Miss Dorothy Eygabroad passed away on Aug. 17, 2024 at Harbor Hospice House in Lake Charles, La. at the age of 95. One of her wishes was that her body be donated to Science and so it was donated to the LSU School of Medicine. A Memorial service will be held on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024 at 1 p.m. at the Effie Convention Grounds in Effie, La. Louise Martin, Stacey Seidlitz, and Charlie Kerr will officiate. 

Miss Dorothy was born on May 28, 1929, in Oretta, La. (near DeQuincy, La.) to Leonard and Ellen “Alston” Eygabroad. She is survived by one sister, Cleo Meagher of Kansas; one brother, Leonard Eygabroad Jr. of Washington; four nephews, Tim and Debbie Eygabroad of DeQuincy, Dennis, John, and Mark Eygabroad; one niece, Hester Mayhall of DeQuincy, and several great nieces and nephews. She is also survived by many friends who loved her dearly. 

She was preceded in death by her parents and brother-in-law, Dave Meagher.

Miss Dorothy professed to serve God in 1941 when she was 12 years old. She was always so thankful to her uncle, Edwin Eygabroad, who was a minister of the gospel and brought the message of Christ to her family in South Louisiana and to the Hockersmith Family in Southeast Texas in 1941. She never wavered from that choice for the rest of her life. 

In 1954, Miss Dorothy offered her life to preach the Gospel Message. She preached in Georgia and Florida until she came home to care for her mother in 1973. After her mother’s death in 1984, she started back in the ministry in Louisiana. 

She had many hobbies that she continued to do up until a few months of her death. She loved flowers and also wanted to save the ones on the clearance rack so that she could nurture them and bring them back to life. She applied this same philosophy to many areas of her life, especially faithful in reaching out to people and sharing the Gospel story. She loved to bake and share with others as well and she provided the raspberry jam for convention for many years. She also loved to travel and was always ready to go to any gospel meeting if anyone was going, no matter the distance. During her last two years, she had two special privileges. In October of 2022, she was brought to convention in Bushnell, Fla. where she was able to see many of the friends that were professing during her time in the ministry in Fla. Also, in February of 2024, she was able to take a trip to visit her sister, Cleo, whom she hadn’t seen in 13 years, in Marysville, Kan. This was a very special occasion.

The young people always had a special place in her heart. She often said, “our children and grandchildren were her children and grandchildren and she had too many to count”. She loved and prayed for so many over the years.

Miss Dorothy celebrated her 95th birthday in the nursing home in May. She was very content and happy there and said she wanted to be a “Light” to those around her. As the final hours of her life here on Earth were drawing near, she was trying to sing a hymn, “Sweet is the Rest”. After many years, she is finally at Rest with the One she Loved Most!

During her years in Louisiana she had numerous companions that she loved dearly. Some of those were Dorothy Steinkuler, Karen Richardson, Melanie Richardson-VanOmen, Karen Devall, Audrey Fuller, Marsha Kiser, Peggy Ferguson, and her sister, Cleo. Some of her companions from earlier years were Bessie Hawk, Evelyn Kuck, Lizzy Kelly, Georgia Morgan, and Delores Richardson.

Miss Dorothy’s life motto, “GOOD, BETTER, BEST, never let it rest, till your GOOD is BETTER, and your BETTER is BEST!!”