Obituaries

Bennie L. Evans Sr. went home to be with our Lord and Savior on Sat, March 15, 2014. Homegoing Celebration was Sat, March 22, 2014 at 1:00 pm. at Good Samaritan Funeral Chapel, Shreveport, LA. Interment followed at Morning Glory Cemetery in Mansfield, LA. Rev. Sammy Thomas, Greater Sunshine Baptist Church officiated. Visitation held at Good Samaritan Funeral Chapel  on Fri, March 21, 2014 from 7-8 pm. Bennie leaves us believing 

that each day is a blessing, as well as an opportunity to create lasting memories. He touched many lives and will be greatly missed by his family and a host of friends. The family would like to express many thanks to the

staff of Willis Knighton Cancer Center and Christus Schumpert Grace Home for the loving care provided to our loved one. “No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven.” John 3:13 

 

 

Graveside services honoring the life of Alan Dale Bechner, 51, was held 11:00 AM, Saturday, March 8, 2014 at Rock Dale Cemetery with Reverend Michael W. Millard officiating. The family received friends at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, Mansfield, LA on Friday, March 7, 2014 from 5:00 until 9:00 PM. Alan was born June 30, 1962 in St. Paul, MN to Allen and Nancy Whaley Bechner and passed away March 2, 2014.  During his life he was a truck

driver. Preceding Alan in death were his grandparents Virgil and Teresa Whaley; and niece Alisha Ostheimer. Those left behind to cherish his memory are his parents Allen and Nancy Bechner; sister Denise Reynolds and husband Daniel; brothers Steven Bechner and wife Jennifer, and Patrick Bechner and wife Amy; nieces Brandy Canizaro and husband Patrick, and Grace Bechner; nephews John Bechner, Josh Bechner, and Christian Bechner;

Memorial service for Bobby G. Procell, 66, was held 1:00 PM, Monday, March 10, 2014 at Union Springs Baptist Church with Reverend Richard Enterkin officiating. Bobby was born December 5, 1947 in Converse, LA to John

Memorial services honoring the life of Kenneth Floyd Smith was held on Monday, March 10, 2014 at the Rose-Neath Chapel in Logansport, LA at 7:00 PM with Reverend Tommy McMellon officiating. Kenneth was born on

November 14, 1950 in Nacogdoches, TX to Floyd Preston Smith and Dorthea Wheeland Smith. He passed away on March 8, 2014 in Logansport, LA at the age of 63. Those left behind to cherish his memory is his mother

Dorthea Smith; son Timothy C. Smith; grandson Dyson K. Smith; brother Larry Smith and wife Sarah; nephews & nieces Dustin Smith, Kim Wooten, Mark Smith and wife Heather 

Funeral services for Johnny Terrell, 65, will be held at 2:00 p.m. February 27, 2014 at Rose-Neath's Southside Chapel. Officiating will be Rev. Rich Varner and Rev. Robert Rowland. Interment will follow in Keithville Cemetery.

Lewis Courtney Segura, 88, peacefully passed to life’s next realm on Tuesday, Feb. 11, at Oakmont Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center in Katy, Texas. Lewis was born April 16, 1925, to Jacob Smith Segura, Sr., and Eula Taylor Segura and a loving family that included his sisters, Cora Mae Segura Savoy and Martha Elizabeth Segura Voorhies, and brothers, Jacob Smith Segura, Jr., and Jerry Taylor Segura. All of these, as well as his long-time companion, Evelyn Rosenthal of Houston, Texas, preceded him in death. His service was held Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at 2:00 P.M. at Rose-Neath Funeral Home in Mansfield with the Rev. Michael W. Millard of Christ Memorial Episcopal Church officiating at the service. Interment followed at Highland Cemetery. His family received visitors prior to the service from 1:00 P.M. to the time of service. A memorial service will be held in Houston

Patsy A. McMillan passed away on February 6, 2014 in Alexandria, LA. She was born on May 12, 1943 in Pelican, LA., to Jimmy Rube Jamerson and Ethel Alford Jamerson. She is survived by her son Daniel “Dan” McMillan, Jr. and wife Paula; daughter Kathie Bryant and partner Jean Howell; sister Barbara Graves and grandchildren Tyler McMillan, Harleigh McMillan, Jordy Billadeaux and Brionne Billadeaux. Patsy is preceded in death by her

parents Jimmy Rube Jamerson and Ethel Alford Jamerson; husband Daniel Alexander McMillan, Jr.; two sisters Aggie “Corine” Hunt and Christine Harrison; eight brothers, Foster Wedgeworth, Hubby Jamerson, Jerry “Dean”

Jamerson, Jesmel Collum, Jimmy O’Neal Jamerson, Curtis Wedgeworth, George “Willard” Wedgeworth, and Pelmer Jackson. A Memorial service will be held 2:00 PM Thursday, February 13, 2014 at the Rose-Neath Funeral

Father Edmund A. “Larry” Niehoff, a priest of the Diocese of Shreveport, died in Shreveport on January 27, 2014. Father Niehoff was born in Chicago, Illinois on November 16, 1937, to Edmund Hammill Niehoff and Ann Felice (Malakas) Niehoff. He attended Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa for two years. In August 1957 he entered the Novitiate of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) in Winona, Minnesota. In 1958, he began studies in philosophy at the Priory and College of St. Thomas and St. Dominic in River Forest, Illinois, where he received a B.A. in Philosophy. In 1961 he began his theological studies at St. Rose Priory/Aquinas Institute of Theology in Dubuque, Iowa. He was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood by Archbishop James J. Byrne of Dubuque on April 18, 1964. This year Father Niehoff would have celebrated his golden jubilee as a priest. Visitation was held on