “Sonny” Dowling were held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, May 25, 2020 at First Baptist Church Logansport. Officiating the service was Bro. Ben Brittain with Rev. Nancy Wofford assisting. Interment followed at O.E. Price Memorial Cemetery in Logansport. A visitation with the family was held at the church on Sunday, May 24, 2020 beginning at 5:00 p.m.

Porter Garland “Sonny” Dowling, 86, crossed over the river to rest beneath the shade of the trees on May 22, 2020, at his home in Logansport, Louisiana. He was born February 26, 1934, to Thomas Lawson Dowling and Doris Garland Dowling in Grand Cane, Louisiana.

He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Logansport, LA. He was a member of Boy Scouts of America and was the first Eagle Scout in Troop 33 in Logansport. He graduated from Logansport High School in 1952 and graduated from Louisiana Tech University in September, 1959 with a B.S. in Forestry.

Age 88, of Providence Point-Scott Twp., formerly of Lafayette, LA passed away on Tuesday May 19, 2020. Born in Monticello, NY, grew up in New England, Warren was the second child and first son of Llewellyn and Elizabeth (Hooper) Beedle. Husband of the late Mary Elizabeth (Abington) Beedle; father of Warren P. “Dusty” Beedle, III (Angela) of Poplar Bluff, MO, Cindy Hinds (Tom) of Mt. Lebanon and the late Deborah Ann Chapman; grandfather of Jeffrey (Rachel) and the late Jennifer Chapman, Ashley and Jeremy Hinds and Lilleth Beedle and her stepbrother, Nick Wells; Brother of Jessie Jacques and Billy Beedle (Judy); and sister-in-law of D’Ella Clark, the late Abby Cook and Alna Bobbitt; brother-in-law of Marvin Cook; uncle of Jimmy Cook, Celeste Dodson (Kerry), Malcolm Clark (Sherri), Stephen Jacques (Maria), Kathy Jacques, Butch Jacques, Judith Beedle, Susan Beedle Woodward, the late Jerry and Wayne Bobbitt.

On May 13, 2020, at the merry age of 93, Laverne Ralph Arnold “Butch” Pockrandt passed peacefully into his eternal home in heaven. He had spent two weeks in the hospital and ended his life in hospice care in Shreveport. Butch, as he was known to all his friends and family, resided in Mansfield/Grand Cane for over 40 years.

He was born August 12, 1926 in Henderson, Minnesota to Harry and Clara Pockrandt, Butch had extremely fond, nostalgic memories of growing up in Minnesota, but was always glad to have put his snow shovels and snow blowers aside for the warmer winter temperatures in Louisiana.

Butch’s working career spanned “soup to nuts” as he would say, starting work as a young man with a soup company in Illinois. Butch was drafted into the U.S. Army on December 7, 1944 and served in the Philippines prior to the end of the war. After the war’s end, he began a long career in the nut cracking/packing industry which ultimately led him to the Mansfield area.

Graveside services honoring the life of Brandon McClaine Binning, 36, were held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at Allan Cemetery in Mansfield, Louisiana. Officiating the service was Bro. Bob Latham.

Brandon was born on August 20, 1983. He entered into eternal rest on May 22, 2020.

Left behind to cherish his memory are his father, Henry Binning and wife Yolanda; sons, Zack and Jacob Binning; sister, Connie Brown; grandmother, Maxine Evans; along with his nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his mother, Linda Gale Evans Henderson; maternal grandfather, Richard Evans; paternal grandparents, Henry Binning Sr. and Ruby “Tut” Binning; paternal grandmother, Francis Cooper Luse.

Honoring Brandon as pallbearers were Jeremy Evans, Chris Fourd, Chris Bridges, Scott Maines, Alan Maines, and Alex Singleton.