Shane Atkins
October 26, 1960 – December 9, 2023
Funeral services for Shane Atkins, age 63 of Ruston, LA, will be held at 2:00, Wednesday, December 13, 2023 at Clay United Methodist Church with Rev. Eddie Rushing officiating. Burial will follow in the Wesley Chapel Cemetery in Ruston, LA under the Direction of Owens Memorial Chapel Funeral Home of Ruston, LA.
Shane worked as a carpenter, corrections officer, volunteer firefighter and EMT, and for the City of Ruston Street Department. He enjoyed hunting, fishing with his sons, watching Nascar and football, and gardening. He really liked being outdoors and spending time with his family. Shane loved telling stories in the greatest detail, especially stories that never ended. He lived by the cowboy code and he believed in “You always respect the ladies and you always love the ladies”. He touched many people’s lives, especially while working at the prison. Shane was a member of Clay United Methodist Church. Shane is preceded in death by his father, Don David Atkins; sister, Michelle Annette Atkins and father-in-law, Dwain Kirkham.
Shane is survived by his wife of 44 years, Kathy Atkins; two sons: David Matthew Atkins and Stephen Wade Atkins and Kelly Taylor; grandson, Caden Wade Atkins; sister, Deborah Diane Beaudion and husband McKinley; mother, Sherry Atkins, all of Clay, and mother-in-law, Lorrane Kirkham of Punkin Center.
Servings as pallbearers will be Brandon Voss, Doug Worley, Rickey Maxwell, Jeffery Duke and Terry Lawson.
Earnest Neil Lowe, Jr.
January 28, 1951 – December 6, 2023
Earnest Lowe, Jr., 72, of Beckville, Texas, passed away on Wednesday afternoon, December 6, 2023, at his home near Beckville. Earnest Neil Lowe, Jr. was born on January 28, 1951, in Arcadia, Louisiana to Earnest Neil Lowe, Sr. and Noverine Ray Goss Lowe. He graduated from high school in Quitman, Louisiana. Earnest married Rhonda Darlene Brown on May 12, 1972, in Jonesboro, Louisiana.
He began work as a mechanic and later promoted to supervisor at Texas Utilities/Luminant Mining where he retired in 2011, after 32 years with the company. Hunting and fishing were some of his favorite things to do. Earnest moved to Tatum in 1979, from Simsboro, Louisiana and moved to Beckville in 2010, from Tatum. He was a member of the Mt. Zion Baptist Church. Earnest was preceded in death by his father, Earnest Lowe, Sr. and son, Jonathan Lowe.
He is survived by his mother, Noverine Lowe; wife, Rhonda Lowe; daughter, Jaime Prior and husband Travis; and siblings, Jackie Lowe, Debbie Miller and husband Steve, Michael Lowe, and Margaret Joyner and husband Joe.
The funeral service was held on Sunday, December 10, 2023, at the Southern-Edmonds Chapel in Jonesboro with Bro. Keith Weaver officiating. Interment followed at Walnut Ridge Cemetery in Quitman under the direction of Southern-Edmonds Funeral Home