By Donna Dyson-Horn

Good news hit Florien High School about fellow student RyLeigh Rutherford, that she had signed up to continue her dream of playing softball, this time with LSUA. RyLeigh is the 17-year-old daughter of Ryan and Shelly Rutherford of Florien. She will graduate in 2018 from FHS and will attend LSUA in the Fall of 2018. RyLeigh will graduate with a 4.0

I wanted to know what made RyLeigh play softball in the first place. Well, she has been playing ball since she was five years old. She played two years of t-ball and one year of pitching machine with the boys. She was the only girl all three years to be chosen to play All-Stars. She would hang her bag in her own dugout, but it was RyLeigh who would show those boys up on the field.

Thirty-four teens represented Louisiana at the annual National 4-H Congress, along with more than 1,000 other delegates from throughout the United States and its territories, in Atlanta during the Thanksgiving weekend.

Activities at Congress included team-building workshops, informative sessions, a restaurant lunch and an evening of culture at the Atlanta History Museum. Highlights of the museum visit included a catered dinner, a comedy performance, bluegrass music and an African dance performance, said Tanya Giroir, LSU AgCenter youth development instructor and events coordinator.

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Hayley E. Farmer was named the first place winner in the Voice of Democracy competition, held by VFW Post 5187. Pictured from left are Commander Benny Garcie, Farmer, her friend Kane Hisaw, and her parents Jodie and Angela Farmer.

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BOM’s Linda Guay recently items to Kayla Hattaway for the Emergency Food Pantry for the Sabine Council on Aging.

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The Town of Zwolle honored the Zwolle-Ebarb VFW Memorial Post 5187 by designating the comrades as Grand Marshalls of the Christmas Parade. It is so impressive to realize that the community does love, honor and respect all those who served without limitation to ensure our freedoms. Benny Garcie, Commander; Walter Korb, Quartermaster; and Syl Martinez, Senior Vice Commander, along with all the VFW and Auxiliary members appreciate the honor and extend thanks to those who bestowed this honor and all those attending the parade that acknowledged them on the float.

by donna smith ammons

This past year has been busy!

Several of our “stand-out” moments included:

--Riding the train to Washington, D.C. from New Orleans in March. Our daughter-in-law had a conference in the nation’s capitol and before she knew it, our son (her husband) and her in-laws were game for a trip. It was marvelous and so much fun riding, eating and sleeping on the train! On the trip we were able to tour a number of Smithsonian attractions, see the Lincoln Memorial, go to the zoo and best of all, visit Daddy’s grave at Arlington National Cemetery. After a whirlwind trip in the city, we rented a car and went to Lancaster, Pennsylvania and spent two days in Amish Country! Hubby-dear even drove a horse and buggy!!

Graveside service for David Martin Piehler was on December 20, 2017 at Belmont Cemetery in Belmont. David passed on December 18, 2017 after a brief but devastating illness. David worked from high school to the age of 60 in the oilfield, having only been retired for two years before falling ill. He gave his blood, sweat and tears to his family, who he loved more than anything. He will be remembered by sons in whom he instilled the meaning of “integrity” and “respect.” It takes a strong woman to love a Piehler man and David was loved by one of the strongest. He was preceded in death by his parents, Victor and Theo Piehler. He is survived by the love of his life, Lisa Piehler; sons, Dennis and Michael with wife, Tara; grandchildren Emma and Victor; brothers, Richard and Chris, Rebecca; sister, Arlynne and numerous nieces, nephews and dear friends.

Funeral services honoring the life of Derrell Cassell, 78, were held December 19 at Henrietta Congregational Methodist Church in Converse with the Reverends Chucky Clark and Logan Brock officiating. Burial followed at Union Springs Cemetery in Converse. He was born on July 6, 1939 to Randolph and Marie Pritchard Cassell and entered into rest on December 17, 2017. He was a loving father, brother, grandfather and great grandfather. Derrell retired from the Sabine Parish School Board and also retired from the Sabine Parish Sheriff’s Department. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Cassell; parents; and brother, Joe Cassell. Those left behind to cherish his memory are his son, Derrell R.

Frances Loree Sneed Jackson, 88, passed away peacefully on the morning of December 19, 2017 at Sabine Retirement Center. Funeral services were held December 22 at the Warren Meadows Funeral Home Chapel in Many. Burial followed at the Florien Cemetery. Loree was born October 26, 1929 in Fisher to Clyde and Bessie Sneed. She graduated from Mount Carmel High school and later from Northwestern State University. Soon after graduation, she began teaching at Oak Grove High School in Sabine Parish. While teaching, she met the love of her life, W.E. Jackson, Jr. who had just returned from serving in World War II in the navy. They married on June 30, 1951 and soon thereafter moved to El Dorado, Arkansas where they owned and operated a Singer Sewing store, El Dorado Sewing Center, on Main Street for decades. Their fine work allowed them many opportunities and took them around the world to places including New York, California, Hawaii and Spain.

By Daniel Jones, editor

Details are sketchy in last week’s murder of Adam Lloyd Jeter, 34, of Zwolle.

On December 15, he was found dead inside his vehicle, which was left in a cow pasture off of Patterson Road, according to Sabine Parish Deputy Coroner Ron Rivers. He was shot multiple times.

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