Ruby LaDean Brown Edmondson Worsham
June 5, 1940 — January 19, 2026
Service: Monday, February 2, 2026 at 2 p.m. at Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home in Natchitoches

Thomas Edwin Field
October 14, 1938 — January 28, 2026
Service: Tuesday, February 3, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. at Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home

Cecilia Katherine Keith Cook
Service: Wednesday, March 11 at 10:30 am at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Natchitoches

Deacon Oswald Taylor, Jr.
April 20, 1946 – January 27, 2026
Service: Saturday, February 7, 2026 at 11 a. m. at the First Baptist Church on North Street in Natchitoches

Gary Stephen DeBlieux
Service: Friday, February 6 at 11 am at the Minor Basilica of the Immaculate Conception

John “Shine” King
October 19, 1968 – January 29, 2026
Arrangements TBA

Joseph H. Gay
April 11, 1944 – January 30, 2026
Arrangements TBA

Russell Allen Jackson
December 24, 1961 — January 25, 2026
Service: Saturday, February 7, 2026 at New Bethel Baptist Church in Carnesville, Georgia

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