Anna Marie Bailey

Zachary David Blanchard

Alma Olivia Franks Callahan

Ute Maria Pawlik Clifton

Francis M. Hilton

Elvina Lee Israel

Calvin Jean Matthews

Jimmy Terry Moreau

Mamie Wyble O’Brien

Michael Scott

Robert Donald Seals Sr.

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Anna Marie Bailey

Anna Marie Bailey, 90, of DeRidder, died Friday, Oct. 4. Funeral service will be 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 7, at Hopewell Baptist Church. Burial will be at Hopewell Cemetery under the direction of Myers-Colonial Funeral Home.

Zachary David Blanchard

Funeral service for Zachary David Blanchard, 23, of Jennings, will be 2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7, in Miguez Funeral Home. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.

Alma Olivia 
Franks Callahan

Alma Olivia Franks Callahan, 85, of Merryville, died Thursday, Oct. 3. Funeral service will be 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 7, at Myers Colonial Funeral Home, DeRidder. Burial will be at Bivens Cemetery in Merryville.

Ute Maria Pawlik Clifton

Ute Maria Pawlik Clifton went home to be with the Lord on Oct. 4, 2019. Ms. Clifton died in Sulphur after a long bout with Alzheimer’s. A memorial service to celebrate her life will be held at Maplewood First Baptist Church on Tuesday, Oct. 8. All who knew her are welcome to join the family for visitation with light finger foods from 5:30- 6:30 p.m. followed by a memorial service from 6:30-7 p.m.

Best known to her friends as “Maria,” she led an active life full of service. Many people remember her as the beautician at West Point Barber Shop who always got the color and cut right. She worked at the shop through the 80s and 90s. Maria was a practicing beautician for more than 40 years. Still others remember her as a pink lady at West Cal Cam Hospital where she volunteered for more than 10 years, or the lady who helped to bring church services to the residents at Holly Hill Nursing Home, or served on the local chapter of the AARP, or the Mayor’s Commission for disabled citizens, or on the hospitality committee at Maplewood First Baptist Church. But she is best known to her family as a steadfast woman of faith who served her husband, children, grandchildren and great grandchildren without fail throughout her life well lived.

Maria was born on Oct. 20, 1936, as a German citizen in Poland during World War II. She often recounted stories of life as a child in the middle of war, and always shared the spiritual points that she learned through each experience. She met her husband of 54 years, JD Clifton, in Germany when he was stationed there as a young enlisted man. They married and moved to the United States where they raised two daughters. Serving as a military wife for 22 years, she was also a beautician in multiple states and countries as well as being active in her children’s schools and the communities in which they lived.

Maria was preceded in death by her mother and father, Maria and Emil Pawlik; her sister, Inge Pawlik Kaser; and her husband of 54 years, JD Clifton. She leaves behind two daughters, Nancy Clifton Tower and husband Ron, and Sandra Clifton Hoffecker and husband CT. Maria also had four grandchildren, Natascha Tower Kraemer, Zackary Cox, Alexis Cox and Natalie Tower; and two great-grandchildren, Luke and Julia Kraemer. She had a personal relationship with Jesus that transcended all of life’s situations, even Alzheimer’s, and the family rests secure in the knowledge that she is in Glory.

Cremation has been entrusted to Johnson and Robison Funeral Home.

Words of comfort may be shared with the family at www.robisonfuneralhome.com.

Francis M. Hilton

Graveside services for Francis M. Hilton, 91, will be at 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 6, in the Fellowship Methodist Cemetery, Hineston, under the direction of Rush Funeral Home, Oakdale. He died Saturday, Oct. 5, in his residence.

Elvina Lee Israel

Elvina Lee Israel, 80, died Saturday, Oct. 5, in a local hospital. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesdday, Oct. 8, in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Lake Charles. Burial will follow in Carter Memorial in Kinder under the direction of Johnson & Brown Funeral Home of Iowa.

Calvin Jean Matthews

Calvin Jean Matthews, 64, of Westlake, died Friday, Oct. 4, at St. Patrick’s Hospital. Service will be 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 7, at Hixson Funeral Home of Westlake. Burial will be at Big Woods Cemetery of Edgerly.

Jimmy Terry Moreau

VINTON — Jimmy Terry Moreau, 75, died Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019, in his residence.

He was born in Opelousas June 11, 1944, and was raised in Ville Platte. He had been a resident of Vinton for the last 35 years. Jimmy was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. He enjoyed mowing his grass, camping, and loved traveling to Canada and The Northeast. He was an avid NASCAR fan, having attended races at 15 different tracks across the country. Jimmy could fabricate anything, and he was very proud of his Cajun heritage.

Survivors include his wife of 33 years, Rhonda Moreau of Vinton; his sons, Terry Moreau and wife, Annette, and Tony Moreau, all of Turkey Creek; his grandson, Mac Moreau of Turkey Creek; his nieces, Dana Keel and Nikki Holland; his nephews, Dustin Reed and Josh Reed; and his beloved cats, Kay Kaye and Littleman. He is preceded in death by his parents, Willie Moreau and Eveline Ardoin; his grandmother, Azaline Ardoin; and his siblings, T-Boy Moreau, Diana “Dale” Moreau Reed and Marie Rayburn.

His funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 7, in St. Joseph Catholic Church under the direction of Hixson Funeral Home of Vinton. The Rev. Susil Fernando will officiate. Pallbearers will be Terry Moreau, Tony Moreau, David Laymance, Kenney Laymance, Mac Moreau and Josh Reed. Visitation will be from 9-10:30 a.m. Monday in the church, with a Rosary service at 10:30 a.m. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorial donations be made to St. Joseph Catholic Church or The American Cancer Society. Words of comfort may be shared with the family at www.hixsonfuneralhomes.com.

Mamie Wyble O’Brien

Funeral service for Mamie Wyble O’Brien, 100, will be 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 7, at First United Methodist Church in Eunice. Burial will be at St. Paul Cemetery in Eunice under the direction of Ardoin/Allen Parish Funeral of Kinder.

Michael Scott

Michael Scott, 64, of Lake Charles passed away Wednesday, Oct. 2, in his residence. A gathering will be from 4-6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 6, in the funeral home. Cremation was entrusted to Johnson Funeral Home.

Robert Donald Seals Sr.

Robert Donald Seals Sr., 87, of Lake Charles, passed away at 5:40 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019, in a local hospice facility.

Mr. Seals was born Oct. 23, 1931, in Bogalusa, La. He graduated from Warren Easton High School in New Orleans, La., and Sullivan’s West Point Prep School. He attended Loyola University New Orleans and Tulane University. He graduated from Louisiana State University (LSU) in Baton Rouge. While attending LSU, he met his future wife, Sylvia Abraham, and they married in 1955 and moved to Lake Charles, La., where they lived and raised their children.

He attained the rank of Major in the Army of the United States. He served on the Military Affairs Committee of Association of Commerce for eight years. He retired from Cities Service Oil Company as Coordinator of Major Projects Engineering and Construction. He was a Master Mason for 65 years. He was a faithful member of the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd.

Those left to cherish his memory are his loving and devoted wife of 64 years, Sylvia Abraham Seals of Lake Charles; children, Susan Coldiron (Kimet) of Lafayette, Robert Donald Seals Jr. of Houston, and Mary Marx (Kenneth) of Houston; and two beloved grandchildren, Elizabeth Ann Coldiron of Memphis, Tenn., and Matthew Charles Coldiron (fiancée, Stephanie Matt) of Baton Rouge.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Ruby and Charles Seals; and siblings, Karl, Richard, Charles, Woodrow and Evelyn Seals and Geraldine Underwood.

A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 7, 2019, with visitation before the service from 10-11 a.m. at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd. The Rev. Jo P. Popham will officiate. Assisting will be the Rev. Frances “Boo” Kay and the Rev. James J. Popham. Inurnment will follow in the church columbarium. Cremation was entrusted to Johnson Funeral Home. All are invited to a reception after the service that will be held in the church parish hall.

The family would like to thank Drs. Ron Lewis, Chris Thompson and Gerry Hebert for their care and compassion. In addition, the family expresses deep gratitude to the staff at Grand Cove Nursing and Rehab Center, Lake Charles Memorial Hospital and Harbor House Hospice for the excellent care he received.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project, https://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/

Words of comfort to the family may be expressed at www.johnsonfuneralhome.net.