Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Dr. Virgil Orr, 98, passed away peacefully early Saturday morning, April 24, 2021. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 28, 2021, at Temple Baptist Church in Ruston.
Interment will follow in the Douglas Cemetery in Choudrant, under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home of Ruston.
A visitation was held from 4-6 p.m. Tuesday, April 27, 2021, at Temple Baptist Church in Ruston.
Virgil was born in February, 1923, and reared in Glenmora, where he graduated from Glenmora High School as valedictorian. He then moved to Ruston to attend Louisiana Polytechnic Institute (Louisiana Tech University). There he met his soul mate, Myrtis Chandler, where they both worked in the Tech Dining Hall. He later became her tutor for organic chemistry, and they always said, “Our chemistry worked real well together.”
Friday, March 12, 2021
William Gary Barham passed away on March 9, 2021. Graveside services will be held Friday, March 12, at 3 p.m., with a brief visitation at 2:30 p.m. at Kilpatrick’s Memorial Garden.
Rev. Jason Walsworth will officiate under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home in Ruston.
Gary was born on November 11, 1947. He proudly served his country in the U.S. Air Force. He worked as a dog handler during his deployment to Vietnam.
He became a wellknown businessman in the Ruston community when he returned home. He overcame many health and personal issues to become the man that we loved so much. Gary faced a debilitating stroke later in life and took pride in being a survivor.
“Mama D” Helen Corine Aulds Davis
Wednesday, February 3, 2021
“Mama D” Helen Corine Aulds Davis, a beloved lifetime resident of Choudrant, Louisiana, was received into Heaven’s glory while sleeping peacefully in her home on January 30.
Graveside services were held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, February 1, 2021 at Choudrant Memorial Cemetery in Choudrant, LA. A visitation was held from 9 until 10 a.m. at the First Baptist Church in Choudrant, LA, under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home in Ruston.
Although her vivacious presence will be terribly missed by those left behind, we celebrate that she is with Jesus Christ surrounded by those who preceded her in death: her husband-Odis Davis, her two daughters Patsy Phillips and Martha Pee, one grandson Rusty Bell, and one great-grandson Cory Otwell.
El Campo babysitter charged with capital murder of baby
A Wharton County woman has been charged with the murder of a 19-month-old girl
EL CAMPO, Texas - A Wharton County woman has posted bail after police charged her with the capital murder of a 19-month-old baby girl.
El Campo Police told FOX 26 that Angel Castro, 26, was babysitting a one-year-old baby girl when the baby apparently fell and died.
After being booked in jail on a $500,000 bond, police say she bonded out over the weekend. Our dispatch center received a 911 call from a lady indicating that she was in medical need, said Cpl. Mark Biskup with El Campo Police.