Daylight Saving Time went into effect at 2:00 a.m. on Sunday, November 2nd. If you haven’t done so already by the time this edition of the Jackson Parish Journal is published, you are late in setting your clocks back one hour, but as the old saying goes, “better late than never.”
To all good things must come to an end! That will be the case at 5:00 pm on Sunday, November 2nd, when what has turned out to be three tremendous days of fun for the entire family will come to an end as the Jackson Parish Fair will close. Your last opportunity to enjoy the rides, games, food, and carnival atmosphere will begin at 12:00 pm, with the cost of admission being $1.00 per person. You also have the ability to purchase a wristband for $25.00 that entitles you to all rides.
(reprint from KLSA – Shreveport)
SNAP benefits will resume for select Louisiana recipients in November.
According to Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry, emergency funding from the Revenue Stabilization Fund will be used to reload SNAP cards for the month of November. This will provide temporary state-funded assistance for those on SNAP.
The governor says not all SNAP cards will be loaded on November 1. SNAP funds will be made available to elderly, disabled, and children recipients on a rollout basis.
Landry says every SNAP recipient and household has a set date of the month on which their SNAP cards will be reloaded. On the first four days of the month, beneficiaries who are elderly and disabled will have their cards loaded. The rollout order will be need-based.
“The first four days are the elderly and the disabled,” he said. “After that, every other day a group is loaded, and we have been pouring through the demographics, through the data, to ensure that we can segregate the cardholders, to ensure that we are capturing the most vulnerable in that category.”
Landry also announced that SNAP offices in Louisiana will be closing stating that funding for SNAP office salaries would be reallocated.
“We are going to be closing the SNAP offices because the state pays 50% of those salaries and that allows us to take that 50% SGF, money, and help to fund people so that we feed the elderly, the disabled and children.”
The exact date of closing was unspecified.
Landry encouraged “able-bodied” SNAP recipients to “lean on food banks” and seek out employment using louisianaworks.net to supplement the lack of assistance.
The Jackson Parish School Board will hold its regularly scheduled monthly meeting on Monday, November 3rd. The session will take place at 11:00 am in the Conference Room of the Jackson Parish School District Central Office, located at 315 Pershing Hwy. in Jonesboro.
Featured on the agenda that board members Mary Saulters, Paulette Belton, Rick Barlow, Wade McBride, Dennis Clary, Calvin Waggoner, and President Gerry Mims will be presented with are:
1. Consider approving the minutes as presented from the Regular Scheduled meeting held on October 6, 2025.
2. Consider approving the 2025 Jackson Parish Annual Safe Schools Report (Act 334).
3. Consider approving the 2025-2026 Pupil Progression Plan revision.
4. Consider adopting items per the Committee Reports.
In accordance with the Americans Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance, please contact William Carter at 318-259-4456 describing the assistance that is necessary.
Two halves make a whole. This is a simple mathematical truth, even when the two portions represent a completely diametrically opposed result of a football game. For further clarification, Jonesboro-Hodge High School scored three unanswered touchdowns in the second half of the District 1-1A battle against Glenbrook School of Minden to rally for a thrilling 18-14 victory.
The win of the historic fourth Thursday night contest in a single season that was played at Glenbrook ups the Tigers’ record to 6-3 overall and 4-1 in District 1-1A play, while the Apaches fell to 3-5 and 2-4.
A breakdown of halves found Glenbrook jumping out to a 14-0 lead after the first two quarters, with Jonesboro-Hodge playing without question their most lackluster first half in the nine games that have been played to date.
“I don’t know whether it was because we were out of school all week or what, but we did not give a good effort in the first half,” said JHHS head coach Terrance Blankenship. “It wasn’t just in one area or two but in every phase of the game.”
The first half statistics reflected Blankenship’s observation as JHHS managed only 62 yards in total offense over the first 24 minutes of play, and Glenbrook, playing with almost entirely underclassmen, moved the ball at will up and down the field.
The second half was a different story.
If there was a silver lining in the fact that JHHS was down two scores at the half, it was that it wasn’t the first time this season the Tigers had been in that kind of predicament. Actually, not the second, third, or fourth time either. As in games against Delhi Charter, Lincoln-Prep, and Arcadia, the Tigers played an inspired second half of football to overcome the deficit and take the victory.
Maybe it was the familiarity of being in that position that gave the Tigers hope of making a comeback.
“It isn’t like this is the first time this year we have been two scores down at the half,” laughed Blankenship after the game. “We told them at the break that we had been here before, and they knew what had to be done. It was simply up to them to do it.”
The Tigers did!
Totally “flipping the script,” JHHS scored on their first possession of the second half by marching 41 yards on four plays, climaxed by Tre Burns taking a Dakota Knox pass 30 yards for a score to bring the Tigers to within 14-6 with 9:17 left in the third quarter.
JHHS would creep even closer early in the fourth quarter after Knox bulldozed his way into the endzone from three yards out to put the finishing touches on a 15-play 76-yard drive that took a little over 9 minutes off the clock.
The ‘coup de gras’ came with 7:46 remaining in the game when newcomer Jaquan Qualls reeled in a Knox aerial across the middle and outran Apache defenders for the 43-yard, go-ahead score.
The main ingredient in the recipe for the second-half rally was something the Tiger braintrust has cooked up many times before this season. That was putting the ball in Dakota Knox’s hands and letting the chips fall where they may. The result was Knox shredding the Apache defense for 106 yards on 17 carries in the final two quarters.
“We decided to go back to what has been working for us all year, and that was to put Dakota in the backfield by himself, and let him go to work,” Blankenship said. “He is a great leader and put us on his shoulders like he has done all year.”
Special mention goes to the Tiger defense as well as the unit completely shut down the Apache attack in the second half, limiting Glenbrook to 48 yards in total offense and taking the ball away on interceptions by Channing Gray and Landon Boston when the Apaches were making a late attempt to retake the lead.
“Can’t say enough about the way our defense stepped up in the second half,” beamed Blankenship, “It wasn’t like we changed the scheme or anything, but it was simply a matter of each of them making the effort to win their assignments.”
The Jackson Parish School District is pleased to announce the selections for Faculty Members of the Year at Quitman and Weston High Schools. Honored for their exemplary actions in leading the youth at their respective schools are:
The time for “string music” to be playing in the gymnasiums of “small schools” in the state of Louisiana is upon us as the 2025-26 LHSAA prep basketball season begins this week.
Locally, that means that Quitman and Weston High Schools will soon be pounding the “hardwoods” with Weston tipping off the season by traveling to Claiborne Christian on Monday, November 3rd. Quitman High will open their season the next day, November 4th, by making the short trip to Dodson for girls and boys action.
The contests will be the only games played this week. Next on the schedule, Quitman will play in the 12th annual Christopher Edmiston Memorial Tournament in Choudrant on Friday and Saturday, November 7th & 8th. On the following Tuesday, November 10th, Quitman will play host to Saline and Weston travels to Family Community Christian School (FCCS) in Winnsboro.
Attention all Veterans! You are cordially invited to attend a special Veterans Day Program in your honor. The event will take place at 10:00 am on Tuesday, November 4th, at the Auditorium on the campus of Jonesboro-Hodge High School, located at 225 Pershing Hwy in Jonesboro. The public is also invited to attend to help in honoring our local heroes.
Officially, the LHSAA basketball season-opening “Jackson Parish Jamboree” between Quitman and Weston High Schools played this past Thursday evening didn’t count. Rest assured, though, the outcome will be remembered for a long time.
In what represented just a little more than one half of what a regular season basketball game would be, Quitman took a stunning 43-3 victory.
“I have watched these two teams play for many, many years,” said one fan who wished to remain anonymous. “I have never seen one team dominate the other like this.”
What attributed to the result of the totally one sided affair? One has to look no futher than the Wovles inability to find their shooting touch as Weston managed only one basket in 21 attempts for a 5% shooting percentage. From three point range it was worse as Weston went 0-12. A total of 22 turnovers caused by a tenacious Wolverine defense was another factor.
The game started with Quitman bolting out to a 19-0 lead before Brody Tidwell made a free throw for the Wolves. An Abram Toms basket made the score 26-3 early in the second half leading to Quitman running off another 17 straight points.
Offensively it was the “Brayden boys”, as in Smith and Martin, that led the Wolverines in scoring wiuth 12 and 11 points respectively in the two halves of play. Shane Reed added eight with Asher Shultz and Taden Thomas finishing with four points each. Abel Leach and Jack Thomas would also make a basket to round out the QHS scoring.
Quitman 40 Weston 23 (girls) Anna Claire Leach made 7 of 12 shots, including going 3 for 6 from behind the arc, to lift homestanding Quitman to the victory over their Jackson Parish rivals.
Allie Robertson added 13 for the Lady Wolverines who jumped out to an 18-3 first half lead and never looked back. Emma Walker and Hallie Kate Pullig scored three points each and Sophia Kliebert also made a basket for QHS. Rachel Bandy led Weston in scoring with 8 points, with Jakayly Fourd finishing with five and both Addison Faulkner and Teegan Hall scoring four points each. Kate Keiffer also made a basket for the Lady Wolves.
Letter Jacket Night
The Jamboree not only held the distinction as being the unofficial opening to the LHSAA 2025-26 basketball season but also a special time for 24 Quitman High School student / athletes who received their letter jackets.
Each was awarded their jacket during a special ceremony that was held between the junior varsity and varsity high school games. Congratulations to each!
Attention Alumni, Friends & Supporters of GSU:
You are invited to attend special meeting of the Grambling University National
Alumni Association/Jackson Parish Chapter. The meeting will take place on Tuesday,
November 4, 2025 at 6:00 P.M., at Travelers Rest Baptist Church,409 Congo Street,
Jonesboro, Louisiana.
This will be the first meeting of the local chapter since the Covid outbreak and you are encouraged to show your support for Grambing State University by attending. While there you will be provided with an update of the advancements taking place at GSU as well as being informed of what the Jackson Parish Chapter has raised from the Fred D. Hearn Memorial Golf Scholarship Classic, and the amount that has been presented to GSU for scholarships.
“I encourage you to join us at this very important meeting as we discuss the future of the Jackson Parish Chapter and reconnect with fellow alumni and friends of GSU.
If you have questions or concerns, please contact me at 318-680-8070. HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!” – Jame Bradford, President GSUNAA/JPC
Throughout October, which was deemed National Principals Month, the Jackson Parish School District has been proudly celebrating the incredible principals who lead our schools with dedication and heart! Today, we recognize Chevonda Leonard of Jonesboro-Hodge High School.
Dr. Leonard is in her eighth year as principal and brings an impressive 25 years of experience in education. Although her undergraduate degree was in Computer Science, her career path consistently led her back to teaching and serving students.
From teaching adult learners at Grambling State University to working with students through the Lincoln Parish Juvenile Court’s Innovative Sentencing to Education Program, Dr. Leonard discovered her true passion — education. She went on to earn certifications in Special Education and Counseling and has never looked back.
Under her leadership, Jonesboro-Hodge High School has maintained and shown growth in its School Performance Score (SPS), a reflection of her commitment to continuous improvement. Dr. Leonard describes her school community with one powerful word — resilience. Despite challenges and tragedies, her students and staff continue to adapt, grow stronger, and persevere together.
A proud Jonesboro native and alumna of J-HHS (Class of 1986), Dr. Leonard has served at nearly every school in the district throughout her career.
Dr. Leonard shares this message with her school community:
“Always be eager to learn and improve. By doing so, you will develop a passion for knowledge, a growth mindset, and a commitment to personal and professional development, characterized by a desire to acquire new skills and take on challenges.”
Join us in celebrating Dr. Leonard for her leadership, dedication, and lifelong commitment to the students and families of Jackson Parish.
Jackson Parish Chamber of Commerce (JPCC) Manager, Kim Whitman, is calling on all local artists to get creative and enter the 2025 Christmas T-Shirt Design Contest, as submittals are now being accepted at the JPCC office, located at 601 South Cooper Avenue in Jonesboro or by email at jacksonparishchamber@gmail.com
Highlighting this year’s theme – Miracle on Main Street – the winning artwork will be printed on this year’s official JPCC Christmas T-Shirts and will be available for purchase through the Jackson Parish Chamber of Commerce.
The Jackson Parish Special Education Advisory Council will meet on Thursday, November 13, 2025, at Jonesboro Hodge Middle School in Room 50. The meeting is open to the public.
A Special Education Advisory Council (SEAC) is a group of parents, teachers, and other community stakeholders that provides advice and feedback on special education policies, procedures, and resources to help improve services for students with disabilities.
These councils are often mandated by state or federal law, such as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). They are meant to foster collaboration between families, schools, and the community.
I-20 construction has become an exercise in enduring a spiritual test. Those of headed west from Ruston or east to Ruston must face the challenge of merging into one lane around the construction. It is maddening. It is also instructive.
Let us begin with a confession: merging onto the interstate in Louisiana is not for the faint of heart. It is a spiritual exercise in chaos theory, a test of faith, and occasionally, a near-death experience. One might say it resembles the early church—passionate, unpredictable, and occasionally in need of divine intervention.
Contrast this with the Northwest, where merging is a liturgy. Drivers there glide like synchronized swimmers in a baptismal pool of asphalt. They signal. They yield. They make space. It’s as if they’ve read Romans 12:10—“Outdo one another in showing honor”—and applied it to traffic patterns.
But what if merging isn’t just about traffic? What if it’s a metaphor for fellowship?
In the church, we speak often of “fellowship,” that sacred mingling of souls in potluck lines and small group gatherings. But true fellowship—like merging—isn’t just proximity. It’s intentional movement toward one another. It’s the art of adjusting speed, checking blind spots, and sometimes braking for someone who’s still figuring out their spiritual GPS.
Consider the Apostle Paul. He was a master merger. One moment he’s persecuting Christians, the next he’s writing half the New Testament and hosting small groups in Philippi. He didn’t just join the faith; he merged into it—yielding to grace, accelerating toward purpose, and signaling his transformation with every epistle.
In merging, as in fellowship, timing is everything. Too fast, and you risk colliding. Too slow, and you cause confusion. The church, too, must learn this rhythm. We must make space for the hesitant, the wounded, the ones still figuring out which lane they belong in. We must resist the urge to honk our theological horns or tailgate someone into conformity.
And let us not forget the sacred blinker. In traffic, it’s a sign of intention. In fellowship, it’s vulnerability. It says, “I’m trying to join you. I’m not perfect, but I’m coming alongside.” The church thrives when we honor the blinker—when we respond not with suspicion, but with grace.
Of course, there are spiritual roadblocks. Pride. Judgment. The occasional congregant who drives a theological monster truck and refuses to yield. But even these can be navigated with patience and prayer. After all, Jesus merged with humanity itself—God taking on flesh, signaling love, and entering our lane with humility.
So next time you’re on the interstate, and a fellow Louisianan or visiting Texan barrels down the ramp like they’re auditioning for a Fast & Furious sequel, take a breath. Remember that merging is messy. Fellowship is, too. But both are holy.
Because in the end, the church is not a convoy of perfect drivers. It’s a caravan of grace—bumper to bumper, blinker to blinker, learning to merge our lives into one body, one Spirit, one glorious journey toward the Kingdom.
And if all else fails, just wave. It’s the universal sign of fellowship. Even in traffic.
The Jonesboro-Hodge Elementary’s Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) Committee would like to congratulate the following for earning November Awards:
Student of the Month: Kadon Graves, 3rd Grade
Faculty of the Month: Mrs. Brooke Odenbaugh, 1st Grade Teacher
PBIS stands for Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, an evidence-based framework used in schools to create positive learning environments by teaching and reinforcing desired behaviors. It focuses on prevention rather than punishment, using a tiered approach to provide universal support for all students, targeted support for at-risk students, and intensive support for students with the most significant needs.
My first hint that I wanted to become a writer began in high school. Sort of like that first yellow bloom on a tomato plant, my English teacher, my aunt Lillian Montgomery, picked up on something like that tiny bloom that gave her a hint that her gangly, awkward nephew might possibly have an inborne ability to string words together in a meaningful way.
I resented Aunt Lillian at first because she was tougher on me than others in the class. Anything I wrote was returned to me dripping in red ink pointing out the mistakes I had made, scratching out something I had written and replacing what was scratched out with how I could have said something better.
Fast forward to my four years at Northwestern in Natchitoches. While math and science and history were not in my scope of interest as evidenced by my grades, I took a journalism class as an elective. I just flat out fell in love with it, feeling a new-found freedom to grab a pad and pencil and write. It was in that class that I received one of the few “A” grades I got during my college years.
After college, I taught school for a year, worked in sales for another couple until I settled in on my career in social work. My interest in this job was in interviewing and offering counseling to folks who needed direction. In the back of my mind, even though my job was helping people with little need for writing, that little tomato bloom was always there. I wanted to write.
My interest growing up was in the outdoors as my dad spent his career with the LA Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and his love for the outdoors bled over into me.
Stories in outdoors magazines became my interest and one day I sat down and wrote a story, total fiction, of a deer hunt and how the hunter was able to outwit a trophy buck. I was so impressed with what I had written that I sent my story to a friend of my dad, famous outdoors writer Grits Gresham who lived in Natchitoches, having the gall to ask him where I might market my masterpiece.
To my delight, Grits answered my letter. I was about to launch myself into a career as an outdoor writer. He was kind to let me down as gently as he could, telling me I might find it difficult to place what I had written in a magazine.
He did, however, offer me some of the best advice I ever had when he said learning to write is much like learning how to become proficient at any job; you needed, as he said to “hone your craft”.
One day while living in the Claiborne Parish town of Homer, I got up the nerve and nervously walked into the office of the Guardian Journal weekly newspaper, met the publisher Mrs. Kathy Hightower, asking her if I could write a “hunting and fishing” column for the paper. She smiled and let me down gently saying thanks but no thanks. I was strangely relieved.
Six months later, I dropped by the office for a weekly paper and Mrs. Hightower called me into her office, asking me if I still wanted to do that “hunting and fishing” column, I was ready and she hired me at the rate of $2.50 weekly plus a free paper.
I was somewhat embarrassed to put my name on the column so to cover my identity in case readers thought it stunk, I gave it the title “Uncle Zeke from Beaver Creek”. My first column appeared on September 21, 1972.
From that humble beginning, I have been blessed through the years to get to write for other newspapers, parish journals, outdoor magazines, written outdoors themed books that ultimately launched me into a second career in outdoors radio.
It saddened me deeply to learn that earlier this month, Mrs. Kathy Hightower who still ran the Guardian Journal had just passed away.
From my Aunt Lillian to a journalism class in college to Grits Gresham to this special lady, it’s been a 53-year adventure that to a great extent has turned me into who I am today.
CANEY LAKE – Bass fishing has been best fishing jigs around the boat docks with some caught early morning around the grass on topwater lures. Square billed crank baits are picking up some as well. Crappie are best around submerged tops in deeper water with shiners and jigs taking some nice fish. Bream are fair. For information contact Caney Lake Landing at 259-6649, Hooks Marina at 249-2347, Terzia Tackle at 278-4498 or the Honey Hole Tackle Shop at 323-8707.
BUSSEY BRAKE – Crappie fishing has been good fishing jigs or shiners around the deep tops. Bass fishing has been best fishing topwater lures early and pitching jigs around brush later. For best.information, contact the Honey Hole at 323-8707.
OUACHITA RIVER – The water is on a slight rise but expected to begin falling in a day or so. It is still quite low because of lock and dam problems down stream. Bass are best fishing shad imitation lures in the cuts and run-outs with current. Crappie are around the tops in the river and fair to good on shiners and jigs. For latest information, contact the Honey Hole Tackle Shop at 323-8707.
LAKE D’ARBONNE – Bass are best early mornings on topwater lures. Later in the day, look for them over deeper water. Jigs and crank baits are picking up some. Crappie have moved to the channels and are best on jigs and shiners as they are suspended over deeper water. Bream are fair. Catfish are good fishing off the banks. For latest information, call Anderson Sport Center at 368-9669 or Honey Hole Tackle Shop at 323-8707.
LAKE CLAIBORNE – Crappie fishing has been best on jigs and shiners suspended over deeper water. Bass are around the banks and hitting topwaters early while later hitting crank baits and soft plastics in deeper water. Bream are scattered. For latest information, call Kel’s Cove at 927-2264 or Terzia Tackle at 278-4498.
LAKE POVERTY POINT – Catfish are good while crappie are fair fishing around the boat slips. Some are also hitting jigs and shiners on the south end. Bass are slow. For information, contact the marina at 318/878-0101.
LAKE YUCATAN – The lake level is low. Catfishing is good while bass and crappie have not turned on just yet. For info call Surplus City Landing at 318/467-2259.
There is only one first time. That is what the eleven young ladies of the Jonesboro-Hodge Middle School softball team enjoyed on Thursday evening when the young Lady Tigers beat Mansfield Middle School 7-5 for the first victory in the history of the program.
It was a total team effort for head coach Geneice Levingston’s squad with special mention going to Aubree Jackson, who drove in the winning runs with a clutch single, and Rosemary Williams, striking out five to earn the win in the circle.
Next Up! JHMS will look for their second win of the season when play at Mansfield Middle School again on November 5th. Game time is set for 4:00 pm. The next home game for the youthful Lady Tigers will be on November 13th when they host Union Junior High (Farmerville) at the JHHS softball field located on Thrasher Road in Jonesboro.
Dad, working 2 jobs to provide for his family had little spare time to work with his treasured tools. Yet, they were there in our cellar when he needed; stored neatly and accessible. I was intrigued by his vice, level and plane.
[Definitions-‘Webster’s New World Dictionary]*Vise: ‘A device having two jaws opened and closed as by a screw, used for holding firmly an object being worked on.’*Plane: ‘A carpenter’s tool for leveling or smoothing wood.’
*Level: ‘An instrument for determining the horizontal.’
Jesus, as Master carpenter uses only the best tools.
“Is this not the carpenter, the Son of Mary, and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And are not His sisters here with us (Mark 6:3 NKJV)?”
Jesus has a firm grip; He’s holding me securely in place.
“And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand. I and my Father are one (John 10:28-29 NKJV).”
Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to smooth out my rough spots.
“Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you. And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment (John 16:7-8 NKJV).”
Christ determines my relationship goals. His law of love is a level foundation; keeping me vertically and horizontally in line.
“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law? Jesus said to him, ‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets (Matthew 22:36-40 NKJV).”
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SHAWN ETHAN BARR A/KIA SHAWN E BARR A/KIA SHAWN BARR
By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the Honorable Second Judicial District Court, Parish of Jackson, State of Louisiana, and to me directed, I have seized and taken into my possession and will offer for sale for cash at the Jackson Parish Sheriff Office, , Jonesboro, Louisiana, on Wednesday, the 10th day of DECEMBER, 2025. Between the hours governing judicial sales, the following property to wit:
LOT 2 OF THE DEERFIELD SUBDIVISION, SITUATED IN JACKSON PARISH, LOUISIANA.
Seized as the property of the above named defendant and will be sold to satisfy said Writ and all cost, sale to be made for cash WITHOUT the benefit of appraisal.
ANDY BROWN, SHERIFF
EX-OFFICIO, AUCTIONEER
10/29/25
12/03/25
LeBlanc Cypress Works – A stand-alone cooler box with a hinged top, complete with logo and/or exterior picture add-on capability, along with an outdoor chair and end table, is featured this month at LeBlanc Cypress Works. Other custom-made cypress or oak items, including benches, swings, gates, and fences, are available as well. Cost depends on the type of material used. For an estimate or to place an order, call Don LeBlanc at (318)-475-1161.
The Jackson Parish School District – If you have the skills and enthusiasm to make a difference, there is an opening for the following positions.
Certified Speech-Language Pathologist
Substitutes – All Areas
Apply today through the Jackson Parish School District website at http://www.jpsb.us or contact the central office at (318) 259 – 4456 for more details.
David Lockett, age 73 of Chatham, ascended to his Heavenly Home to be by the side of his Lord and Savior. David passed away doing what he loved to do most of all in life and that was preaching the word of God. He loved to pray, preach, spend time with the Lord and share the word of God with all who would listen. Above all else he loved the Lord, his family, and his church. David was a Christian man that was very passionate when it came to his beliefs. To know him, was to love him. David was a kind man that would help anyone he could. Patience was a virtue that he did not possess, however, he had a humorous way that made up for it. David could be quite a cut-up and was a very fun guy. He loved to make others smile and laugh. David’s greatest desire in life was to be with his Lord and Savior and while our hearts might be broken; he waits for us sitting next to our Lord with open arms and we can be comforted knowing we will see him again.
Those left to cherish his memory is his niece, Shannon Willis and husband Keith; nephew, Vince Benoit; great nephews, Kory Willis, Kameron Willis and wife Amanda, Kade Willis and wife Leah; cousins, Deborah Springfield and husband Irvin, Mary Jane Gibson and husband Jimmy, Karey Beam, Jennifer Beam, Greg Rayner and wife Ann, Marilyn Griffin, Richard Watson. He is also survived by a great-great niece and nephew, other relatives, church family and friends.
David was preceded in death by his parents, Edward and Wilma (Rayner) Lockett and sister, Peggy (Lockett) Lampirez.
A memorial service will be held on Friday, November 7, 2025 at Greater Apostolic Church in Eros, Louisiana at 6:00 PM. Cremation arrangements were handled by Southern-Edmonds Funeral Home.
Mary Magdalene Flowers-Moore went to be with the Lord on October 23rd after a long life of 96 years. Her Celebration of Life Service was held on Saturday, November 1st at Pine Grove Baptist Church in Jonesboro, LA under the direction of Paradise Funeral Home in Jonesboro.