Andrea Shoalmire

Funeral services honoring the life of Andrea Lee Shoalmire, 72, were held October 22 at Fellowship Baptist Church in Converse with the Reverends Jim Tennery and Jimmy Dan Lilley officiating. Interment followed at Fellowship Baptist Church Cemetery in Converse. Andrea was born on February 18, 1944 in San Francisco, California to Lyman and Goldie Welch Hutchings and passed October 20, 2016 in Shreveport. Andrea was on the Advisory Board of Clara Springs, a Summer Counselor at Clara Springs, a member of the WMU, a member of The Retired Teachers Association and an active teacher and member at Fellowship Baptist Church. Preceding Andrea in death were her parents, Lyman and Goldie Hutchings. Those left behind to cherish her memory are her husband, Charles E. “Sonny” Shoalmire of Converse; sons, Jeffrey Shoalmire and wife, Christy, of Mansfield, Charles E. Shoalmire, Jr. and wife, Courtney, of Texarkana, Texas; daughter, Jennifer Nitz and husband, Jay, of Haughton; brothers, Raymond Hutchings and wife, Birdie, of Bristow, Oklahoma, Alfred Hutchings and wife, Debbie, of Bristow, Oklahoma, and Jerry Hutchings and wife, Clara, of Bristow, Oklahoma; nine grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. Those honoring the life of Andrea as pallbearers were Walter Litton, D.D. Litton, Chris Friday, Sidney Johnson, J.R. Watson, and Ronald McDonald. Those honoring as honorary pallbearers were her grandsons, Brandon, Hunter, Jayson, Joah, Jesse, and Mason. In Lieu of flowers, the family would like donations made to The Fellowship Baptist Church Building Fund at 124 Fellowship Circle, Converse, LA 71419. Rose-Neath Funeral Home Mansfield Chapel – (318) 872-4660