Gordon Levi Foreman

Funeral services honoring the life of Gordon Levi Foremen will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, January 24, 2025, located at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 943 Polk Street, Mansfield, Louisiana. The family will receive visitors from 12:00 p.m. prior to service time. Burial will be held at Pelican Cemetery. Officiating the service will be Bro. Azell (Junior) Ott and Bro. Lee Rogers. Honoring Gordon as pallbearers will be Jackson Nelson, Mason Royer, Timothy Cooper, Billy Joe Blankenship, Wesley Fisher, and Donnie Averitt Jr. Serving as honorary pallbearers will be Jackson Ingvardsen, Jeffery Gamble, Landon Royer, Alex Hesser, and Brent Ingvardsen.

Gordon was born July 31, 1941, in Clay County, West Virginia and went to be with the Lord at his home, in Pelican Louisiana, on January 17, 2025.

Gordon was a Christian, baptized as an adult, and made Pelican Methodist Church his home church. He had no greater joy than when his family could join him in attendance. Gordon reflected God’s love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.

Gordon graduated from Lizemores High School in Clay County, West Virginia. Upon graduation, Gordon enlisted in the United States Air Force. He served in Incirlik, Turkey and finally Barksdale AFB, Louisiana. It was in Louisiana that he met his beloved wife, Linda Elaine Burton. Gordon worked in the oil field for many years as a welder for Beards Industries, and in his later years, he became a school bus driver (he loved his bus kids). His favorite jobs were cattle rancher and “Grandpaw”. Never having idle hands, during Gordon’s summers off from driving his school bus, he bailed hay, built houses, cleared land and cut firewood. A man of many interests, Gordon was an avid hunter and fisherman, he had many people that called him “friend”. Gordon loved his community and was active and instrumental in helping as PTA president, building the Masonic Lodge, working for the local water system, various positions, and active at his home church. As in Matthew, as Christ instructed, Gordon did not call attention to many of acts of charity and kindness. The Father that sees everything is rewarding him.

Gordon was preceded in death by his parents, Gordon David and Georgie Ramsey Foreman; sister, Betty Underwood; and brothers, Charles Foreman and Robert Foreman. He is survived by his wife, Linda Elaine Burton; daughter, Deidre Ingvardsen and husband Brent; grandchildren, Adam, Kyrie Royer (Jackson), Landon Royer (Kayla), and Jackson Ingvardsen (Jeffery); great-grandchildren, Leigha Britt, Mason Royer, Stella Royer, Judson Green, Jordan Rogers, Kashton Royer, and Sage Royer; sisters, Dana Kay Foreman and Jo Ann Kerbetz (Hans); brothers, Thomas Foreman (Joyce) and Carl Foreman (Jan); brother-in-law, Wayne Burton; sister-in-law, Judy Nabors; and a host of nieces, nephews, family, and friends.

Gordon was a good, hard-working family man that will be greatly missed by his many family and friends.

The family would like to extend their gratitude and appreciation to the staff at Overton Brooks VA Medical Center, Christus Highland ED and Hospital staff, Nurse Haley Sepulvado; sitters, Floretha King and Sandy McAnulty; Louisiana Home Care and Superior Hospice; Catie Griffith and Christine Taylor of Magnolia Family Medicine.