Obituaries

Funeral services will be held Friday, October 24, 2014 at 1:00 p.m., at Grace Presbyterian Church (518 Roselawn Blvd. Lafayette, LA. 70503) for William Sherman Flores, Sr., age 87, who passed early Wednesday morning. Bill Flores was born on January 10, 1927 to Roy and Dorothy Flores in Mansfield, Louisiana. After a robust and bountiful rural childhood, upon his 18th birthday, Bill joined the US Navy to serve on the USS Wasp, Essex Class Aircraft Carrier in the middle of WWII serving primarily in the Pacific theater and later transporting troops home from Europe. After his Navy service, Bill attended Louisiana State University receiving a B.S. in Geology and moved to Shreveport, Louisiana to start his career, initially with Arkla Fuel Company as a Petroleum Geologist. In 1954, Arkla transferred Bill, now married to Jane Caldwell, to Lafayette, Louisiana to participate in the Gulf Coast Oil boom of the 1950's and was a Lafayette resident for almost 60 years.

Funeral services honoring the life of Betty Jane Lister, 78, will be 10:00 AM, Saturday, October 25, 2014 at Kilpatrick’s Rose- Neath Funeral Home Chapel in Mansfield with Reverend Michael McConnaughey. Burial will follow in Highland Cemetery in Mansfield. The family will receive friends at Rose-Neath Mansfield on Friday, October 24, 2014 from 5:00 until 8:00 PM. Betty was born in Catuna to Walter and Willie Barber Lewis and passed away in Mansfield. She loved her Lord and reading His word. The highlight of Betty’s life was her family. Betty was a member of First United Pentecostal Church in Mansfield and was a retired LPN. Betty enjoyed eating ice cream with her grandchildren. Preceding Betty in death were her husband Billy Lister; sister Maggie and Paula; brother Walter “Bubba”; and her parents. Those left behind to cherish her memory are her sons Bobby Gene Campbell, Jr.

Funeral Services for Mrs. Bobbie Lois Rogers Mannies Hunter were held at 11:30 AM Saturday October 18th 2014 at her church home, First United Methodist Church in Mansfield, LA. The service was officiated by Pastor Kathy Fitzhugh, visitation was the start of service and the internment followed at Highland Cemetery. Mrs. Hunter was born October 20, 1927 in Stamps, Arkansas, to Coburn & Vera Foster Rogers and passed peacefully surrounded by her family on October 15, 2014 in Mansfield, Louisiana where she spent the majority of her life as a resident, wife, mother, grandmother, politician and civic leader, staple in the community, and most recently great grandmother.Bobbie was married to  Wallace Rushing “Peck” Mannies and upon his passing filled his unexpired term in office as DeSoto Parish Tax Assessor, which in turn lead to her running for Tax Assessor and later retiring from public office. Beforeretiring she married Charles C.