Tonight ,Journal Sports will present live video coverage of the Riverdale Academy vs Sharkey-Issaquena Academy football game from Rolling Fork, Mississippi. Kickoff is at 7:00 pm and our broadcast will begin about half an hour before. To watch the game, go the Red River Parish Journal’s Facebook page and look for videos. The link will be live about 6:40 pm.
Journal Sports live video of Red River Bulldog football will begin about September 25th. We are accepting applications for people to join the broadcast team. These are paid positions, and a commitment to the entire schedule of 8 games plus possible playoffs is required. Send info to RedRiverParishJournal@gmail.com or text to 318-564-3609.
Philip Maxfield reports from Lifeshare that the final total of blood units collected at Rivertown Market on September 8th was 18. Their goal had been 12. Maxfield said another blood drive is scheduled at Martin Baptist Church on Sunday, September 27th from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm.
Two online phlebotomy technician training courses will be held in late September through Northwestern State University’s Office of Electronic and Continuing Education. Each course will be a combination of online and face to face instruction. A phlebotomy technician training course will be held in Natchitoches starting Sept. 21 and on NSU’s Cenla campus in Alexandria at 1410 Neel Kearby Blvd. beginning Sept. 28. Classes will be offered online through Moodle. The skills portion for the Natchitoches course will be on Nov. 2, 4 and 6 from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. in South Hall. The skills portion for the Alexandria class will be on Nov. 9, 11 and 13 from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. Facial coverings are required, and safe distancing will be observed. For more information or to register go to checkout.nsula.edu or email ece@nsula.edu.
Flutist Dennette McDermott and bassoonist Douglas Bakenhus will present a faculty recital, “From Baroque to Galant,” on Monday, Sept 14 at 7:30 p.m. in Magale Recital Hall.
A personal note: Where were you on the morning of September 11th, 2001. If you are still in high school you were’t born yet. If you are over 19, where were you. I was at work doing my daily news talk show on KNOC, Natchitoches when we heard. The TV in the newsroom was on and all channels interrupted. We did the initial bulletin locally then joined ABC Radio for more coverage. And we kept at it for days and days. My first national story to cover was the assassination of JFK. Then there was the RFK assassination. And Martin Luther King. Hurricane Katrina. And on and on. Adrenaline kept us going and we kept the facts coming as the story developed. So where were you on 9/11/2001? Remember the feeling and pass it on to this generation and the next.
For many years the 5th grade class at Riverdale has been responsible for putting the flag up every morning and taking it down in the afternoon. Mrs. Katie and her 5th grade class are keeping the tradition alive! Thank you to Jay Donald for the new flag.
Governor John Bel Edwards today said Louisiana will be moving into Phase Three of reopening. The Governor did not give details. The new Phase Three proclamation is expected to be revealed later today before it goes into effect tomorrow.
Funeral services for Mark “Thro Down” Owen Carden, 57, of Minden, LA will be held at 5 P.M. Friday, September 11, 2020 at Rockett-Nettles Funeral Home Chapel with Bubba Lee officiating and Bro. Shawn Beard assisting. Visitation will be held from 3:30 P.M. until service time on Friday.
Mark “Thro Down” was born September 27, 1962 in Birmingham, AL to Charlotte Wilhite and Coy Carden and went home to be with his Lord and Savior on September 7, 2020 in Minden, LA. Mark “Thro Down” was a member of the Confederates Motorcycle Club where he was currently serving as President of the Minden chapter.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Charlotte Wilhite and Coy Carden.
Mark’s “Thro Down” love will live on in the hearts and memories of the loved ones he has left behind.
Left to cherish his memory are his step-son, Billy Jack Choat; sister, Riceal Lynn Harris and husband, Jerry; step-grandkids, Kyler and Cameron; nephews, Chad Whisenhunt and girlfriend Shelly Temple, Jarrett Crumbley and his wife Elizabeth; niece Miranda Reeves and husband Luke; great-nephews and nieces, Caleb and Logan Whisenhunt, Austin and Faith Richardson, Matt and Sadie Reeves, Matthew, Jonathan and Elayna Crumbley; great-great niece Brooklyn Reeves; and his fiancée’ Robin Cunningham.
Jerry L. Glover, President of the Bank of Coushatta, has announced that he intends to retire from the Bank within the next twelve calendar months. Joel Ossman, currently a Vice President and Shreveport Area Manager of Bank of Coushatta is the President Select and will become the active President upon Jerry’s retirement.
After Jerry’s retirement, he will remain on the Board at the Bank and he will also be involved on various Bank committees. He will also remain available in an advisory position as needed after retirement from the office of President in order to better facilitate a smooth transition of management. Jerry began working at Bank of Coushatta in 1990 and has served in the office of President since 2003.
Jerry intends to spend more time with family, children, grandchildren, friends and do some traveling.
Joel began working for Bank of Coushatta as Vice President and Shreveport Area Manager in 2015. Joel has been in banking for 22 years. He is a native of Shreveport and holds a BS degree in Business Administration from Texas A&M University and has completed the three year LSU Graduate School of Banking program.
Statement on the Burn Ban from Fire Chief Shane Felts.
To all of Red River Parish. According to the message from the State Fire Marshal, we are under a burn ban because of possible water system water shortage. Also, he left it up to each Fire Chief to decide.
We are letting the people of Red River Parish burn because we don’t solely depend on water systems for water. We know most of the parish either have trees down in their yards or lots of limbs etc. If you need to burn, try to burn in small piles if possible and keep a water hose close by to prevent it from spreading.
Please take caution and be safe. If you need us to respond and help, please call 911.
“There was a steady stream of people coming by all day,” is how Philip Maxfield described the turnout Tuesday for the Lifeshare Blood Drive at Rivertown Market. The Journal spoke with a tired although gratified Maxfield at the end of the day.
He said, “Our goal for the day was 12 units. We far exceeded that. I don’t have the final figures yet, but we had a very good day.”
Currently Lifeshare is under an emergency appeal for blood donors. Supplies are so low that Lifeshare cannot supply all the blood that is needed by local hospitals. Maxfield is urging businesses such as Rivertown Market to hold blood drives.
Another blood drive is scheduled Thursday beginning at 6:00 pm at Man Church on highway 507. And a drive is scheduled at Martin Baptist Church on September 27th from 9:00 am until 12:30 pm.
Lifeshare locations are operating extended hours from 8:00 am until 6:00 pm weekdays and util 3:00 pm on Saturdays.
The Heeresgeschichtliches Museum in Vienna, Austria, houses a large collection of artifacts spanning five centuries of Austrian military affairs. The collection consists of weapons, tanks, airplanes, vehicles, as well as a plethora of other war-related items. In the Sarajevo display of the Franz Joseph Hall in the museum sits an antique 1911 Gräf & Stift convertible automobile which still displays its original license plate; AIII118. If you look closer, you will spot evidence of something sinister.
On June 28, 1914, Emperor Franz Joseph sent his son, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, to Sarajevo to observe military maneuvers. Well-wishers waited to greet the Archduke and Duchess. Members of a terrorist group also waited.
In 1901, officers in the Army of the Kingdom of Serbia formed a secret military society known as Unification or Death, more commonly known as the Black Hand. Their singular goal was the unification of Serb-inhabited territories by training guerrilla-type fighters in the art of sabotage and assassination. By 1914, the Black Hand had hundreds of members who operated in small cells of three to six members. Supervisors each handled a small group of cells. Secrecy was of the utmost importance, and members of a cell rarely knew anything about the activities of other cells. Cell members went about their daily lives until their supervisor gave them a mission.
In the Spring of 1914, a six-member cell comprised of Vaso Čubrilović, Cvjetko Popović, Gavrilo Princip, Trifko Grabež, Nedeljko Čabrinović, and Muhamed Mehmedbašić, received the order to assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand during his trip to Sarajevo. The Black Hand trained the six cell members and furnished them with six bombs, five Browning FN Model 1910 automatic pistols with .380 ammunition, an undisclosed amount of money, suicide pills, and maps. The members of the cell planned and trained for the Archduke’s and Duchess’s upcoming visit.
On Sunday morning, June 18, 1914, Franz Ferdinand, his wife, and several members of the royal entourage arrived at Sarajevo by train, where a motorcade of six automobiles waited. Franz Ferdinand, his wife, and two other officials rode in the third car, a 1911 Gräf & Stift convertible automobile with license plate number AIII118. Within minutes of their arrival, the motorcade set off through Sarajevo on its pre-announced route toward the Town Hall.
The assassins anxiously awaited their target. The Black Hand strategically placed each of the assassins at different points along the route as a failsafe of sorts. If one assassin failed, the next would step in. Mehmedbašić stood in front of the Mostar Café armed with a bomb. Čubrilović stood nearby with a pistol and another bomb. Čabrinović stood a short distance away on the opposite side of the street near the Milijacka River armed with a bomb.
The unsuspecting passengers in the motorcade passed Mehmedbašić and Čubrilović without incident. For some reason, both failed to act. At 10:10 a.m., the motorcade approached Čabrinović. He removed the safety from the bomb and threw it. His aim was good. The bomb hit the folded down convertible top of the Franz Ferdinand’s car, bounced off, landed under the next car in the motorcade, and exploded. Some contemporary newspaper accounts reported that “the Archduke saw the missile hurtling through the air and warded it off with his arm.” The bomb wounded some twenty people and left a small crater in the street. The other three assassins, Popović, Princip, and Grabež, heard the bomb blast and assumed Franz Ferdinand had been killed. They watched in shock as the remaining cars in the motorcade, including Franz Ferdinand’s car, passed them by at a high rate of speed toward the Town Hall.
Čabrinović swallowed his cyanide pill and jumped into the river, but his suicide attempt failed. The cyanide pill was weak and only induced vomiting. Due to a drought, the water level in the river was only a few inches deep. The crowd pulled him from the shallow river and gave him a severe beating before police took him into custody.
Franz Ferdinand was visibly shaken as he spoke at the reception at the Town Hall. During his speech, the Archduke said, “…as I see in them an expression of their joy at the failure of the attempt at assassination.” Franz Ferdinand and Sophie abandoned their planned schedule and decided to visit those injured in the bombing at the hospital. The drivers in the motorcade were confused about the route to take to the hospital and drove along the same route they had taken from the train station to the Town Hall.
Undeterred by the unsuccessful first assassination attempt, Princip stood in front of a delicatessen near the Latin Bridge and waited for the Archduke to pass by on his return trip. The drivers of the first, second, and third cars in the motorcade, which included the Archduke’s car, made an incorrect right turn at the Latin Bridge. Governor Potiorek, who was riding in the car with Franz Ferdinand, told the driver to stop because he had made a wrong turn. The driver applied the brakes and stopped the car right beside Princip.
Princip would not fail this time. He pulled his .380 pistol, stepped onto the car’s running board, and fired into Franz Ferdinand and Sophie. One shot penetrated Franz Ferdinand’s jugular vein, and another struck Sophie in the abdomen. Princip attempted to commit suicide with the pistol but was seized by the crowd before he could pull the trigger. Sophie lost consciousness immediately, followed by Franz Ferdinand a couple of minutes later.
The driver sped the injured couple to the Governor’s residence for medical treatment. Sophie died before they reached the Governor’s residence and Franz Ferdinand died a few minutes after their arrival. June 28, 1914, the day of their assassination, was Franz Ferdinand’s and Sophie’s fourteenth weeding anniversary.
Most historians agree that Princip’s shots were the spark which ignited World War I, one of the deadliest conflicts in human history. This “war to end all wars” killed an estimated nine million combatants and thirteen million civilians, in addition to many millions more who died as a result of genocide and the related Spanish Influenza Epidemic of 1918.
If you visit the Heeresgeschichtliches Museum in person or by virtual tour, you will see the macabre artifacts from the assassination including the pistol Princip used in the assassination, the clothing worn by Franz Ferdinand and Sophie, the cot on which the injured Archduke died, and the car in which they were assassinated. Some people have argued that the automobile’s license plate, AIII118, was prophetic. If you convert the letters and numbers of the license plate into a date format, the result is 11/11/18. The license plate on the car in which the Archduke was assassinated, the assassination which began the First World War, prophetically gave the date of the Armistice of 11 November 1918, the date on which the fighting ended in World War I.
Sources:
The Anaconda Standard (Anaconda, Montana), June 28, 1914, p.39.
The Guardian(London, England), June 29, 1914, p.9.
The Daily News and Star (Lawton, Oklahoma), June 30, 1914, p.1.
“Heeresgeschichtliches Museum.” Accessed August 12, 2020. https://www.hgm.at/en/.
On Friday September 4, the Riverdale Rebels traveled to WCCA to play their first official away game. The Rebels took on the Rams, and the game ended with the score in favor of the Rams, 24-22. It was an intense game that came down to the last minutes of the game being the final deciding factor. With just under two minutes, the Rams gained the final possession of the ball, wisely kept the ball on the ground, running time off the clock, and ended up taking a knee. This act made it impossible for the Rebels to have a chance to gain possession of the ball and score a touchdown for the win. The boys had a great Labor Day practice and will continue to practice this week and come back to win their next game.
Offensive stats for the night were the following: quarterback Witt Almond was 5 for 13 for 102 passing yards and 2 touchdowns. Witt also had 3 carries for 17 yards and a touchdown. Jake Messenger had 10 carries for 36 yards. Paul Messenger had 15 carries for 54 yards. Parker Almond had 3 receptions for 71 yards and 1 touchdown. Jake Messenger had 1 reception for 31 yards and a touchdown.
The defense worked hard on its end as well. Stats were the following: Defensive MVP Denver Williams had 3 solo tackles, 3 assists, (3 TFL) and 1 sack. Parker Almond had 4 solo tackles and 3 assists including 1 TFL. Paul Messenger had 1 solo tackle and 3 assists while his brother Jake Messenger had 3 solo tackles, 7 assists (1 TFL,) 1 FF, and 1 XP block. Tyler Hodgin, who was playing in his first game this year due to an injury, had a fumble recovery. Ty Jones had 4 solo tackles, 3 assists, and 1 fumble recovery. Ben Almond had 1 assist, 2 interceptions for 35 yards, and 1 PBU. Three freshmen gave the Rebels some quality defensive minutes. Ryder Huddleston had 4 assists, Hayden Hillman had 1 assist, and Kyle Guillory recovered a fumble.
This Friday, September 11, the Rebels will be traveling to Sharkey Issaquena Academy in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, to play their second official away game of their season. Come out and support them or tune in on the Red River Parish Journal Facebook page. GO REBELS!!!
On August 28, 2020, the Louisiana State Police Special Victims Unit (LSP SVU) arrested 66-year-old Doyl Johnson, of Coushatta. He was charged with 23 counts of pornography involving juveniles and obstruction of justice. For clarification of the counts involving juveniles, you can click on the following link and read Louisiana Revised Statute 14:81.1.pornography involving juveniles
In March 2020, LSP SVU Troopers received information that Johnson was in the possession of inappropriate images. During the course of the investigation, Troopers discovered inappropriate images located on multiple devices belonging to Johnson. Troopers also found that he attempted to destroy evidence. LSP SVU obtained an arrest warrant for Johnson, and he was booked into the Red River Parish Jail.
The Louisiana State Police maintains close partnerships with other law enforcement agencies. The Red River Parish Sheriff’s Office was instrumental in the success of the investigation.
The Louisiana State Police online reporting system is available to the public through a convenient and secure reporting form that is submitted to the appropriate investigators. Citizens can access the form by visiting http://lsp.org/ and clicking the Suspicious Activity link.
Red River High athlete Timothy Thomas has been selected to the Louisiana Football Magazine 2020 All North Louisiana First Team Offense. Magazine editor Lee Brecheen previewed the Red River Bulldogs in Louisiana Football Magazine.
Brecheen said, “Thomas has grown a lot since the 2019 season. He was 6” 1” but now is approaching 6” 3”. He described Thomas, “A big time sleeper for college that is strong.”
Louisiana Football Magazine preview of the Bulldogs said, “The offensive line is the reason big plays will have a chance to be made. The entire offensive front weighs anywhere from 220 to 325 pounds.” The line was described as one of the biggest in 2-A.
The fall schedule was put on hold by the COVID-19 outbreak. The LHSAA is meeting today in Baton Rouge and teams are expected to be released to play beginning October 8th.
We have now seen the national conventions of both major American political parties. Each presented their plans and platforms for governing. There should be no confusion about any of this because they have each written and stated their goals clearly and emphatically. What did we learn about their respective policies and agendas? The differences are stunning.
Last week we reviewed the Biden-Harris agenda. This week we review the Trump-Pence agenda.
In summary fashion, the Trump-Pence ticket, running on a strong prosperity agenda, includes a heavy focus on continued job creation which had exploded after the Trump Tax Cuts prior to the virus. The Trump Administration plans on creating 10 million new jobs in 10 months, creating 1 million new small businesses, cutting taxes to boost take-home pay, and keeping jobs in America. It also plans to continue enacting fair trade deals that protect American jobs and advance “Made in America” tax credits, expand Opportunity Zones, and continue its deregulatory agenda for energy independence. On the Covid front, the Trump Administration will continue pushing aggressively to develop a vaccine by the end of 2020, manufacture in the U.S. all critical medicines and supplies for healthcare workers, while also refilling stockpiles and preparing for future pandemics.
The Trump Administration also plans to continue addressing the China threat by bringing back 1 million manufacturing jobs back from China and doing so by providing tax credits for companies that bring back jobs from China; allow 100% expensing of deductions for essential industries like pharmaceuticals and robotics companies who bring their manufacturing back to the U.S., while also prohibiting federal contracts from being awarded to companies who outsource to China.
Regarding healthcare, the Administration will continue to fight to lower prescription drug prices and put patients and doctors back in charge of our healthcare system while also lowering healthcare insurance premiums and ending surprise billing. The health plan would also continue to cover all pre-existing conditions. It would further protect Social Security and Medicare, while also protecting our veterans and providing them quality healthcare and services based upon the individual veteran’s choice.
On the education front, the Trump Administration would provide school choice to every child in America and teach actual and accurate American history while emphasizing American Exceptionalism. The Administration’s governmental reform plan includes passing congressional term limits, ending bureaucratic government bullying of U.S. citizens and small businesses, continuing to expose the “swamp” and Washington, D.C.’s corrupt money trail, while seeking every method by which to delegate powers back to the states and the people.
The Administration’s law enforcement agenda includes strong support of law enforcement—including fully funding and hiring more police and law enforcement officers, increasing criminal penalties for assaults on law enforcement officers, and prosecuting drive-by shootings as acts of domestic terrorism. This includes bringing violent extremist groups like ANTIFA to justice and keeping dangerous criminals locked up until trial, when merited.
The Administration further plans to end illegal immigration and protect American workers including blocking illegal immigrants from becoming eligible for taxpayer-funded welfare, healthcare, and free college tuition. It also includes mandatory deportation for non-citizen gang members, dismantling of human trafficking networks, while also ending sanctuary cities in order to restore our neighborhoods and protect our families. The agenda also includes prohibiting American companies from replacing American citizens with lower-cost foreign workers. Perhaps most importantly, it would require new immigrants to be able to support themselves financially.
The Trump Administration’s “America First” policy includes stopping endless wars and bringing our troops home, demanding our allies pay their proportionate share of their defense, maintain and expand America’s military strength, wipe out global terrorists who threaten to harm Americans and build great cybersecurity and missile defense systems.
Defense of American values includes continuing the nominations of constitutionalist Supreme Court and lower court federal judges, protecting unborn life through every means available, defending religious liberty and the sacred free exercise of religious believers and organizations, and strongly supporting the exercise of Second Amendment rights.
This is the pro-America agenda—pro-life, pro-family, pro-2nd Amendment, pro small business, pro-jobs and employment of Americans, pro-national defense, and pro-American constitutional values. The Trump-Pence agenda could not be more different from the Biden-Harris Democrat agenda.
4-H is now taking orders for our Mum Sale. We have 12” pots for $15. Available colors are yellow, purple, red, bronze, white, and tricolor. They will be available the 2nd week of October.
We are also enrolling now for 4-H members in grades K-12. Students that normally attend public school/homeschool will have several choices of meeting days/times. At this time, monthly club meetings will be held at the 4-H office above the health unit. Meetings will be limited to a maximum of 25 people with masks.
Our enrollment fee this year is $3, which is lower this year. This is the amount we send to the state 4-H officer per child. Each child that enrolls will receive a free 4-H mask. Additional masks can be purchased for $10, as well as $10 4-H t-shirts, designed by one of our own 4-H members.
We also have several project clubs that meet in addition to regular club meetings. Shooting sports, Livestock Club, Furr-H Pet Club, and 4-H Chefs Project Club. To enroll in 4-H, call the office at 932-4342 to receive enrollment forms. Forms can also be printed at
The Red River Parishwide Fire Protection District reported a couple of calls in the last few days.
On September 6th at 4:18 pm they toned out to 3069 Hwy 507 for a single vehicle Motor Vehicle Collision off the roadway into a tree and power line pole. See photo.
Last Friday, September 4th at 11:32 pm they toned out to 922 East Carroll Street, Apt. C to check for a possible gas leak. Firemen entered the apartment with the gas meter to find no levels of gas to be found.
Red River 4-H is collecting relief supplies for southwest Louisiana. Tomorrow is the last day to bring donations to the office for this weeks trip to Lake Charles. If you need Mrs. Jacque to pick anything up from you, call the office 932-4342. In addition to this list, you can donate flashlights and bug spray.
Riverdale Academy travels to Rolling Fork, Mississippi for a game Friday night with Sharkey-Issaquena Academy. Kickoff time is 7:00 pm. Journal Sports will be on the air about 7:40 with live streaming video of the game. Go to the Red River Parish Journal on Facebook and enjoy the game.
The Northwestern State University Foundation created a Hurricane Laura Relief Fund to help NSU students, faculty and staff with financial assistance in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura, which struck central Louisiana as a Category 2 storm Aug. 27. “Similar to our efforts to help members of the NSU family during the COVID-19 pandemic, the NSU Foundation created this relief fund to help those in the NSU community who have been directly impacted by Hurricane Laura and have demonstrable financial insecurity,” said Director of Development Jill Bankston. Alumni, supporters, businesses and individuals are invited to donate to the fund through the NSU Foundation website at https://www.northwesternstatealumni.com/hurricane-fund. Some corporations are providing grants for hurricane assistance, and the NSU Foundation is preparing applications for grant funds as well.
Graveside services for Sandra Ann Hull, 73, of Coushatta, LA will be held at 11 A.M. Wednesday, September 9, 2020 at Bethany Cemetery with Bro. Olan McLaren officiating. Funeral services under the direction of Rockett-Nettles Funeral Home, Coushatta, LA.
Mrs. Hull was born June 28, 1947 in Pittsburgh, PA and passed away September 2, 2020.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph Edward Hull, Sr.; father, Carl Breitenbach, Sr.; mother, Dolores Augustine Breitenbach; siblings, Carl Breitenbach, Jr., Walter Breitenbach, George L. Breitenbach and Larry Blakeley.
Mrs. Hull is survived by her daughter, Catherine Ann Hull; son, Ralph Edward Hull, Jr.; granddaughter, Heather Hull; two brothers, Charles “Chuck” Blakeley and wife, Linda and John Blakeley.
Timothy John Lewandowski, known as Tim or “Ski” by friends and family, ended his earthly journey on Saturday, September 5, 2020 surrounded by his loving family in Bossier City.
A Burial will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, September 11, 2020 at Mary Queen of Peace Catholic Church, 7738 Barksdale Blvd. Bossier City, LA. Celebrating the Mass will be Father James Moran. Visitation will be prior to the Mass beginning at 9 a.m. Interment will follow at Clear Springs Cemetery, Coushatta, LA. Funeral services under the direction of Rockett-Nettles Funeral Home, Coushatta, LA.
Tim was born May 6, 1952 in Boise, Idaho to Lela Mae Dupree Lewandowski and John Joseph Lewandowski. He graduated from Bossier High School then served over 35 years in the Air Force Active Duty, Civil Service and Reserves, obtaining the rank of Chief Master Sergeant.
Tim enjoyed and excelled at many different hobbies. In his younger years, he was an avid bowler on multiple leagues a week, president of the Bass Fishing Club he fished in, and enjoyed golfing with his friends at Barksdale where he had two Hole-in-Ones. After retirement, he enjoyed sitting on his back porch watching his grandchildren play or spending time at his country home back in the woods.
Tim was preceded in death by his father, John Joseph Lewandowski and his brother, Paul Garvis Lewandowski. Left to cherish his memory are his mother, Lela Mae Lewandowski; his wife of 43 years, Cissi Magill Lewandowski; his daughters, Julie Golden (husband, Brady); Amanda Thompson; grandchildren, Parish and Grayson Golden; Gabby and Ryan Thompson, and great-grandchild, Jayce Thompson; sister, Alice Swindle (husband, Gary), and sister-in law, Daisy Lewandowski; and several nieces and nephews.
Serving as pallbearers are John Lewandowski, Ryan Thompson, Dennis Thompson, Brady Golden, David Golden, Matthew Davis, Jonathan Simmons, and Trey Colgrove.
The family wishes to thank Dr. Christopher Snead, Cheryl Duncan PA-C, with Christus Cancer Treatment Center and Leslie French with Christus Hospice Care.
A funeral service celebrating the life of NeJeana Elizabeth Fowler, 39, will be held at 2:00 PM, Thursday, September 10, 2020 at Kilpatrick’s Rose-Neath Funeral Home with the family officiating. Interment will follow in Hickory Grove Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM Tuesday and Wednesday, September 8 and 9, 2020 at the funeral home.
NeJeana was born on June 30, 1981 in Shreveport, LA to Deloris Dianne Addison Cummins and passed September 5, 2020 in Bossier City, LA. She enjoyed arts, crafts, fishing, outdoor events, and spending time with family and friends and especially her husband and daughter.
NeJeana was preceded in death by grandmother, Elizabeth M. Potts; grandfather, Leo Addison, Sr.; and uncle, Tommy Addison. Left to cherish her memory are her husband, Matthew Fowler; daughter, Kylie Shay Lynn Palmer; mother, Deloris Cummins; grandparents-in- law, James and Lillian Fowler and Don and Betty Connaway; sisters, Marilyn, Deanna, Nikki and Candance; mother-in-law, Janet Meadows; father-in-law, Shawn Fowler and wife, Kathy; uncles, Joe, Junior and Timmy Addison; aunts, Michelle, Melissa, Melinda, and Vicky; brother-in-law, Chris Fowler and wife, Nicole; special cousins, Nikki Addison Brandon Addison, Clayton Addison and Jasmine Williamson; special friends, Nikki Layfield, Christian Speirs and Katrina Gallegos; daughter-in-law, Hailey Neathery.
Honoring NeJeana as pallbearers will be Tom Mangham, Timmy Addison, Clay Addison, Matthew Fowler, Thomas Dow, and Steven Norris. Serving as honorary pallbearers are Brandon Addison, Snooks Mangham, Jenny Beid, Chris Mangham, Thomas Mangham and Chris Addison.
Celebration of life and going home service for Gene “Buster” Hubert Harris, Jr., 47, will be Monday, September 7, 2020 at the Kilpatrick’s Rose-Neath Coushatta Funeral Home at 10:00 AM with Brother Shawn Beard officiating. Interment followed at Holley Springs Cemetery in Coushatta, LA. Visitation will be held on Sunday, September 6, 2020 at the chapel beginning at 2:00 PM until 6:00 PM.
Buster was born May 9, 1973, in Shreveport, LA to Sandra and Gene Hubert Harris, Sr. and went home to be with his Lord and Savior on September 1, 2020 in Mansfield, LA.
Preceding him in death were his parents, Sandra and Gene Harris, Sr. and sister in law, Mary Harris.
Buster’s love will live on in the hearts and memories of the loved ones he has left behind.
Left to cherish his memory are his wife, Shannon Hernandez Harris; three children, Brandon Lee Harris and girlfriend, Sarah Johnson, Hayden Harris, and Ashley Harris and fiancé, Payton Wood; step-son, Caleb Hernandez; brothers, Jerry Glen Harris and wife, Riceal, and Terry Lynn Harris; sisters, Rhonda Elaine Huskey and husband, Scott, Dorothy Jean Manshack and husband, Sam “Squeekie”, Tina Louise Harris and fiancé, Ashley Wayne Pickett; and two precious grandchildren, Rylee and Parker.
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