Alexandria Daily Town Talk

A graveside service for Betty S. Butts, 81, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, June 3, 2022, at Oak Grove Cemetery, 169 Oak Grove Church Road, Bentley, Louisiana. Officiating the service will be Reverend Bruce Maxwell. Betty was born June 11, 1940, in Pineville, Louisiana to Lonnie G. Sims and Audette Rambo Sims, and passed away on May 29, 2022, in Bossier City, Louisiana. Betty worked at the Veterans Affairs for 31 years as a phone operator. Her hobbies included shopping for shoes, clothes, purses, and jewelry. She liked dancing. Betty was a lovely wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, and will be greatly missed by all. Betty is preceded by parents; daughter, Sherry Lynn...

Nancy Keller Young passed away on January 11, 2022, just shy of her 88th birthday. She will be remembered by her family and friends for her trademark color scheme of red, black, and white, her fiery and independent spirit, sharp sense of humor, her love of LSU, family and friends, and a good party. After losing her husband, Melvin Buren Young III, at the age of 42, she managed to support herself and her three teenage children by starting a successful small business from scratch and putting them through college at a time when women-run enterprises were a rarity, a fact of which she was extremely proud. Nancy was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, on February 27, 1934, to Bess Olmstead Keller...

A graveside service for LaWanna Shows Faught,75, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday January 12, 2022 at Rose-Neath Cemetery 5185 Swan Lake Spur Bossier City, Louisiana. A visitation will be from 12:00 p.m. until 1:00 p.m. Wednesday January 12, 2022 at Rose-Neath Funeral Home 2201 Airline Drive Bossier City, Louisiana. Officiating will be Reverend Brad Franklin. LaWanna was born the second of four children on March 4, 1946 in Delhi, Louisiana to Alton Shows and Annie Belle Shows and passed away peacefully at home on Saturday January 8, 2022 with family and friends. LaWanna graduated from Tallulah High School before attending Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana graduating in...

Ashley Scott Rankin passed away on January 5, 2022. A beloved mother, grandmother, aunt, and friend, Ashley was devoted to the people in her life. Born on April 4, 1943, Ashley was the eldest of four children in the Scott family. A graduate of Bolton High School in Alexandria, and a student at Louisiana State University. In Dallas, Ashley had a successful modeling career and later worked in interior design. Ashley was always interested in learning languages and was a prolific painter. Ashley was preceded in death by her parents, Blanche and Honorable Judge Nauman Scott, Jr. of Alexandria, her brothers Nauman Scott, III of New Orleans, John Wyeth "Jock" Scott of Alexandria, daughter...

On Friday morning, December 10, our mother, Sara Heath, passed into eternal life at her home in Greenville, SC. She was born in Holly Hill, South Carolina on July 14, 1938 to the late Russell and Carrine Smoak. She was a 1960 graduate of the University of South Carolina, a teacher, independent business woman, mother and wife to the late Dr. Edward LeRoy Heath. Predecessors include her parents, husband and a son, John Fitzhugh Heath. She is survived by her children Cathy, Edward (Lisa), David (Jayne), Meg and grandchildren, Sara Catherine, William, Allison and Avery. "Unto thy hands, thee I adore" That is the prayer mom had on a post-it note next to where she worked. At times, she didn't...

Laura Bragg Rabalais, 62, of Madison, Mississippi passed away in Jackson on Tuesday, August 3, 2021. Laura was born in Jackson, Mississippi on July 14, 1959 to Betty Harris Bragg and James Bragg, Sr. She attended Wingfield High School and later the University of Southern Mississippi. Laura married Kerry Rabalais in 1989, and together they had two children, Jake and Audrey Anna. She worked as an assistant controller at MMI Hospitality, and she enjoyed baking, sewing, and entertaining. Laura will be remembered as a humble, loving, and nurturing individual and as a wonderful grandmother, or LaLa to her granddaughter. She is preceded in death by her father, James Bragg, Sr. and her brothers,...

Seth Perry Novoselsky BS. MS. MD. passed away on July 18, 2021. Dr. Novoselsky was born on October 3, 1936 in New Orleans, LA. He was the son of Paul and Nesia Novoselsky and the brother of Linda Novoselsky. He was a graduate of Tulane University, 1958 and the Louisiana State University School of Medicine at New Orleans, 1963. Seth interned at Touro Infirmary and did his Urology Residency at the Tulane School of Medicine, Touro Infirmary, and the VA Hospitals in New Orleans and Pineville, LA. He was certified by the American Board of Urology, was a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and chaired the Cabrini Hospital Surgery Department and Medical Staff. After practicing...

Stacy Lynn Wolf, of Brandon MS, born March 28, 1972 and joined her heavenly father on July 7, 2021. Stacy was an incredible Wife and a devoted Mother, whose capacity for kindness towards others was without limit. Raised by the incredible Mary "Bootsie" Brown, of Pineville, LA, she truly understood that "God, Family, Country, and a little bit of sports" would make for a well-lived life. Stacy graduated from Tioga High School, where her beloved father Owen Brown taught her and reinforced those same values and a joyful curiosity of the world around her. She continued her education at Louisiana Tech University, forever gaining friendships and a loyalty to the Bulldogs. She graduated...

Janet Louise Learned Hevey, 78, of Fairview, Texas, passed away on Tues., May 4, 2021 at Faith Presbyterian Hospice Center in Dallas after a 16-year battle with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. The family gives God the glory for His blessings on Janet and His mercies and grace in her illness and passing. Janet was born December 20, 1942, in Iowa City, to Audrey Smith Learned and Clarence Learned. Her maternal grandparents were Rebecca Piersall Smith and Orville Smith of Bennett, Iowa. Her paternal grandparents were Floyd Bertrum Learned and wife Nellie Long of Des Moines. She was preceded in death by her parents, Clarence and Audrey Learned, of Kinross, Iowa; two children, Daniel Jason and...

Luther Jacob (Jack) Frost was born on February 25, 1937 and died April 17, 2021. Jack is a native of Central Louisiana who retired in 2002 after 40+ years in television news. During his career he held many positions in radio, television, and newspaper. Jack graduated from Southwestern Louisiana Institute in Lafayette, LA, attended graduate school at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, NE and at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA. He spent 1961-77 in media in Lincoln, NE and subsequently returned to Louisiana in 1977 to continue his long television career. He worked in New Orleans, Lafayette, Lake Charles and Alexandria before retiring. He was honored by the Louisiana...

"...She is a woman of dignity and strength and has no fear of old age" (Prov. 31). Two months from her 97th birthday, Mary Elizabeth Magee said good-by to all who loved her. She joined her husband, Major C.O. Magee, Sr. in eternal life on the evening of April 14 2021. Born in Eufaula, Alabama, on July 12, 1924, she lived part of her early life there and was a true Southern lady with all the grace of her era. Moved to Columbus, GA where she spent most of her growing up life surrounded by relatives and cousins. Lived through the great depression remembering putting newspapers in shoes with holes and eating mostly veggies since meat was expensive. Married Lt. C.O. Magee, and bid him...

Helen Louise Vercher Rhinehart age 83, died Thursday, April 01, 2021. Born in Shreveport, LA, she was a daughter of the late Alphonse and Minnie Vercher. Mrs. Rhinehart retired from civil service work. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Surfside Beach. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jimmy Dale Rhinehart. Survivors include a daughter, Elaine Rhinehart Taylor and husband John of Columbia, SC; a son, Rick Rhinehart and his wife Jean of Surfside Beach, SC; a sister, Doris Day of Canton, TX and a grandchild, Carter Taylor. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday, April 3, 2021 at First Baptist Church of Surfside Beach. A graveside service will be held at...

Gloria Joy Reese age 94, died on March 27, 2021 in Plano, Tx. For a complete obituary, and to leave condolences for family, please visit affoplano.com

Jeannette Fonner McCullough born on September 6, 1937 in Alexandria, Louisiana was the daughter of John Henry Fonner, Sr. and Iva Short Fonner of Pineville, Louisiana. Jeannette attended Pineville High School and was the first Homecoming Queen of the new school. Following graduation she attended Louisiana College in Pineville and Baptist Hospital in Alexandria, LA, where she received her MTASCP in Medical Technology. In 1956 she met and married William Ernest McCullough. Jeannette is survived by her husband of 64 years, Dr. Ernie McCullough, her son, William Daniel McCullough and his wife Terry of Geneva, IL, step granddaughter, Toni Nicole Thrill and her husband Ryan, three step...

Major Johnny Owen Anderson, Sr. passed away on Tuesday, June 23, 2020. Services with military honors will be held on Monday, June 29, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. in the Chapel of Townsend Brothers Funeral Home. The family will receive friends an hour prior to the service on Monday. Major Anderson will be laid to rest privately in the Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Milledgeville, Georgia. Johnny was born on July 29, 1946 in Dublin, Georgia to the late W.C. and Wilma Kolb Anderson. He began his military career when he was 18 years old, enlisting in the Dublin National Guard in 1966. The Vietnam War was underway, and he transferred to the Regular Army six months later, starting his training at...

Sumpter James Daniel III, age 73 of Duluth, GA formerly of Pineville, LA, passed away on Tuesday, April 7, 2020 at Gwinnett Medical Center. He will be interred at Georgia National Cemetery. He was preceded in death by his brother Charles Daniel. He is survived by: Wife - Stacey Daniel of Duluth Son - S. Tyler (Courtney) Daniel of Johns Creek Daughter - Meredith Daniel (Josh) Needleman of Dallas, TX. Brother - Kenneth (Patti) Daniel of Bossier City, LA. Grandchildren - Lake Needleman, Lucy Needleman, Ellie Needleman, Hudson Daniel, Charlotte Daniel.

David Timothy Kohara, 71, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Thursday, April 2, 2020, at Upstate Community Hospice House-Landrum. Born December 12, 1948, in Alexandria, LA, he was the son of the late Sammy S. Kohara and Dolores Emily Guillory Dekko. A loyal LSU Tiger and New Orleans Saints fan, David was also an avid golfer and former member of The Creek Golf Club. His two proudest moments on the golf course were a hole-in-one in 1976 and making par on the 18th hole at Pebble Beach. He was a graduate of Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, LA where he earned a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology. He retired in 2008 from McNaughton-McKay Electric in Spartanburg, SC. Survivors include his wife,...

Grace Ellen Plott, 90, entered eternal rest on Thursday, January 30, 2020 at her home in Brookeland, Texas. She was born in Shreveport on November 13, 1929 and grew up in many towns along the Kansas City Southern railroad. Ms. Plott was a graduate of Mooringsport (La.) High School. She was also a graduate of Louisiana College where she was in the first nursing class. She also graduated from the University of Houston.. She was a nurse and certified public accountant during her working years. Grace Plott is survived by her sister, Mary Iles of Dry Creek, and nephew, Curt (DeDe) Iles of Alexandria, two nieces, Colleen (Gordy) Glaser and Claudia (Jody) Campbell, both of Dry Creek. Additional...

Bonnie Lou Willard Hodges Pineville, LA - BONNIE LOU (WILLARD) HODGES, age 69, born January 9, 1950, of Pineville, Louisiana, passed away from aspiration pneumonia with family by her bedside October 15, 2019, at The Oaks Care Center, Pineville, Louisiana, while recovering from stroke suffered in April. She was a member of Kingsville Baptist Church. She grew up in Strawberry Plains, Tennessee; attended Carter High School; and was a member of Lyons Creek Baptist Church, where her maternal grandfather, Carl Liston Wilhite, was one of original founders. Much of her professional career was spent at Central Louisiana Electric Company after graduating from Louisiana College and acquiring her...

Dateline - Laurens, SC Ruth Turner York, age 81, of 1 Martha Franks Drive, Laurens, South Carolina left her earthly home on Wednesday, July 10, 2019 and joined her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for eternity in Heaven. She was born on March 26, 1938 to Floyd and Veda Turner in Marshall, Texas. At four years of age, her family relocated to Alexandria, Louisiana and joined Emmanuel Baptist Church. She was a graduate of Bolton High School and loved to tell the story of going from her daddy's arms to those of the handsome young Airman she met at Emmanuel. She and Buzz York were married there on March 2, 1957 and continued to be involved members. They built their lives in Alexandria, Louisiana...