Funeral services for Casey Grizzle, 48, of Many, were held on December 28, 2019 at Trinity Baptist Church with Bro. Leon Manshack and Rev. Nick Remedies officiating. Burial followed in the Friendship Baptist Cemetery.

Casey Patton Grizzle was born on Friday, June 25, 1971 in Shreveport. She passed away on Wednesday, December 25, 2019 in Many. She was preceded in death by her maternal and paternal grandparents; and her mother-in-law, Nancy Grizzle.

Delia Anne Di Elmo was born on Friday, October 22, 1965 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. She passed away on Sunday, December 22, 2019 at Christus Shumpert Highland in Shreveport. She was preceded in death by her parents, Nicholas Di Elmo and Catherine Williston Di Elmo; sister, Nichole Meher; husband, Keith Curtis; and son, Matthew Meher. She is survived by her son William Meher, III and wife Merissia of Fisher; friend, Roger Mashburn of Franklin, North Carolina; sisters, Pam Dove of Many and Tina Francescutti and husband David of Franklin, North Carolina; grandchildren, Annarissia Petit, Marlina Petit, Jessi Petit, and Matthew Meher; mother-in-law, Ruby Curtis; sisters-in-law, Glenda Loose and husband Cliff of Franklin, North Carolina, Sheila Curtis McClure and husband Richard and Denise Curtis Southard and husband Steve; along with a host of nieces, nephews, family and friends.

Funeral services for James C. “JC” Meshell, 85, of Belmont, were held on December 28, 2019 at Warren Meadows Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Glenn Howard and Bro. Chris Asberry officiating. Burial followed in the Spring Ridge Cemetery. James C. “JC” Meshell was born on Friday, August 10, 1934 in Sabine Parish. He passed away on Tuesday, December 24, 2019 in Shreveport. He was preceded in death by his parents, Sam Meshell and Evelyn (Sepulvado) Meshell; wife, Margie Meshell, son, Jimmy Ebarb; brothers, Dewit Meshell, Sammy Meshell and Wayne Meshell; and sister, Mary Jane Anderson.

Garland Powell 1960 - 2019, age 59, of Marthaville, passed away on December 19, 2019. He was born to Bill and Betty Mae Jenkins Powell on March 8, 1960 in Zwolle.

The year of 2019 was quite eventful for our tiny little parish of Sabine, and each year the Index takes a look back at the headlines and people who make us who we are.

Tyler Mitchell was headed to Hollywood after an impressive rehearsal on American Idol.

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The 32^nd annual Memorial Tree of Remembrance was hosted at Warren Meadows Funeral Home on Thursday, December 12.

The annual event shows that the Warren Meadows Funeral Home family remembers each and every family served during the past year and grieves along with them.

Susan and Floyd Giblin began the beautiful program in 1987. Each year, a Christmas tree is decorated with ornaments, which includes the person’s name and date of death inscribed on them. Every person served by the funeral home is remembered with an ornament, that are distributed at the end of a service of remembrance.

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Ebarb High School is pleased to announce this year’s Homecoming Court in anticipation of the big event on January 3 at 5 p.m. in the gymnasium. All are welcome and encouraged to attend the festivities and honoring of past graduates.

Seniors

Canada LaQuinn Sepulvado is the 17-year-old daughter of Tim and Mattie Sepulvado. She is a member of BETA, 4-H, FBLA, SADD, Senior Class Reporter, and the Lady Rebels Softball team. She attends St. Joseph’s Catholic Church.

Kaylyn Marie Sepulvado is the 18-year-old daughter of Derek and Amy Sepulvado. She is a member of the Lady Rebels Basketball and Softball teams where she serves as captain, BETA, and Senior Class President. Kaylyn attends St. Joseph’s Catholic Church.

A large crowd of well-wishers, friends and family attended a reception at Many City Hall on Saturday, December 21 to congratulate Grand Marshalls Dean and Amanda Lambert, Honorary Grand Marshall Mary Perry, and other award winners.

A lavish array of finger sandwiches, fruit and sweets were on a beautifully decorated table. Donating food were Bayou Crawfish, Brookshires and the Town of Many. Punch was also served throughout the afternoon leading up to the Hometown Christmas Parade at 3 p.m.

Honored to lead the Many Christmas Parade for the 31^st year’s extravaganza were local residents Dean and Amanda Lambert. Both have contributed much to the local community.

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Social Security Matters

Dear Rusty: I am looking for advice on how our recent decision to take up work in the United Kingdom will affect our U.S. Social Security benefits. I want to understand whether we need to be prepared for a loss in future Social Security benefits, in comparison to what we’d get by continuing to work in the U.S. Signed: Working Abroad

Dear Working Abroad: I’ll start by noting that the U.S. and the U.K. have a bilateral “totalization” agreement which helps those who have worked in both countries qualify for Social Security benefits in the other, but this relates only to you earning enough credits to be eligible for benefits. Your foreign earned income won’t be included when computing your U.S. Social Security benefits.

This was the year that I was going to cut back. Honestly, I thought I had trimmed the number of gifts for my family.

Paul and Lexie were the first to arrive, prior to Christmas. I had wrapped their gifts and they were under the tree.

“Mom,” Paul said. “I thought you were cutting back.”

I thought I had, but they disagreed with me, as they opened their gifts. 

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