Obituaries

John “Boo Cat” Ethridge Johnson

JENNINGS — Funeral services for John “Boo Cat” Ethridge Johnson, 83, of Jennings will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 27, at Semien-Lewis Mortuary. Minister Betty Etienne will officiate. A visitation will be held from 8-10 a.m. in the Mortuary Church Chapel. Burial will follow in the Southwest Louisiana Veterans Cemetery in Jennings under the direction of Semien-Lewis Mortuary with Military Honors accorded by a Fort Johnson Army Detail.

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Ronald Wayne ‘Rooster’ Smith

Celebration of life services for Ronald Wayne “Rooster” Smith, 74, will be held at 4 p.m. Monday, July 24, 2023, at Miguez Funeral Home in Jennings, with Phil Doucet, co-minister of Jennings First Church of Christ, and Pastor Charles “Butch” Brunt officiating.

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Dorothy Mae Charles

Funeral services for Dorothy Mae Charles, 84, will be announced by Semien-Lewis Mortuary.

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Barbara Mans Hawkins

JENNINGS — The family of Barbara Mans Hawkins announces her peaceful passage from this life into the presence of the Lord on July 16, 2023.

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Barbara Mans Hawkins

JENNINGS — The family of Barbara Mans Hawkins announces her peaceful passage from this life into the presence of the Lord on July 16, 2023.

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Barbara Mans Hawkins

JENNINGS — The family of Barbara Mans Hawkins announces her peaceful passage from this life into the presence of the Lord on July 16, 2023.

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Joyce Marie Bertrand Williams

JENNINGS — Funeral services for Mrs. Joyce Marie Bertrand Williams, 82, of Jennings, will be held on Monday, July 17, in the Miguez Funeral Home Chapel at 10 a.m. with Pastor Kyle Sonnier officiating. Interment will follow in St. John the Evangelist Catholic Cemetery in Lacassine under the direction of Miguez Funeral Home.

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Alex Chaisson Jr.

JENNINGS — Alex Chaisson Jr., 85, of Welsh, Louisiana passed away on Wednesday, July 12, 2023, surrounded by his loving family. Alex was born on May 3, 1938 in Pine Island.