These notices are new additions since yesterday’s Cenla Remembers report. This report also includes one service update.
Shirley N. Strother Fontenot
- Born: February 10, 1956, Oakdale, Louisiana
- Died: November 10, 2026, age 70, at Savoy Care Center, Mamou, Louisiana
- Funeral home: Rush Funeral Home, Oakdale
- Visitation: Thursday, November 12, 2026, 5:00–10:00 p.m., and Friday, November 13, 2026, 10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m., Christ Church, 1013 East Whatley Road, Oakdale, Louisiana
- Service: Friday, November 13, 2026, 2:00 p.m., Christ Church, Oakdale, Louisiana
- Officiant: Reverend Greg Willis
- Burial: Oakhill Cemetery, Oakdale, Louisiana
Heath Alan Payne
- Born: June 21, 1975, Natchez, Mississippi
- Died: November 10, 2026, age 51, at his lake house in Jonesville, Louisiana
- Funeral home: Hixson Brothers Funeral Home, Jena
- Visitation: Saturday, November 14, 2026, 1:00–3:00 p.m., Lake Lilly Baptist Church, Jonesville, Louisiana
- Service: Saturday, November 14, 2026, 3:00 p.m., Lake Lilly Baptist Church, Jonesville, Louisiana
- Burial: Heard Cemetery, Jonesville, Louisiana
Frankie Mae Sices Brown
- Born: October 28, 1944, Alexandria, Louisiana
- Died: November 9, 2026, age 82, at home, Alexandria, Louisiana
- Funeral home: Miller & Hill Funeral Directors
- Visitation: Friday, November 20, 2026, 10:00–11:00 a.m., St. Matthew Baptist Church, 5605 Old Boyce Road, Boyce, Louisiana
- Service: Friday, November 20, 2026, 11:00 a.m., St. Matthew Baptist Church, Boyce, Louisiana
Joseph Lynn Fisher
- Born: November 13, 1951
- Died: November 8, 2026, age 74, of Dry Prong, Louisiana
- Funeral home: Fall Creek Funeral Home, Pineville
- No service information was provided.
Wentric Jamell Blake
- Born: December 29, 1982, Pineville, Louisiana
- Died: November 8, 2026, age 43, of Alexandria, Louisiana
- Funeral home: Miller & Hill Funeral Directors
- Visitation: Saturday, November 21, 2026, 9:00–10:00 a.m., First Union Historic Baptist Church, 601 Lee Street, Alexandria, Louisiana
- Service: Saturday, November 21, 2026, 10:00 a.m., First Union Historic Baptist Church, Alexandria, Louisiana
- Burial: Alexandria Memorial Gardens, 8855 U.S. Highway 165, Woodworth, Louisiana
James Trenell Draper
- Born: January 13, 1977
- Died: November 6, 2026, age 49, at Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center, Lafayette, Louisiana
- Funeral home: Miller & Hill Funeral Directors
- Visitation: Saturday, November 14, 2026, 12:00–1:00 p.m., St. Mary Missionary Baptist Church, 9067 Louisiana Highway 1, Lettsworth, Louisiana
- Service: Celebration of life service, Saturday, November 14, 2026, 1:00 p.m., St. Mary Missionary Baptist Church, Lettsworth, Louisiana
- Burial: Tree of Life Baptist Church Cemetery, Lettsworth, Louisiana
Sharon Ann (Barton) Savittieri
- Born: July 22, 1951
- Died: November 4, 2026, age 75, at Saint Francis Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
- Funeral home: Rush Funeral Home, Pineville
- Visitation: Friday, November 13, 2026, 11:00 a.m., Rush Funeral Home, 3307 Monroe Highway, Pineville, Louisiana
- Service: Friday, November 13, 2026, 1:00 p.m., Chapel of Rush Funeral Home, Pineville, Louisiana
- Officiant: Reverend Charles McClellan
- Burial: Restland Memorial Gardens, Pollock, Louisiana
John Welch, III
- Died: November 1, 2026, age 62, at his residence, Alexandria, Louisiana
- Funeral home: Robinson Family Mortuary, Pineville
- Visitation: Saturday, November 14, 2026, from 12:00 p.m., Starlight Missionary Baptist Church, 2628 Overton Street, Alexandria, Louisiana
- Service: Saturday, November 14, 2026, 1:00 p.m., Starlight Missionary Baptist Church, Alexandria, Louisiana
- Officiant: Bishop Gregory C. Mills, Sr.
- Burial: Garden of Memories Cemetery, Alexandria, Louisiana
Sister Ida Meno
- Funeral home: Robinson Family Mortuary, Pineville
- Service: Homegoing Celebration, Wednesday, November 11, 2026, 11:00 a.m., Nazarene Baptist Church
- Officiant: Pastor Herbert V. Baptiste Jr.
Updated Notices
One notice from an earlier report has new service information.
Michael Renard Howard — service update
- Funeral home: Gallagher Funeral Home, Ball
- Visitation: Saturday, November 14, 2026, 8:00–9:30 a.m., Zion Hill Baptist Church, 312 Hunter Street, Pineville
- Service: Saturday, November 14, 2026, 10:00 a.m., Zion Hill Baptist Church, 312 Hunter Street, Pineville
- Burial: Forest Lawn Memorial Park Mausoleum, Ball
Building Cenla Remembers
We want to thank Progressive Funeral Home, Miller & Hill Funeral Directors and Escudé Funeral Home for helping us develop and perfect this new service for Central Louisiana.
As Cenla Remembers grows, we will open the service to additional funeral homes throughout the region. Funeral homes that would like to take part in the testing phase can email us at CenlaRemembers@involvedinitall.com. Families and members of the general public will also be able to submit notices.
Notices submitted directly by the public will require official verification before publication. That safeguard will help us make sure the information we share is accurate and respectful to the families involved.
Our purpose is simple: to give Central Louisiana one more place to remember the people who were part of our communities and to help families share important service information with their neighbors.
We extend our condolences to every family represented in today’s Cenla Remembers.
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