WINN:
Billie Ray “Bill” Berry
September 12, 1938 – December 09, 2020
Service: Friday, December 11 at 11 amin the Southern Funeral Home Chapel

James O. “Jlynn” Atkins Jr.
August 22, 1946 – December 07, 2020
Service: Saturday, December 12 at 2 pm in the Southern Funeral Home Chapel

NATCHITOCHES:
Margaret Ann Holmes
April 26, 1954 – December 10, 2020
Arrangements TBA

Randall Pitts
January 12, 1953 – December 08, 2020
Due to restrictions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, a celebration of his life will be held at a later date.

Ruby Lucille Ferri
October 02, 1925 – December 02, 2020
Services are pending due to Covid 19.

Shirley Ann Remo
December 6, 2020
Arrangements TBA

Charlotte Ann (Davis) French
August 28, 1949 – December 07, 2020
Service: Friday, December 11 at 10 am at Blanchard- St. Denis

Jeffery Daniel Williams
December 09, 1969 – November 27, 2020
Service: Saturday, December 12 at 10 am at Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home

Arthur M. Hardy
December 8, 2020
Arrangements TBA

Lisa M. Lemoine Gordon
September 15, 1965 – December 05, 2020
Service: Saturday December 12 at 12 pm at the Pace Community Center, located at 2148 Highway 1226 in Natchitoches

Lee Arthur Brown
December 8, 2020
Service: Saturday, December 12 at 12 pm in the Evergreen Baptist Church Cemetery in St. Maurice

Willie E. Valrie
December 5, 2020
Service: Saturday, December 12 at 11 am at the First Baptist Church on Amulet Street in Natchitoches

Herbert Dickens
December 3, 2020
Arrangements TBA

O V Jackson-Hall
December 1, 2020
Service: Friday, December 11 at North Star B. C. in Powhatan and burial will take place at Evergreen B. C. in St. Maurice

Jewerline Duncantel
December 1, 2020
Arrangements TBA

Antonio “Tony” Demars
December 15, 1969 – November 26, 2020
COVID 19 REGULATIONS WILL GOVERN THE ALL SERVICES COMMEMORATING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF THIS MOST LIKEABLE YOUNG MAN!
Visitation: Saturday, December 12 from 8:30-10:30 am at the Winnfield Memorial Funeral Home, located at 318 North Street in Natchitoches
Service: Saturday, December 12 at 11 am at the Lawrence Serenity Sanctum

SABINE:
Thomas Harold Dew of Many, Louisiana
June 7, 1937 – December 7, 2020
Service: Monday, December 14 at 2 pm at Warren Meadows Funeral Home Chapel

Roger Freeman
July 8, 1957 – December 7, 2020
Service: Saturday, December 12 at 2 pm at The Life Church

Nancy Jane Parrie
January 28, 1941 – December 6, 2020
Service: Friday, December 11 at 10 am at St. Joseph Cemetery

Barbara Jean Ennis Thomas
February 21, 1933 – December 2, 2020
Service: Friday, December 11 at 10 am at Aimwell Baptist Church

RED RIVER:
Bessie Jane Allen
March 19, 1916 – December 7, 2020
Service: Friday, December 11 at 11 am in the chapel of the Rockett-Nettles Funeral Home in Coushatta

WINN PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE
Name: Nekia Nekell Unique Russell
Date: 11-23-2020
Address: Winnfield, LA
Race: Black
Gender: Female
Age: 35
Charge: Probation Violation

Name: Kendall Pierre
Date: 11-24-2020
Address: Winn Parish Detention Center
Race: Black
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Charge: 2nd Degree Battery
Bond: $50,000

Name: Leonard Rhodes
Date: 11-24-2020
Address: Winn Parish Detention Center
Race: Black
Gender: Male
Age: 51
Charge: 2nd Degree Battery
Bond: $50,000

Name: Jameson Austin
Date: 11-24-2020
Address: Winn Parish Detention Center
Race: Black
Gender: Male
Age: 19
Charge: 2nd Degree Battery
Bond: $50,000

Name: Willie Chapman
Date: 11-24-2020
Address: Winn Parish Detention Center
Race: Black
Gender: Male
Age: 20
Charge: 2nd Degree Battery
Bond: $50,000

Name: Charles Ford
Date: 11-25-2020
Address: Dodson, LA
Race: White
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Charge: Aggravate Burglary, Domestic Abuse Battery, Criminal Damage to Property
Bond: $50,000

Name: Dylan Deshon Harrison
Date: 11-25-2020
Address: Dodson, LA
Race: Black
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Charge: 2nd Degree Murder Attempted, Illegal Possession of Stolen Firearm
Bond: $100,000

Name: Drew Lathan Purvis
Date: 11-25-2020
Address: Winnfield, LA 
Race: White
Gender: Male
Age: 28
Charge: Hunting During Illegal Hours x 7
Bond: $30,000

Name: Kimberly Lanette Hinton
Date: 11-26-2020
Address: Winnfield, LA
Race: White
Gender: Female
Age: 62
Charge: Failure to Appear
Bond: $2,500

Name: Billy R. Finn
Date: 11-27-2020
Race: White
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Charge: Possession of an Illegal Firearm, Convicted Felon in Possession of Firearm, Possession of Firearm with Obliterated Serial Number
Bond: $75,000

Name: Kenneth Lomand Nash
Date: 11-30-2020
Race: Black
Gender: Male
Age: 54
Charge: Failure to Appear, Fail to Register as Sex Offender

Name: Stormie Danyelle Smith
Date: 12.3-2020
Race: White
Gender: Female
Age: 26
Charge: Arrest Warrant: Criminal Mischief
Bond: $10,000

Winnfield Police Department
Name: Jennett Harts
Date: 12-1-2020
Address: Natchitoches, LA
Race: Black
Gender: Female
Age: 48
Charge: Failure to Appear Sentence Review
Bond: $300

By: Stacey Rachal
Domestic Abuse Resistance Team

This year, as you hang the twinkling lights and decorate your mantel with sprigs of holly, remember that not everyone has gotten the message that it’s a season of peace.  Unfortunately, the holidays can be an even more dangerous time than normal for those at risk for domestic violence.

From financial stress of gift buying to an overall increase in alcohol consumption, to a flurry of emotions – and sometimes stress – that accompany a plethora of family togetherness time, there are many reasons why the chance of intimate partner violence can increase during the holidays.

Whether survivors don’t want to disturb family cohesiveness on these days, or can’t find a private time to make a call for support, advocates say the decline in calls isn’t necessarily an indication that violence ceases on these days, reporting that calls will often increase above normal levels the days and weeks following a holiday.  Many times survivors of abuse don’t want to disturb family rituals or separate children from their family during a holiday, regardless of abuse that may be occurring.

What can you do?  If you’re currently with an abusive partner, reach out to us here at DART.  Our local office is at 301 West Main Street, Ste. 216.  If you are in crisis and need to talk to someone outside of our normal office time, we have a 24-hour crisis line.  That number is 251-CALL (2255) or 1-888-411-1333.

Also, if you suspect someone in your life is the victim of an abusive partner, watch for red flags, such as possessiveness, rigid gender roles, and overt control of deliberately humiliating one’s partner in front of others.  To support a victim be non-judgmental and supportive.

Don’t tell them what they need to do.  Don’t badmouth the abuser.  It’s also important to remember that friends and family should take precautions to make sure they remain safe.  Sometimes when word gets back to the abuser that a friend or family member is offering advice or asking questions about the abuse, they could be putting themselves in danger.

People across the nation were stretched this past Thanksgiving season to find peace, joy and something to be thankful for especially as they are enduring one of the nation’s worst and most devastating crises it has faced in over one hundred years. People will face the same challenges during the Christmas Season as well. Nevertheless, the word of God commands us to be thankful in all things, pray continuously, for he is always with us. Let us remember that even during crises and turmoil, God is in control.

It is difficult to be thankful when one is isolated from family and friends, when you hear that over 285 thousand individuals, some of whom you know, have lost their lives to COVID 19, when over 100 thousand new cases of the virus are reported each day and fellow countrymen watch lines of cars stretching as far as the eye can see filled with persons in search of food to make it through another day or night. It is troubling and terrifying when one notes that over 40 million Americans including large numbers of children are going to bed hungry each night. It is also devastating to see a national scene where hundreds of thousands are being evicted from their places of abode, citizens are facing increasing foreclosures, staggering high unemployment rates where thousands cannot find work to sustain themselves, where there are no bail outs to assist in making ends meet. Loud voices from the right are fixated on reversing the progress that has been made in race relations. People are asking what is there it be thankful for when partisan party politics have been placed over country, when the county is inundated with conspiracy mongering, when American democracy is being assaulted, when the country is suffering as never before from the greatest divide in racial relations history and Americans are desperately in need of economic assistance. Yet, through our darkest moments we must give thanks for life and God’s blessings, for as dire as things seem, it could always be even more devastating. There is so much to be thankful for. Hope and believe that God will provide a way out of this horrible experience as has been done many times before.

It is hoped that during these turbulent and troubling times citizens will be encouraged by the lyrics of a song recorded by Kierra Sheard entitled Hang On. The lyrics encourage the hearer to “Hang on in there when your back is against the wall, when you think all hope is gone. Hang on in there! What do you do when you need a little more grace, when your faith is tested, and you want to quit the race? What are you going to do when you need a little more strength and you are feeling incomplete?” The answer is hang on in there, tell the devil you can’t have my faith, I am going to make it by His grace, hang on, hang on in there. By faith, I believe that this too will pass, for no weapon formed against me shall prosper, and yes, I am going to win.!!

Now is the time for people of God to not only protect themselves from the virus by wearing masks and practicing social distancing, the time is for the saints of God to shine, to pray mightily for the weak and sick among them, praying for those who are facing a crisis in their lives, those who are blinded by doubt and disbelief, those who have become hopeless and see no way out of this crisis. This is time for God’s people to show compassion for neighbors, to speak truth to power, to encourage those who are frightened by the moment, remind them that God has not forgotten about them. Let us help friends, neighbors, and acquaintances to stay calm during the crisis moments they are experiencing now. Let us remember and remind one another to be Thankful for all the gifts God has given us. Encourage one another to avoid situations where one can be drawn into temptation and overtaken by doubt. Above all we must know that life is to be lived not of our own strength, but through God’s power.

Dr. Herbert Simmons, Jr. is an associate Professor, Department of Criminal Justice, Grambling State University, former President, Grambling State University Faculty Senate and former Chair, Department of Consumer Education and Resource Management, Howard University, Washington, D.C.

By Royal Alexander/Opinion

This has all been so dishonest. So false, damaging, and harmful. Such a lie. And all due to the irrational hatred of President Trump—which is ultimately not about the president at all but about the disdain of the elites for his supporters and our American values.

The FBI is supposed to investigate crimes, not fabricate them. The FBI is not supposed to target an American citizen—a highly decorated military officer at that—and then hatch a plan and create a crime. Gen. Flynn was set up, ambushed, and essentially framed.

Robert Mueller knew the truth about the Russia collusion witch-hunt but continued his fraudulent probe anyway. The FBI knew in early 2017 that its investigation was unjustified for several reasons, not least because it had already established that the Steele dossier was fake. James Comey, as sanctimonious as he is disingenuous, then leaked classified information to falsely create the appearance of a need for a special counsel. Mueller then grabbed on to the fateful interview—entrapment if I’ve ever seen it—of Gen. Flynn at which agents tried to both trap him in a lie and threaten to prosecute his son if he didn’t plead guilty to the charge of lying to the FBI. Facing bankruptcy, Flynn agreed to this abuse of power to protect his son.
Recall the facts:

1) evidence that would have exonerated Gen. Flynn was never provided to his defense counsel, a cardinal constitutional and statutory violation that makes clear investigators were targeting him.
2) The FBI had already conducted a counterintelligence investigation of Gen. Flynn that resulted in it concluding there was an “absence of any derogatory information” to justify investigating any further and the case was set to be closed.
3). However, before the case was closed with, again, no evidence of wrongdoing, the FBI began a criminal investigation. Why? What basis was there to interview Flynn on Jan. 24, 2017? (an action DOJ has conceded had no “legitimate investigative basis”).
Why question him about his conversation with the Russian Ambassador when the FBI, as is its practice, already had a verbatim transcript of the call? And, in a highly illegal and unethical action, FBI agents actually discussed whether the goal of the interview with Gen. Flynn was to “get him to lie, so we can prosecute him or get him fired.”

4). Further, one of those FBI officials advised Gen. Flynn he did not need an attorney with him—which is inappropriate and dangerous, not least because Flynn was apparently still the subject of an investigation; they also did not provide him the standard warning that lying is a crime, nor refresh his recollection by use of recordings or a transcript; He was also encouraged not to report the FBI’s desire to speak with him to either the DOJ or to the White House—including the White House Counsel Office (either or both of which would very likely have advised him not to take the meeting or, at a minimum, have an attorney with him when he did);

5) After the interview, with agents not having gotten what they needed to successfully execute the perjury trap they were trying to set, there were multiple “edits” made of the official report of the Flynn interview. This, notwithstanding that one of the interviewing agents concluded that Gen. Flynn “did not intentionally lie”; however, that agent’s impression seems later to have “changed.”

I’m not minimizing his guilty plea but consider the circumstances. All accounts are that this ordeal was very hard on him and his family and his legal defense cost him millions of dollars he didn’t have. So, there are personal reasons he may have wanted it to end and a false plea was the way to do so. But that’s not really the issue. The issue is the abuse and fraud committed by federal officials. That’s why DOJ dropped the case after concluding Gen. Flynn’s rights were egregiously violated.

We should find it chilling that this official abuse could be inflicted on any American. These core due process violations are damaging to all of us and will continue to have ramifications long after Pres. Trump is gone.
Mueller, Comey, Andrew McCabe, Peter Strzok and Brandon Van Grack, who dishonestly signed his name to the plea agreement; These people, to name a few, deserve the nation’s scorn and a criminal prosecution of their own actions which, unfortunately, is unlikely. However, as American citizens we should never forget this abuse occurred. If it can happen to someone of Gen. Flynn’s stature and position, it can happen to any of us.

The views and opinions expressed in the My Opinion article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of The Winn Parish Journal. Any content provided by the authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, ethnic group, club, organization, company, individual or anyone or anything.

Sending Christmas cards has been a yearly tradition since John Callcott Horsley designed the first Christmas card in 1843, the same year Charles Dickens published A Christmas Carol.  Each year, people send festively decorated Christmas cards to friends and relatives.  Cards come in innumerable varieties.  They often contain religious sentiment, a poem, a prayer, Christmas song lyrics, a Bible verse, but the most traditional greeting is “Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.”  These small, simple Christmas cards always seem to lift spirits and spread Christmas cheer. 

Unfortunately, sending Christmas cards has been declining steadily in the twenty first century.  Many people have abandoned traditional Christmas cards in favor of ecards, emails, video chatting, text messaging, and a host of other electronic mediums.  However, there is something special about sending and receiving traditional Christmas cards which modern technology cannot replace.  This is the true story of Mary’s Christmas card list.

In about 1918 or 1919, Samuel and Mary began courting, as they referred to it at the time.  In 1919, Samuel proposed to Mary and, to his delight, she accepted.  With their betrothal, Mary would inherit a last name which, at the time, they thought was a rather unfortunate pairing with her first name.  Several newspaper reporters heard of their upcoming nuptials and the unique name combination and wanted to do a feature story on their marriage.  Embarrassed by the name combination, Mary and Samuel declined their offers and shied away from reporters.  On August 24, 1919, Samuel and Mary wed, and she took Samuel’s last name.  Practical jokers telephoned Mary at all hours of the night and bombarded her with wise cracks and insults about her name.  Some members of the Assembly of God Church in Racine, Wisconsin, her own church congregation, joined in on the fun at Mary’s expense.  For a while, Samuel and Mary considered legally changing their last name to Thompson to avoid mockery, but they ultimately decided against it.  Mary had to accept her new name.

Eventually, Mary’s and Samuel’s embarrassment of her name eased somewhat.  In 1936, Mary sent Christmas cards to a few handicapped persons to lift their spirits during the holidays.  The recipients of Mary’s good deeds were overjoyed at her act of kindness.  Mary signed her unfortunate name to the cards and the recipients were even more delighted.  Many of the recipients sent thank you letters to Mary for thinking of them.  The following year, Mary added more names to her Christmas card list.  Just as before, she got an overwhelming response.  Each year, the number of Christmas cards Mary sent grew exponentially.       

Mary never expected anything in return for her Christmas cards and always looked forward to sending them out.  “If I know I can make a few people smile at Christmas time, then I am more than repaid,” Mary declared.  “Tears come to my eyes when I receive letters telling of the happiness that my simple cards bring.”  Over the years, several radio show hosts interviewed Mary about her Christmas card campaign.  In 1954, she appeared as a guest on the “Welcome Travelers,” a Chicago based television show.  In that same year, Mary was named “Racine’s Mother of the Year.”  Multiple national magazines included feature stories about Mary and her lengthy Christmas card list. 

The increase in publicity resulted in an increase of Christmas card and stamp donations.  Various societies around the world provided Mary with the names and addresses of people they thought needed a little Christmas cheer.  People from all over the country helped Mary’s Christmas card campaign with donations including civic organizations, manufacturers, scout troops, school children, and hundreds of her friends in Racine, Wisconsin.  Many of the donors were or had been recipients of Mary’s Christmas cards and wanted to help Mary give others the same joy they had when they received a card.     

Each June, Mary began signing cards and addressing envelopes.  For her to complete her task, Mary had to address and sign a minimum of forty cards per day for the six months preceding Christmas.  She never allowed anyone else to sign her name or address the envelopes.  Her only shortcut was using a rubber stamp to imprint her return address.  She sorted and tied the cards in bundles according to states and countries.  In mid-December, Samuel happily delivered her avalanche of cards to the Racine post office.  At the height of her Christmas card campaign, during World War II, Mary added a large number of American soldiers to her list of recipients and sent out over 7,000 Christmas cards.  Wounded soldiers in armed forces hospitals were always first on her list.  Mary’s was considered the longest Christmas card list in the world.

In addition to her Christmas card campaign, Mary still found time each year to prepare her house for Christmas for her 5 children and their spouses along with her twenty-five grandchildren.  As Mary grew older, it took more of a toll on her body to ready all of the Christmas cards. 
“My own difficulties aren’t going to hamper me,” she told reporters.  “It really is a relief when the job is over.  I always get writer’s cramp in my right arm, neck and back.”  Each year until her death, regardless of physical pain or handicap, Mary sent out Christmas cards to every name on her list. 

Once Mary overcame the embarrassment of her unique name, a name she and Samuel once considered unfortunate, she used it as a way to spread the Christmas spirit.  She no longer saw her name as a hindrance, but as a gift.  “I feel that God gave me my name so I can carry out this work.  I know how happy an unfortunate person can feel by receiving a friendly card from a stranger, especially one with the name… ‘Mary Christmas.’”  

Sources:

1. The Hanford Sentinel (Hanford, California), December 24, 1952, p.21.
2. The Journal Times (Racine, Wisconsin), September 30, 1959, p.1.
3. Find A Grave. “Samuel Christmas.” Accessed December 1, 2020. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26453590/samuel-christmas.
4. Find A Grave. “Mary Christmas.” Accessed December 1, 2020. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26453599/mary-christmas.

WINN:
Rev. Jerry Wayne Wilson
November 1, 1946 – December 7, 2020
Visitation: Wednesday December 9 from 9:30-10:30 am at Kinner and Stevens Funeral Home. Followed by a private graveside service.

NATCHITOCHES:
Charlotte Ann (Davis) French
August 28, 1949 – December 07, 2020
Service: Friday, December 11 at 10 am at Blanchard- St. Denis

Jeffery Daniel Williams
December 09, 1969 – November 27, 2020
Service: Saturday, December 12 at 10 am at Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home

Arthur M. Hardy
December 8, 2020
Arrangements TBA

Lisa M. Lemoine Gordon
September 15, 1965 – December 05, 2020
Service: Saturday December 12 at 12 pm at the Pace Community Center, located at 2148 Highway 1226 in Natchitoches

Lee Arthur Brown
December 8, 2020
Service: Saturday, December 12 at 12 pm in the Evergreen Baptist Church Cemetery in St. Maurice

Willie E. Valrie
December 5, 2020
Service: Saturday, December 12 at 11 am at the First Baptist Church on Amulet Street in Natchitoches

Wade Ebert
December 03, 1951 – December 04, 2020
Service: Wednesday, December 9 at 1 pm at United Baptist Church

Ray Orsborn
September 21, 1930 – December 06, 2020
Service: Wednesday, December 9 at 1 pm at Provencal United Pentecostal Church

Mary Nelson Laroux
November 3, 1930 – December 4, 2020
Service: Wednesday December 9 at 2 pm at Cedar Grove Church Robeline

O V Jackson-Hall
December 1, 2020
Service: Friday, December 11 at North Star B. C. in Powhatan and burial will take place at Evergreen B. C. in St. Maurice

Antonio “Tony” Demars
December 15, 1969 – November 26, 2020
COVID 19 REGULATIONS WILL GOVERN THE ALL SERVICES COMMEMORATING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF THIS MOST LIKEABLE YOUNG MAN!
Visitation: Saturday, December 12 from 8:30-10:30 am at the Winnfield Memorial Funeral Home, located at 318 North Street in Natchitoches
Service: Saturday, December 12 at 11 am at the Lawrence Serenity Sanctum

SABINE:
Nancy Jane Parrie
January 28, 1941 – December 6, 2020
Service: Friday, December 11 at 10 am at St. Joseph Cemetery

Jack Corley
February 23, 1949 – December 5, 2020
Visitation: Thursday, December 10 from 12-2 PM at The Corley Farm. A private family service will be held at a later time.

Barbara Jean Ennis Thomas
February 21, 1933 – December 2, 2020
Service: Friday, December 11 at 10 am at Aimwell Baptist Church

Maria Elisa Hariel
May 18, 1922 – December 6, 2020
Service: Thursday, December 10 at 3 pm at Friendship Nazarene Cemetery

Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020 was voting day for the Open General/Congressional/RSCC Election. 

The RSCC or the Republican State Central Committee is the 144-member governing body of the party in Louisiana. The state central committee has the authority to adopt rules for holding conventions, endorsing candidates or conducting presidential primaries or caucuses.

Winn Parish Election Results:

WINN PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE
Name: Billy R. Finn
Date: 11-27-2020
Race: White
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Charge: Possession of an Illegal Firearm, Convicted Felon in Possession of Firearm, Possession of Firearm with Obliterated Serial Number

Name: Kenneth Lomand Nash
Date: 11-30-2020
Race: Black
Gender: Male
Age: 54
Charge: Failure to Appear, Fail to Register as Sex Offender

Name: Stormie Danyelle Smith
Date: 12.3-2020
Race: White
Gender: Female
Age: 26
Charge: Arrest Warrant: Criminal Mischief

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The Winn Parish School Board will meet in regular public session tonight at 5:30 PM in the meeting room of the Winn Parish School Board in Winnfield.

According to the Louisiana Department of Health website on December 6, 2020, Winn Parish reported 1,052 (930 confirmed – 122 probable) total new cases of COVID 19. An increase of 69 cases since 11-27-2020. No additional deaths were reported in Winn Parish last week keeping the parish total at 26 (25 confirmed – 1 probable). Winn Parish has dropped out of the top ten of Louisiana parishes with the most cases per 100,000 residents in the last seven days. The average number of cases reported daily is 9.9. 

Confirmed cases and deaths, which are widely considered to be an undercount of the true toll, are counts of individuals whose coronavirus infections were confirmed by a molecular laboratory test. Probable cases and deaths count individuals who meet criteria for other types of testing, symptoms and exposure, as developed by national and local governments.

The week of 11/5 – 11/18 Winn Parish two week cumulative incidence was 771.19. Placing Winn Parish in the “High” category. 

Winn Correctional Center

According to ICE.GOV as of 12/03/2020 there are 3 detainees with confirmed cases of COVID 19 currently under isolation or monitoring at the Winn Correctional Center (WCC). There have been  no additional deaths keeping the total number of deaths of a detainee who died after testing positive for COVID-19 while in ICE custody at WCC at one. There have been 246 total confirmed COVID-19 cases at WCC since testing began in February 2020. 

There have been no official numbers reported by Winn Parish Sheriff’s Office or LaSalle Management regarding number of positive COVID cases or deaths amongst staff at WCC. 

Winn Parish Long-Term Care Facilities

The latest Nursing Home Report dated  December 2, 2020, reflects 0 new cases among residents, and 1 new case among staff reported for this week at Autumn Leaves Nursing & Rehab Center. Winnfield Nursing & Rehab reported 1 new cases among residents, and 4 new cases among staff.

Winn Parish Schools

COVID-19 cases reported to LDH by K-12 Winn Parish Schools as of the 11/29/20 report:

COVID-19 testing is provided every Monday, by the National Guard at the Winn Parish Health Unit located at 301 W Main St #101, Winnfield, LA 71483. The testing hours are 8am-12pm. This is a free service for our community.

Register online at health.questdiagnostics.com/stlou

NATCHITOCHES:
Jackie “Jack” Speir
December 22, 1943 – December 02, 2020Service: Monday, December 7 at 10 am at Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home

Herbert Dickens
December 3, 2020
Arrangements TBA

O V Jackson-Hall
December 1, 2020
Arrangements TBA

Jewerline Duncantel
December 1, 2020
Arrangements TBA

SABINE:
Maria Elisa Hariel
May 18, 1922 – December 6, 2020
Service: Thursday, December 10 at 3 pm at Friendship Nazarene Cemetery

Ella Fay Oxley
February 6, 1943 – December 4, 2020
Service: Tuesday, December 8 at 2 pm at Emmanuel Gospel Church

Julius Sepulvado
April 11, 1941 – December 2, 2020
Service: Monday, December 7 at 10 am at St. Joseph Catholic Church

RED RIVER:
Danny Wayne Driggers
October 26, 1949 – December 03, 2020
Service: Tuesday, December 8 at 2 pm at Rockett-Nettles Funeral Home

Shelley Eugene Palmer, Sr.
September 05, 1946 – December 05, 2020
Service: Monday, December 7 at 11 am at Our Lady of the Rosary Cemetery

GRANT:
Jerry “Boo” Don Wiley, Sr.
November 15, 1965 – December 03, 2020
Visitation: Monday, December 7, 2020 from 10:00 a.m. until time of service at Rush Funeral Home, Pineville
Service: Monday, December 7, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Rush Funeral Home, Pineville
Interment: Following service in Lone Pine Cemetery, Bentley