Obituaries

Burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery under the direction of Miguez Funeral Home.

Celebration of Life Services for Effie Mary Gloston-Celestine, 79, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, August 5 at Semien-Lewis Mortuary, 819 North State St. in Jennings. Minister Jonathan McZeal will officiate. Visitation is from 1-2 p.m. in the Mortuary Church Chapel. Burial will be in Branch Cemetery in Branch to rest with other family members who have passed on. Final arrangements are entrusted to Semien-Lewis Mortuary of Jennings.

JENNINGS — It’s with great sadness and heavy hearts that the family of Joyce Ann Fournet announces her passing from this life on July 31, 2023, at the age of 82. Joyce was born in Bogalusa to Octave Hymel, Sr., and Layde Mae Rodrique on September 12, 1940. Joyce dedicated her life to the care of her family. She was a Eucharistic Minister. She was also an administrative assistant at Our Lady Immaculate Catholic School. She loved working with children in the class and on the playground. She was a kind and loving person and will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her.

Published in Jennings Daily News August 3, 2023

Published in Jennings Daily News August 3, 2023

Edwina M. “Rennie” (Davis) McIntire, age 80, of Upperstrasburg, Pa., passed away July 26, 2023, at home surrounded by her family. She was born August 31, 1942 in Bruceville, Md. to the late Earl Edward and Clara Mae “Tally” (Porter) Davis.

LAKE ARTHUR — Funeral services for Dorothy Mae Charles, 84, of Lake Arthur will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 29 at Antioch Baptist Church, 625 Iowa Avenue in Lake Arthur with Pastor Reverend Emerson Baty, Sr., officiating. Visitation will be in the church from 9 a.m. until the time of service at 11 a.m. Internment will be in the Lakeview Cemetery in Lake Arthur under the direction of Semien-Lewis Mortuary of Jennings.

JENNINGS — Funeral services for John “Boo Cat” Ethridge Johnson, 83, of Jennings will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 27, at Semien-Lewis Mortuary. Minister Betty Etienne will officiate. A visitation will be held from 8-10 a.m. in the Mortuary Church Chapel. Burial will follow in the Southwest Louisiana Veterans Cemetery in Jennings under the direction of Semien-Lewis Mortuary with Military Honors accorded by a Fort Johnson Army Detail.

Celebration of life services for Ronald Wayne “Rooster” Smith, 74, will be held at 4 p.m. Monday, July 24, 2023, at Miguez Funeral Home in Jennings, with Phil Doucet, co-minister of Jennings First Church of Christ, and Pastor Charles “Butch” Brunt officiating.

JENNINGS — The family of Barbara Mans Hawkins announces her peaceful passage from this life into the presence of the Lord on July 16, 2023.