Funeral services for Dorothy “Dot” Carney will be held on Saturday, February 21, 2026 at 10 AM at Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home with Bro. Brian Ray officiating. Burial will follow at Memory Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends for a visitation on Friday, February 20, 2026 from 5 PM until 9 PM at the funeral home.
Dorothy “Dot” Jane Collins Carney, 85, of Natchitoches, LA, went to her heavenly home on February 18, 2026 at the Courtyard of Natchitoches. Dot was born on August 19, 1940 in Natchitoches to Rhese Collins and Genevieve Moreland Collins.
She is survived by her children, Debbie Crowder (Steve) of Lafayette and Johnny Carney (Sharon) of Powhattan; her grandchildren, Eryn Spears (Luke) of Natchitoches, Derek Maggio (Kelsie) of Pineville, Johnny “Trey” Carney (Meagan) of Natchitoches, and James Carney (Alecia) of Natchitoches; great-grandchildren, Emmitt Maggio, Rosalie Maggio, Anna Maggio, Wrenley Carney, Huxton Carney, Emersyn Carney, and Reese Carney; as well as numerous nieces, nephews, and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 30 years, Johnny R. Carney, Sr.; her parents, Rhese and Genevieve Collins; and her sister, Catherine Selinka.
She was a member of First United Methodist Church in Natchitoches and also a member of the Natchitoches Women’s Bowling Association of Natchitoches. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Dot was known as “Nanny” to all of us and she will be remembered by those she worked with for 24 years at Walmart as “the friendly cashier that liked to talk!” Those that took care of her over the few years she was at Natchitoches Courtyard said she “is the sweetest.”
The family wishes to thank Dr. Mary Long and Dr. Christopher Ingram for their care of our mother all these years; Natchitoches Courtyard for their love and care for “Miss Dot”; Hand In Hand Hospice for all of their help with the transition and compassion they have shown us during this difficult time; and her honorary granddaughter, Carrie Maggio, who also took care of our Nanny and cooked for her as well.
Those honored to serve as pallbearers will be Johnny Carney, Jr., Johnny Carney, III “Trey), James T. Carney, Derek C. Maggio, Luke Spears, and Sammy Leone. Honorary pallbearers will be Huxton Briggs Carney, Emmitt Joseph Maggio, and all of her Walmart Natchitoches Family, that she loved so dearly.
