Obituaries

Services for Annie Marie McCallum 90, were held at 12:00 PM,on Friday, July 17, 2015 at Rose-Neath Funeral Home in Mansfield,Louisiana where Reverend Jody Hooper officiated. Graveside service followed at 3:00 PM at Comrade Cemetery in Simpson, Louisiana. The family received friends at Rose-NeathFuneral Home in Mansfield,Louisiana from 5:00 until 7:00 PM onThursday, July 16, 2015. Annie was born May 13, 1925 in Vernon Parish, Louisiana to her parents Hamp and Delia Preceding Annie in death are herparents, Hamp and Delia Funderburk Lynch; husband, Eddie McCallum; son, Jimmy Wade Singletary; brothers,Furman Lynch, Wilson Lynch; sister, Eunice Wallett.Those left behind to cherish her memory is her son, D.L.

Funeral services for Donnie Johnson, 52, were at 2:00 PM,Saturday, July 18, 2015 at Rose-Neath Funeral Home Chapel in Mansfield where Reverend Larry Prid more officiated. Burial followed in theConverse Cemetery in Converse. Thefamily receiveed friends at Rose-Neath in Mansfield on Friday, July17, 2015 from 5:00 until 8:00 PM.Donnie was born July 24, 1962 in Clark County, MS to C.J. and Alva Mae Baker Johnson and passed away on July 15, 2015 at his residence withhis family by his side.Preceding Donnie in death werehis parents C.J.

Visitation, Mass and funeralservices for Alice Fern Bates SmithPrudhomme, 74, have beenannounced, with the visitation beingheld on Friday, July 10 from 5:00 PMuntil 9:00 PM at Roseneath FuneralHome in Mansfield, with a MemorialMass being held at 6:00 PM. Funeralservices will be held at St. JosephCatholic Church, where she was amember, in Mansfield on Saturday,July 11 at 10:00 AM, followed byinterment at Carmel CatholicCemetery in Carmel. Msgr. J. CarsonLaCaze will officiate at all services.A favorite nephew, Preston Bates, willdeliver the Eulogy. Pallbearers will be Jackie Hilton, Doug “Slo” Smith, James Foshee, JimEdwards, Quint Gillespie and Gerald Laffitte. Honorary Pallbearers includeRichard Z. Johnson and Doug Young. Alice fought a hard fight with health issues these past few years but justkept going with her zest for life and love for her family. She left for herspiritual home on June 17, 2015.

Lori Michaele LaFauci Yarbroughpassed away after a brief illness andwent home to the Lord on July 3,2015at 01:54 a.m. in West Monroe, LA.Lori was born on October 17, 1964 toher parents David and Helen LaFauciin New Orleans, LA. Visitation andmemorial services were held at 1 p.m.- 4 p.m. on Sunday, July 5 at Rose-Neath Funeral Home in Mansfield,LA. Interment was conducted atHampton Cemetery in Elizabeth, LAon Monday, July 6th at 10 a.m. Lori was preceded in death by hergrandparents David Metzger, RalphStansell, August LaFauci, Lillie RuthDavis, uncle, Leo LaFauci, and her aunt, Judy LaFauci.

Mass of Christian Burial for BettyJane Rohde Savage was at 2:00 PM,Monday, July 6, 2015 at St. Joseph’sCatholic Church in Mansfield withFather Matthew Long officiating.Burial followed in Cool SpringsCemetery in Logansport. The familyreceived friends at Rose-NeathFuneral Home in Logansport onSunday, July 5, 2015 from 5:00 until8:00 PM.Betty Jane was born October 22,1925 in St. Louis, MO to Lewis andBarbara Sutton Rohde and passedaway July 3, 2015 in Mansfield, LA.She graduated Valedictorian of Logansport High School 1942. Her love ofknowledge kept her continuing her education at Draughn School ofBusiness, Louisiana State University, Northwestern State University andPanola College, history was her favorite course of study. She was an avidreader for the sake of learning from it. She served many years with theDepartment of Defense at Barksdale Air Force Base and then inWashington D.C. for the Navel Department of Defense.