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Nancy Ann Watts
(March 3, 1948 - May 16, 2011)
Funeral services for Mrs. Nancy Ann Watts, age 63, will be held Thursday, May 19, 2011 at 10:00 AM in the First Baptist Church, Cotton Valley, LA with Rev. Gladney Hunt officiating and Rev. Don Shirley assisting. Interment will follow in Cotton Valley Cemetery under the direction of Bailey Funeral Home, Cotton Valley, LA
Visitation will begin Wednesday, 4:00 PM until 9:00 PM at Bailey Funeral Home, Cotton Valley, LA.
Mrs. Watts was born March 3, 1948 in Springhill, LA to Robert E. and Dorothy Mae Jordan Duck and passed away Monday, May 16, 2011 in Minden, LA. She was a resident of Cotton Valley, a member of the Baptist faith and worked as a caregiver for Evergreen Presbyterian Ministries for 30 years.
She is survived by her husband of 45 years, Elmer Watts, Sr of Cotton Valley, LA; son, Elmer Watts, Jr of Cotton Valley, LA; mother, Dorothy Mae Duck; grandchildren, Josey, Emily and Darvin Watts; step-sons, Randy Watts, Kenny Watts; step-grandchildren, David, Michael, Justin, Jared and Lindsey Watts; brothers, Jerry Jordan and wife, Betty, Bobby W. Duck, Steve Duck and wife, Tonuia and sisters, Billie J. Fish and husband, Donald, Brenda G. Smith and husband, Bubba, Sarah Ratliff and husband, Gerald and Lori Caskey.
Mrs. Watts was preceded in death by her father; step-son, Eddie Watts; brother, John R. Duck and sister, Vicky Duck.
Pallbearers will be Jimmy D. Carter, Jr, Mark Fish, Donnie Barnard, Steven Ray Duck, Brandon Elkins and Troy Simmons, Sr. Honorary pallbearers will be Jimmy Sublet, Raymond McGee and John Edwin Duck.
Bailey Funeral Home Cotton Valley, LA
Mary Jay Cadenhead
(May 27, 1917 - May 9, 2011)
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Jay Cadenhead, age 93, will be held Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 2:00 PM in the Bailey Funeral Home Chapel, Haynesville, LA. Interment will follow in Old Town Cemetery under the direction of Bailey Funeral Home, Haynesville, LA.
Visitation will be Thursday at 12:00 PM until time of service.
Mrs. Cadenhead was born May 27, 1917 to Frank S. and Dollye Summitt Slaughter in Seep Springs, TX and passed away Monday, May 9, 2011in Colleyville, TX. She had been a resident of Colleyville, TX since 1978 and a former resident of Haynesville, LA. Mrs. Cadenhead was of the Methodist faith and a homemaker.
She is survived by her three sons, William “Bill” Cadenhead and wife, Nita of Colleyville, TX, John Pennington Cadenhead and wife, Marsha of Slaughter, LA and Thomas Alan Cadenhead and wife, Kathy of Valley View, TX.
Mrs. Cadenhead was preceded in death by her husband, John P. “Jake” Cadenhead and a daughter, Maryanne Finch.
Pallbearers will be Jack Campbell, Jack Shreffler, Bobby Darby, Jeff Smith, Michael Dorrity and James Finch.
Bailey Funeral Home Haynesville, LA.
June Vivian Coltharp
(October 21, 1916 - May 16, 2011)
Funeral services for June V. Coltharp, 94, of Monroe, LA, formerly of Haynesville will be held at Bailey Funeral Home Chapel on Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at 11:00 AM. Dr. Shelby Cowling will officiate and burial will be under the direction of Bailey Funeral Home of Haynesville, LA.
Mrs. Coltharp was born in Dallas, TX on October 21, 1916. She passed away on Monday, May 16, 2011 in Monroe, LA. Mrs. Coltharp was a member of the First Baptist Church of Haynesville, LA, the Haynesville Study Club, a retired teacher of the Haynesville Schools, and a member of Delta Kappa Gamma. She love to read, fishing, butterflies, and flowers. June was a very loving Mother, Grandmother, and Great Grandmother and enjoyed everyday of her life.
Surviving Mrs. Coltharp are five grandchildren, Edgar Prentiss Coltharp, Jr of Alaska, William Andrew Coltharp of Homer, LA, Meghan Smith of Texas, Allison Tucker of Farmerville, LA, and Erin Hunt of Monroe, LA; five great grandchildren.
Dallas Glen Wharton
(November 14, 1920 - May 14, 2011)
U.S. Veteran
Funeral services for Mr. Dallas Glen Wharton, age 90, will be held Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at 10:00 AM in the Bailey Funeral Home Chapel, Springhill, LA with Rev. Harold Morgan officiating. Interment will follow in Old Shongaloo Cemetery under the direction of Bailey Funeral Home, Springhill, LA.
Visitation will begin Tuesday at 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM.
Mr. Wharton was born November 14, 1920 in Bethel, MO to Robert Paul and Estel McShirley Wharton and passed away Saturday, May 14, 2011 in Shreveport, LA. He was a resident of Lake Erling for 18 years, attended Assembly of God Church, was a retired logger and the owner/operator of Plaster Shop in Emerson, AR. Mr. Wharton was also an avid outdoorsman and loved fishing.
He is survived by sons, Robert Wharton of Camp Point, ILL, Ivan Wharton and wife, Betty of Quincy, ILL; grandchildren, Janet Landrum of Texarkana, AR, Sharisse Nemes of Hannibal, MO, Rusty Wharton of Houston, TX, Kenny Harrell of Springhill, LA, David Wharton of Morton, ILL; eight great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren.
Mr. Wharton was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy Eloise Wharton on February 23, 2007.
Bailey Funeral Home Springhill, LA.
Lula B. "Lou" Jones
(June 4, 1939 - September 22, 2011)
Funeral services for Mrs. Lula B. “Lou” Jones, age 72, will be held Saturday, September 24, 2011 at 2:00 PM in First Baptist Church, Taylor, AR with Bro. Vernon Lee officiating and Bro. Randy Wilson assisting. Interment will follow in Taylor Memorial Cemetery under the direction of Bailey Funeral Home, Springhill, LA.
Visitation will begin Friday at 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at First Baptist Church, Taylor, AR.
Mrs. Jones, the youngest of thirteen children, was born June 4, 1939 in Taylor, AR to Early R. and Ivy Keeton Harvey and passed away Thursday, September 22, 2011 in Springhill, LA. She was a resident of Taylor, AR and a member of Taylor First Baptist Church. Mrs. Jones went to work for Citizens Bank and Trust, September 1972 and finally retired December 2010.
She is survived by her husband of 54 years, Thomas “Clell” Jones of Taylor, AR; son, Jeffrey W. Jones and wife, Ginger of Taylor, AR; five grandchildren, Laci Lobbs, Joshua Jones, Caleb Jones, Justin Jones, Presley Jones; three great grandchildren, Cody, Hunter, Thomas; sisters, Bertha Wallace of Atlanta, TX, Maude Jennings of Taylor, AR; brother, George Harvey and wife, Myra Jane of Taylor, AR and a host of nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Jones was preceded in death by her parents; son, Raymond Alan Jones, five brothers and four sisters.
Serving as pallbearers will be Travis Foster, Russ Campbell, Bruce Hoyle, Scott Hoyle, Todd Winkler and Tim Crews.
Bailey Funeral Home Springhill, LA
Billie Sue Nix Knighton
(February 8, 1935 - September 20, 2011)
Memorial services for Ms.Billie Nix Knighton, age 76, will be held Saturday, September 24, 2011, 10:00 am in the Bailey Funeral Home Chapel, Springhill, LA with Rev. Wayne J. Johnson officiating under the direction of Bailey Funeral Home, Springhill, LA.
Ms. Knighton was born on February 8, 1935 to Grady and Mamie Nix in Stamps, AR and passed away on September 20, 2011 in Bossier City, Louisiana . She was retired from Evergreen Community Services, loved her flowers, animals and loved to work in her yard. Mrs. Knighton was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She is survived by her daughter, Diana Ramsey and husband, Fred of Springhill, LA; two sons, Richard Knighton of Cotton Valley, LA, James Knighton and Lori of Cotton Valley, LA; two grandsons, Andy Ramsey of Springhill, LA, Robbie Knighton of Fort Worth, TX; four granddaughters, Chrissy Knighton of Cotton Valley, LA, Chasity Alford of Jacksonville, FL, Amanda Covington of Cotton Valley, LA, Crystal McManis of Springhill, LA and six great-grandchildren. Ms. Knighton was preceded in death by her father, Grady Nix; mother, Mamie Nix Roberts; brother, Charles Caldwell and sister, Inez Wilson.
Bailey Funeral Home Springhill, Louisiana. 318-539-3555
Sheila Dianne Wells Coyle
(January 1, 1946 - September 21, 2011)
After a long and ferocious struggle against brain cancer, Sheila Dianne Wells Coyle passed away on Wednesday, September 21st, 2011. Sheila loved this world so passionately that she was loathe to leave it, fighting back valiantly until the end. Her life was an ever widening circle of love that touched all who knew her. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, September 24, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Plain Dealing with the Reverend William H. Searight and Reverend Art Vance officiating. Burial will be at Cottage Grove Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive visitors on Friday, September 23rd, 2011, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Bailey Funeral Home in Plain Dealing. Sheila was born New Years Day, 1946, to Helen Malone Wells and Leroy “Punkin “ Wells. She graduated from Plain Dealing High School in 1963. After receiving her degree in education from Northwestern State University, Sheila began a rewarding career as an elementary school teacher in Caddo and Bossier Parishes. In 1966, she married her childhood sweetheart, Charles Graves “Gravy” Coyle. After the birth of their son Charlie, Sheila and Gravy moved to the Strayhan ancestral home place in the Brushy community south of Plain Dealing. Together with Charlie and their daughter Maggie, Gravy and Sheila built a wonderful home full of love and beauty. Sheila was blessed with many varied gifts. She was a wonderful teacher. She taught for 26 years, touching the lives of numerous children and sometimes their children. She retired in 1999. She loved her church and served her denomination on the local, regional and national levels. She was a member of Cottage Grove Memorial Presbyterian Church, where she served as an elder. Sheila also served on many Presbytery committees, she served a term as Moderator of the Presbytery of the Pines, and was honored to be chosen as a delegate to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church USA and to serve for several years on the national General Assembly Council. She was a gifted artist, loved interior decorating and landscape gardening. She was also a gourmet cook, renowned for her gumbo suppers at the camp on Thanksgiving weekends and her elegant annual Christmas dinner parties. She was an excellent bridge player and relished the challenge of working the most difficult of New York Times Crossword Puzzles. A lover of literature, she was a founding member of the Reading Women Book Club of Plain Dealing. A country woman at heart, Sheila savored every sunrise, every phase of the moon, and every subtle change of the season. She loved to laugh and have fun but also treasured long and intimate conversations. Although Sheila was quiet and unpretentious, she drew people to her because of her capacity for compassion and the rare depth of her understanding heart. We honor her memory by giving back the love she gave, so that her legacy will shine in the lives of those she loved as the circle goes on and on. Sheila’s family would like to thank all those whose prayers and presence provided so much consolation to her during the long months of her illness: the community of the Presbyterian Churches of Plain Dealing; to all the friends from far and near who were there for Sheila; to Meece Henderson; the staff of Christus Schumpurt, Dubuis, MD Anderson, and Grace Home in Shreveport. Blest be the tie that binds. Sheila was preceded in death by her parents, Helen and Punkin Wells. She is survived by her husband Charles Graves Coyle, her son Charles Graves Coyle III (Charlie) and wife Julie, of Shreveport; daughter Maggie Coyle Tufail and husband Amer Tufail of New Orleans; grandchildren; Reza Tufail, Laith Tufail, and Taj Tufail of New Orleans; Jackson Scott Coyle and Mary Helen Coyle of Shreveport. She is also survived by one sister, Teresa Wells Doss; three “soul” sisters, Debbie Digilormo, Sara Brackman, and closest friend Kitty Coyle; three devoted brothers in law, Howard Doss, Glenn Brackman, Sr. and Hugh Scott Coyle; three nieces, Paige Culpepper and husband Matt, of Bossier City; Cathy May and husband Mike of Bradley, Arkansas; and Laney Brackman of Little Rock; two nephews, Kyle Bacot and wife Melissa of Bossier City and Glenn Brackman, Jr. of Plain Dealing; and Aunt Geneva Hilburn of Lafayette, La; several great nieces and nephews and cousins all of whom cherished and were cherished by Sheila. Serving as Pallbearers for Sheila are Glenn Brackman, Sr., Howard Doss, Tommy Wells, David Kelly, Steve Brandao and Brad Powell. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorials for Sheila be made to Cottage Grove Memorial Presbyterian Church or to the Prayer Garden that Sheila loved, at First Presbyterian Church of Plain Dealing. “Thou, which has shown me great and sure troubles, shall quicken me again and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth. Thou shalt increase my greatness and comfort me on every side.” Psalm: 71: 20-21
Bailey Funeral Home Plain Dealing, LA.
