Obituaries

Born November 9, 1946,passed away suddenly on March3, 2015 in Webster, TX at theage of 68. Memorial serviceswill be held at the Logansportriverfront on Saturday, March14, 2015 at 10am. Daddy Bill was anoutdoorsman and a typical ol’country boy. He lovedbullriding, racing fast cars (theBlue Goose), hunting, fishing,gardening, and just buildingthings!!! But most of all, DaddyBill loved his family!!He is preceded in death by hisfather, Ivan Travis Hatcher, andgrandparents, Dick and NettieMatthews-Heard and Tom andGinnie Hatcher, all fromLogansport, LA.Left to cherish his wonderfulmemories, is his wife of 45 yearsJudy Harvey Hatcher. Hisdaughter, Billie Jean and son-in-law, Michael Hughes. His son,Travis Jay Hatcher anddaughter-in-law Amy.Grandchildren, Destini, Jalyn,Tyler, Jacob, Alyssa, Selbi,Dylan, and Cannon GreatGranddaughter, Kylee Jean (hisbear). Mother, Bessie JeanMalone and sisters, Pam, CarolSue, and Joye. Sister-in-law,Patsy and brother-in-laws,Glenn and Dennis.

Memorial services for Mrs. Gloria Pierce Schmidt, 84, were held Saturday, February 28, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in the chapel at Broadmoor United Methodist Church where Dr. Greg Davis and Rev. Kathy Wafer officiated. The family welcomed guests for visitation from 9:00 a.m. until time of service. Interment followed on the grounds of Mansfield Cemetery, Mansfield, LA. Mrs. Schmidt was born October 27, 1930 in Bastrop, LA to the late Willie and Stella M. Pierce. She was a member of First United Methodist Church of Mansfield until moving to Shreveport and joining Broadmoor United Methodist Church in 2002. Mrs. Schmidt was a graduate of Southeastern University. She was very proud to be the first person in her family to graduate from college. She taught elementary school for 12 years. She retired for good in 1968, when she married Joe Schmidt. Preceding her death were her parents and her husband of 46 years, Joe Bond Schmidt, Jr., who died January 22, 2015. Mrs.

Virginia Goodman Dillard passed away February 27, 2015 at NMMC Hospice. She was born April 23, 1920 in Iuka, Mississippi to Walter Leigh and Blanche Hill Goodman; she was 94. Services were held at First Baptist Church in Pontotoc on Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. with Brother Mickey Gentry, Minister of Music/ Senior Adults as minister. Burial followed in the Pontotoc Memorial Gardens, with Browning Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Virginia grew up and was educated in Iuka, Mississippi. After graduating high school as Salutatorian in her class, she moved to Tupelo to attend business college. A beauty with an unusually warm and lyrical singing voice who contended in the Miss Mississippi pageant, Virginia sang with a local orchestra at the Hotel Tupelo in her spare time. While in school Virginia met and later married Hayden “Speck” Dillard from Pontotoc, Mississippi. The couple moved to Pontotoc where they lived until their marriage was interrupted by World War II.