Obituaries

Funeral services for Mary Evelyn Reynolds Hammontree, age 85, will be held at Bailey Funeral Home in Springhill, LA on Saturday April 5, 2025 at 10:00 am with Brother David Permenter and Brother Clay Fuqua officiating.

Mitchell Judson “Jud” Scott, III, 78, of Blanchard, Louisiana passed away March 19, 2025, with his loving family by his side. A Celebration of Life will be held Friday, March 28, 2025 at 3:00 p.m. at Benton Methodist Church, 4615 Palmetto Road, Benton, Louisiana. A visitation will be held at the church at 2:00 p.m. until service time. Reverend Brad Franklin and Reverend David Dietzel will officiate. Jud was born September 2, 1946, in Mansfield, Louisiana. Jud boasted of enjoying a perfect childhood growing up in Kingston, Louisiana, where his family homeplace included a sawmill, cotton gin, and general store in addition to his family home. Jud graduated from Mansfield High School and then headed to LSU where he met the love of his life in calculus class. After graduation, Jud began his lifelong career as a mechanical engineer for SWEPCO.

Marian Calhoun Snapp was born on April 3, 1962, and passed away at home in St. Louis, Missouri on Monday, March 3, 2025, after suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). She spent her happy childhood years in Mansfield, Louisiana alongside her parents and brother. Marian accepted Jesus as the Lord of her life when she was six years old. After graduation from Mansfield High School, she earned a B.S. in Education and an M.S. in Speech Pathology from Baylor University. While at Baylor, she met the love of her life, Greg. Marian and Greg married after graduation from Baylor and loved their life together. They were blessed with Mary Kathleen, Sam, and Stewart. These children were gifts whom she adored.

Mary Sue Glover May was born on December 27, 1940, at her home in Winnfield, Louisiana. Born to James Gifford Glover and Nona Idell Wallace Glover. She went home to be with the Lord on March 11, 2025, surrounded by her family. Sue attended Noble High School where she met her high school sweetheart, James “Sonny” May. They married on February 3, 1957, and together they had 6 children. They spent their first years in Shreveport and moved to DeSoto Parish in 1966. She was a homemaker until they acquired Hilltop Grocery, and she ran that for some years. She then went to work in the cafeteria at Stanley High School, and there she became MawMaw to all the children at Stanley High School. To this day, all her kids call her MawMaw, and remember how good the food was. Along with working at the school, she worked 2-3 additional jobs from restaurants, cleaning fish, and any other job to put food on her family’s table.

MAY 5, 1947 — FEBRUARY 8, 1925

9/03/40 — 1/30/25 On January 30, 2025, Floyd Earl Nesom entered into heavenly rest in Mansfield, LA. Earl was born on September 3, 1940, to parents RT Nesom and Verna Ruth Dyes Nesom in Belmont, LA. He was the middle of three children, and their only son. Earl was a great husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, uncle, brother, and friend. His greatest loves were his children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, never missing an opportunity to tell you all about them. Earl spent over 45 years devoted to working in the oilfield, traveling around the world. He was also a Master Mason and Deacon at Fellowship Baptist Church, often spending his own time and using his own equipment to maintain the grounds of both the lodge and church, and anywhere else that needed it.

10/16/49 — 1/19/25 Preston Elmer Dixon Jr of Ellis, Idaho, born on October 16, 1949, in Mansfield, Louisiana to Preston Dixon Jr and Mary Lilene Ricks- Dixon, passed away peacefully January 19th, 2025. Preston graduated from Mansfield High School and attended Northwestern University and Colorado State University. He worked summers on hay crews in Nebraska, which is where he discovered his passion for ranching. He graduated CSU and, after working on ranches in several states, moved to Idaho, where the Pahsimeroi Valley would become his lifelong home. He made his passion for ranching into his career, purchasing and running the Keppner Ranch for many years with his ex-wife Nadine. He loved his horses, cows, dogs, and everything to do with ranching, often building his own tools from scrap rather than purchasing new ones and keeping workhorse tractors running far past their expiration dates.

AUGUST 19, 1949 — JANUARY 18, 2025

5/07/66 — 1/11/25 A Celebration of Life for Marion Daryl “Daron” Webb, Jr., 58, of Noble, LA, was held on Saturday, January 18, 2025, at the Methodist Church of Zwolle. Services began at 10:00 AM with Minister Sharon Stewart officiating. Lunch was provided for family and friends. Following the meal, there was a graveside service. Marion Daryl Webb, Jr. — “Daron,” or lovingly known as “D” to all who knew him — went to be with the Lord on January 11, 2025, surrounded by family after a courageous health battle. Daron was born on May 7, 1966, to Marion Daryl Webb, Sr., and Candis Crutchfield Webb. Daron started his career as a lineman at just 18 years old. At the end of his career, Daron had served over 40 years as a lineman with Cleco and Red Simpson. He worked for Cleco for 22 years and 6 months and met some of his closest friends.

7/30/53 — 12/31/24 James Earl (Jim) Radford, 71, lovingly known as “Slim,” was born in Mansfield, Louisiana, on July 30, 1953, and passed away in Shreveport, on December 31, after a lengthy illness. Slim was a lifelong resident of Mansfield and a die-hard LSU fan, bleeding purple and gold every Saturday during football season. Slim grew up attending Mansfield’s First Baptist Church and made sure that his mother made it to choir practice and Sunday services in her later years. Known as the family’s GOAT, Slim lettered in three sports at Mansfield High School: football, basketball, and track. In 1970, Slim was the starting quarterback in his senior year at MHS. With his strong quarterbacking arm, he threw the javelin as a member of the MHS track team and also was a high hurdler. In the spring of 1971, Slim helped the MHS track team win its first state championship of the five the Wolverines would subsequently win.