Obituaries

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.

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

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

JENNINGS — Alex Chaisson Jr., 85, of Welsh, Louisiana passed away on Wednesday, July 12, 2023, surrounded by his loving family. Alex was born on May 3, 1938 in Pine Island.