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Town Talk, Alexandria-Pineville, La. Obituaries Today's Funerals Breedlove, John, of Natchitoches, 3 p.m., Oak Grove Methodist Church, Oak Grove. Chenvert, Shirley, of Alexandria, 10 a.m., St. James Catholic Church. Cockerham, Ora, of Nebo community, 11 a.m., Kinner Stevens, Jena.

Cooper, Stephanie, of Wisner, 11 a.m., New Zion Baptist Church, Peck. Hodges, Roberta, of Columbia, 2 p.m., Riser Son. Hyde, Elizabeth, of Alexandria, 1:30 p.m., John Kramer Son. Metoyer, Leo, of Natchitoches, 10 a.m., St. Anthony Catholic Church.

Milligan, Amy, of Bunkie, 10:30 a.m., St. Anthony Catholic Church. Rodriguez, Danny, of St. Francisville, 1 p.m., Mount Carmel Catholic Church. Thelma Allen Thelma Allen of Jena died Monday, Dec.

13, 1993, in LaSalle Nursing Home. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Hixson Bros. Katie Benson Wednesday in the funeral 1 home. John Breedlove JENA Services for Katie Benson will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Hixson Bros.

with the Revs. P.A. Paul and Albert Vickers officiating. Burial will be in Old Bethel 10:15 a.m. Monday, Dec.

13, 1993, Mrs. a Benson, 82, of Jena died at Cemetery, Clark. in LaSalle General Hospital. Survivors include two sons, Edward Benson and Leonard Benson, both of Jena; two daughters, Ruby Eason of Tallulah and Mary Jane Goodwin of Shreveport; 10 grandchildren and 16 great -grandchildren. Friends may call from 7 a.m.

today until time of services OAK GROVE Services for John "Ibe" Breedlove will be at 3 p.m. today in Oak Grove Methodist Church with the Revs. Ryan Horton and Fred Moore officiating. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery under direction of Blanchard-St. Denis, Natchitoches.

Breedlove, 71, of Natchitoches died Sunday, Dec. 12, 1993, in Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Pineville. He was a retired bookkeeper for Gulf Distributing Company and a World War II veteran. He was a member of Oak Grove Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife, Catherine B.

Breedlove of Natchitoches; two sons, John J. Breedlove and George H. Breedlove, both of Natchitoches; two daughters, Sara Gifford of Jena and Cathy Knueppel of Natchitoches; three sisters, Odel DeLoach and Mary G. Viers, both of Shreveport, and Katherine McDermont of Bossier City; and six grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Ralph Nolley, Otis Wilkerson, Vester Wilkerson, Olan Wilkerson, Gary Knueppel and E.J.

Stephens. Friends may call from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. today in the funeral home. Theda B.

Cooney Services for Theda Boyd Cooney will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Hixson Bros. with Dr. Lee Weems and Monsignor Joseph M. Susi officiating.

Burial will be in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Pineville. Mrs. Cooney, 76, of Pineville died at 7:05 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 12, 1993, in Rapides General Hospital.

She was a retired employee of Central State Life Insurance Co. Survivors include her husband, Milo L. Cooney of Pineville. Friends may call from noon until time of services Wednesday in the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the charity of donor's choice.

Stephanie Cooper PECK Services for Stephanie Cooper will be at 11 a.m. today at New Zion Baptist Church with the Rev. Andrew Powell officiating. Burial will be in the church cemtery under direction of Concordia Funeral Freeman Michael Freeman's attempt to stop prosecutors from using his confession has failed, but he has succeeded in getting his seconddegree murder trial postponed. The trial, which had been scheduled to begin Monday, has been postponed until March 7.

Freeman, 27, of 1415 S. Yale St. is charged in connection with the May slaying of Elizabeth Ann Chapman, 23, of 1815 Kilkenney St. The decision to postpone the trial was made Dec. 10 when 9th Judicial District Judge Dexter Ryland delayed it at the request of Freeman's attorney, John Home, Ferriday.

Miss Cooper, 7, of Wisner, died Thursday, Dec. 9, 1993, at Huey P. Long Regional Medical Center, Pineville, after a brief illness. Survivors include her parents, Moses Johnson and Mary Ann Cooper, both of Wisner; two brothers, Moses Cooper and Ronnie Cooper, both of Wisner; and two sisters, Rolisha Cooper of Wisner and Felicia Rose Johnson of Dallas, Texas. Zeland DeLoach Jr.

Services for Zeland Monroe DeLoach Jr. will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of John Kramer Son. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Pineville. DeLoach, 67, of River Ridge died at 1 a.m.

Monday, Dec. 13, 1993, in East Jefferson Hospital, New Orleans. He was a native of Tunica. Survivors include his wife, Rowena O'Quin DeLoach of River Ridge; one son, Z. David DeLoach of Baton Rouge; two daughters, Elaine DeLoach Graalmann of Alexandria and Frances DeLoach DiFranco of Chattanooga, one sister, Jewell DeLoach Hotard of Baton Rouge; and four grandchildren.

Friends may call from 11 a.m. until time of services Wednesday in the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Alexandria Friendship House, 114 6th Alexandria, La. 71301. John E.

Dupre Jr. VILLE PLATTE Memorial services, to be announce at a later date, for John Ellis Dupre Jr. will be in Our Lady Queen of All Saints Catholic Church with the Rev. Gil Dutel officiating. Burial will be in Sacred Heart Catholic Church.

Dupre, 59, of Los Angeles, died Wednesday, Dec. 8, 1993, in Los Angeles, Calif. He was a native of Ville Platte and a self-employed law computer transcriber. Survivors include three children, Lezlie D. Rutter of Rodunda Beach, John E.

Dupre III of Charleston, S.C., and JeanJacques Dupre of Los Angeles, his mother, Dulcie Daigle Dupre of Ville Platte; two brothers, Robert "Rusty" Dupre and Henry Dupre, both of Ville Platte; three sisters, Janie LaHaye, Susan LaHaye and Michelle Soileau, all of Ville Platte; and three grandchildren. Memorials may be made to Acadiana AIDS Research Foundation or the Evangeline Parish Center Society. Frances Elliott Wednesday in the funeral home. Roberta P. Hodges COLUMBIA Services for JENA Services for Frances Lee Gilmore Elliott will be at 2 p.m.

Wednesday in the chapel of Hixson Bros. with the Rev. J.D. Enterkin officiating. Burial will be in Beulah Cemetery.

Mrs. Elliott, 64, of Harrisonburg died at 11:15 a.m. Monday, Dec. 13, 1993, in Lincoln Parish Hospital, Ruston. She was a former resident of Jena.

Survivors include two daughters, Judy Norman of Ruston and Kathy Mayo of Harrisonburg; two brothers, Pee Wee Gilmore of Columbia and Jim Gilmore of Sanger, Texas; one sister, Sadie Jones of Clayton; and two grandchildren. Friends may call from 8 a.m. today until time of services Roberta P. Hodges will be at 2 p.m. today in the chapel of Riser Son with the Revs.

Dewey Bass and Elzie R. Johnson officiating. Burial will be in Mount Rose Cemetery, Grayson. Mrs. Hodges, 83, of Columbia died Sunday, Dec.

12, 1993, in Caldwell Memorial Hospital. She was a retired nurse and a member of Caldwell Parish United Pentecostal Church, Clarks. Survivors include three sons, Cecil Houston Doffitt, Roy Dean Hodges and Lewis Glenn Hodges, all of Grayson; eight grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Dorothy M. Johnson Services for Dorothy M.

Johnson will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Winnfield Funeral Home with the Rev. I.C. Williams officiating. Burial will be at 9 a.m.

Thursday in Garden of Memories gets murder Ellis. Rapides Parish Assistant District Attorney Monique Metoyer objected to the delay. Ellis was less successful in seeking to have Freeman's confession thrown out on the grounds that it was not given voluntarily to Alexandria police. On Dec. 3, Ryland ruled the confession was made voluntarily and HATHORN BBQ PITS $269.95 442-5883 Cemetery.

Mrs. Johnson, 76, of Boyce died at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 8, 1993, in her residence. She was a deaconess of Laurel Hill Baptist Church and a member of the church's women's mission department.

Survivors include her husband, Willie D. Johnson Sr. of West Palm Beach, her mother, Edwina Wilson of Boyce; one son, Willie D. Johnson Jr. of West Palm Beach, one sister, Ruby L.

Jones of Boyce; and one grandchild. Friends may call from 5 p.m. until time of services Wednesday in the funeral home. Lula Lindsey NEW ORLEANS Services for Lula Lindsey will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in St.

Joseph's Baptist Church. Entombment will be in New Orleans. Ms. Lindsey, 62, of New Orleans, died at 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec.

11, 1993, in Charity Hospital of Louisiana. Survivors include two sons, Tyrone Lindsey and Clarence Lindsey, both of New Orleans; three daughters, Barbara Lindsey, Veronica Lindsey and Althea Lindsey, all of New Orleans; her mother, Gillie Lindsey of Cheneyville; three brothers, Joseph Lindsey, Cleveland Lindsey and Donald Lindsey, all of New Orleans; nine sisters, Catherine Lindsey and Juanita Lindsey, both of Alexandria, Ruby Wilson of Lecompte, Sedonia Darcy and Willa Mae Johnson, both of Cheneyville, Annabelle Cooper of Mansura, Donna Allen, Dorothy Lindsey and Georgie Ruth Baker, all of New Orleans; 18 grandchildren and eight great-grandchil- dren. Leo L. Metoyer Sr. NATCHITOCHES Services for Leo Lewis Metoyer Sr.

will be at 10 a.m. today in St. Anthony Catholic Church with the Rev. Julian Wrobel officiating. Burial will be in St.

Augustine Catholic Church cemetery, Melrose, under direction of Winnfield Funeral Home. Metoyer, 81, of Natchitoches died at 5:10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 9, 1993, in Natchitoches Parish Hospital. Survivors include his wife, Camille Metoyer of Natchitoches; one son, Leo Metoyer Jr.

of Natchitoches; two daughters, Mary Metoyer of Cloutierville and Josephine Dubriel of Baton Rouge; 11 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Amy Milligan BUNKIE Services for Amy Milligan will be at 10:30 a.m. today in St. Anthony Catholic Church with Monsignor Steve Testa officiating. Burial will be in Pythian Cemetery under direction of Hixson Bros.

Mrs. Milligan, 73, of Bunkie died at 8:15 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 12, 1993, in Bunkie General Hospital. Survivors include her husband, Frank Milligan of Bunkie; two daughters, Rosie Mae Guillory of Bunkie and Donna Ann Villemarette of Lafayette; two brothers, Clyde Rachel of Baker and Orville Rachel of Baton Rouge; four sisters, Nona Gagnard of Marksville, Ina Brisendine of Sulphur, Hilda Gauthier of Baton Rouge, and Esla Shields of New Orleans; four grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren.

Friends may call from 7:30 a.m. until 10:15 a.m. today in the funeral home. James H. Pinder WEST MONROE Services for James Henry "J.H." Pinder will be at 2 p.m.

Wednesday in the chapel of Kilpatrick. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Joyce. Pinder, 42, of Winnfield died Monday, Dec. 13, 1993, in St. Frances Cabrini Hospital, Alexandria.

Survivors include his father, William Morris Pinder of Winnfield; one brother, Jessie O. Pinder of West Monroe; and three sisters, Doris Stuckey of West Monroe and Nellie Fay Wilson and Carolyn Sue Elliott, both of Winnfield. Friends may call from 9 until 9 p.m. today and 9 a.m. until time of services Wednesday in the funeral home.

Danny Rodriguez ST. FRANCISVILLE Services for Danny Rodriguez trial can be used at Freeman's trial. Although Ellis has sought to stop the confession from being used at the trial, he maintains Freeman was tricked into making comments by the police and never admitted killing Ms. Chapman. Police said in the warrant for Freeman's arrest that he had con- Blown Attic Insulation Your Complete Insulating Contractor 442-7112 800-256-0760 Gueringer FREE ESTIMATES will be at 1 p.m.

today in Mount Carmel Catholic Church with the Rev. Eugene Engles officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery under direction of Charlet, Clinton. Rodriguez, 45, of St. Francisville died at 2 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 11, 1993, in a hunting accident in Tunica Hills. He was a native of Pineville and a security officer for the Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, for 20 years. He was a U.S. Army veteran of 1 Vietnam and a member of Mount Carmel Catholic Church.

Survivors include his wife, Jean Lachney Rodriguez of St. Francisville; three daughters, Sonia Rabalais and Stacye Menzina, both of Angola, and Brandi Rodriguez of St. Francisville; his parents, Wilbur and Elizabeth Crooks Rodriguez of Pineville; three sisters, Jewell Woods of Woodworth, Adele Hammond of Pineville and Betty Mills of Alexandria; and three brothers, Wilbur Gene Rodriguez of Avoyelles Parish, Walter Rodriguez of Angola and Richard Rodriguez of Kelly. Pallbearers will be Ronnie Cockerham, Mike Roberts, Willie Hudson, Wayne Hudson, Darwin Basco, Dwayne Bryant, Bruce Beck and Frank Crooks. Sylvia Shovan Services for Sylvia Shovan will be at 10 a.m.

Wednesday in the chapel of Hixson Bros. Burial will be in Reagan Cemetery, Baskin. Mrs. Shovan, 51, of Alexandria died at 6 p.m. Monday, Dec.

13, 1993, in St. Frances Cabrini Hospital. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, Red Coat Committee and Military Committee of the AlexandriaPineville Chamber of Commerce, Alexandria Restaurant Association, Louisiana Society of Association Executives and Louisiana Travel Promotion Association. She was a sales director for the AlexandriaPineville Convention and Tourist Bureau. Survivors include her mother, Doris Odom of Baskin; two sons, Scott Shovan of Baton Rouge and Stewart Shovan of Jonesville; one sister, Annette Rawls of Baskin; and one brother, Bud Odom of West Monroe.

Friends may call from 4 p.m. until 9 p.m. today and from 8 a.m. until time of services Wednesday in the funeral home. Funerals Theresa M.

Dubroc DUPONT Services for Theresa Mary Dubroc were at 10 a.m. Monday in Immaculate Conception Catholic Church with the Rev. Louis Voorhies officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery under direction of Escude, Cottonport. Pallbearers were Herman Dauzat Richard Dauzat, Joseph Martinez Nolan Firmin, Dale Firmin and John Ducote.

Agnes P. Dunn OAKDALE Services for Agnes Pauline Dunn were at 2 p.m. Sunday in Mount Vernon Baptist Church with the Revs. Jerry Johnson and Roger Whittington officiating. Burial was in Cryer Cemetery under direction of Rush.

Pallbearers were Ronnie Pender, Rober Pender, Robert Pender, Gary Dunn, Jesse Dunn and Rodney Ardoin. Ruby B. Fontenot OAKDALE Services for Ruby Beatrice Fontenot were at 10 a.m. Monday in the chapel of Ardoin's with the Revs. Juan Ahlers and Tom McCurley officiating.

Burial was in Pine Chapel Cemetery. Pallbearers were Jimmy Ryan, Riley Strother, Jerry Strother, Bruce Chitty, Jimmy Fontenot and John Guree. Hugh F. Gremillion Sr. COTTONPORT Services for Hugh F.

Gremillion Sr. were at 1 p.m. Monday in St. Mary's Assumption Catholic Church with the Rev. William Provosty and Monsignor Carson Lacaze officiating.

Entombment was in the church mausoleum under direction of Escude. Pallbearers were Ryan Gauthier, Ted Gauthier, Leland Gauthier, Pierre Gauthier, Dick Gauthier, Tommy Jeansonne and Henry Gremillion. fessed and was very detailed about what happened. Police said Freeman admitted strangling Ms. Chapman when she refused to have sex with him.

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Peanut is a black cocker spaniel with a white chest and a long tail. Mrs. Barrett said she appears to be a cock hund mix. She has a collar, but no tags. The dog, Peanut, never roamed far from the door of the Barrett's trailer on Handley Loop, so Mrs.

Barrett is sure she did not wander away from home. "She's just a little puppy," Mrs. Barrett said. "She is not the type tr wander off." The family is concerned about the dog's disappearance, and Mrs. Barrett is mostly concerned for the puppy's health.

When Peanut was dropped off near the Barrett's home three months ago, she was a "mangy, scabby little dog," Mrs. Barrett said. She said the dog, which looked to be only six or seven weeks old, was missing much of her hair. After a visit to the veterinarian, it was determined that Peanut has hereditary mange which requires medication and biweekly dips. Dr.

Bari Haas, of the Haas Animal Hospital, said Peanut has "demadectic mange." If left untreated or if a dog is not fully treated, the mange could return. She said Peanut was "getting better," but should continue her treatments. "In severe cases, the disease could potentially kill an animal," Dr. Haas said. The treatment is not available from a feed store, Dr.

Haas said. "You have to get it from a She said that once the symptoms have subsided the dog should be spayed or neutered, Peanut has been on medication for the mange, and since medication has been discontinued, the mange could return, Mrs. Barrett said. "I would like to let whoever took her know that she needs her medication." Peanut had just begun to healthy again when she taken from the Barrett's yard Monday. Mrs.

Barrett said her husband had gone hunting early Monday morning, and she saw Peanut when she placed her daughter the school bus that morning. When she heard noises outside the trailer later in the morning, she assumed it was her husband, but realized around noon she had not seen the dog in while. Mrs. Barrett believes that person who took Peanut have been the same person dropped her off three months ago. She said the road is traveled the same people, so it was likely that the person who took her aware of her condition.

"The more I think about Mrs. Barrett said, "someone to be watching." "When she started looking pretty again, she was gone." Mrs. Barrett said the dog "may look cured, but she is not." She said Peanut was dropped off at her home wearing a collar. "Someone must have known we would take care her." She was malnourished, mites, worms along with mange when she was dropped at the Barretts' home. "She was barely alive when got her," Mrs.

Barrett said, she really needs her medication." Peanut was scheduled to begin her shots last Tuesday. The Barretts are offering reward for anyone who assists them in locating Peanut. People who have possibly seen the should call the Barretts at since the disease is hereditary. 4481. Pin Pineville future in doubt By Mark Watson Staff reporter The Food Store in Pineville will probably close by Jan.

15, says the property owner who leases space to the New Jersey-based supermarket chain. Am P. Mai M.D. said Monday that he expects a letter within the next two days "regarding their final intent, but I have some doubts" that the supermarket will stay in the shopping center at the corner of Military Highway and Donahue Ferry Road. The lease runs out Jan.

15, he said. When asked if he expects to leave Pineville, Dr. Mai said, "I think so." He speculated that is not competing successfully within the AlexandriaPineville market, and this may be one reason to close the Pineville store. But store manager Robert Thomas and an assistant to Mike Alexandria 2203 Rapides Ave. 448-8384 A Flower is Worth 1000 Words Open 7 Days A Week For Your Convenience 24 Hr.

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