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John Featherston Obituary
HOMER, LA - Funeral services will be held for John Windfield Featherston Jr., 91, at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at the First United Methodist Church in Homer. Officiating will be Rev. Larry Maxwell and Rev. Fred Wideman. Interment will follow at Arlington cemetery. Visitation will be held at Rose-Neath Funeral Home from 5:00p.m. to 7:00p.m on Monday January 21, 2008.
Our father entered into rest on Thursday January 17, 2008. He was preceded in death by his loving wife Gwendolyn Cason Featherston, his sister Frances Featherston, his father and mother Dr. John Windfield Featherston and Mary McCutchan Featherston, granddaughter Corrie Featherston and great-granddaughter Brianna DaBaeke.
He leaves to cherish his memory, sons John, James, Douglas, David and wife Debra. Grandchildren and their spouses, Barbara and Jim Featherston, Holly and Scott DeBaeke, Julie and John Bray; three great-grandchildren, Cason, Lauren and Alexandria.
Our father was born January 20, 1916. He graduated from LSU in Baton Rouge, LA in 1938 with a degree in Accounting and was a member of Kappa Sigma Fraternity. He served his country in World War II as a Naval Lieutenant on the USS Brooks. He retired from Ford Motor Company where his work took him worldwide.
Pallbearers will be David, James and Jim Featherston, John Bray, Pat Gladney and Bill Wideman.
Honorary pallbearers will be his Sunday School Class at the First United Methodist Church and his Friday evening Men's Club.
His family would like to extend a special thanks to the doctors, nurses and staff of Claiborne Manor Nursing Home and Life Path Hospice. Rose-Neath Funeral Home
Homer Chapel (318) 927-6110
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Jerry Hatter
November 22, 2020
My name is Jerry Hatter, born in Haynesville, La in 1945 and grew up in rural Homer, La. believe that the father of John W. Featherson, Jr. was the medical doctor that saved my physical life in 1946-47. As a result, I grew up to be a methodist pastor. My belated condolences to the family. May they both rest in eternal peace. Not that it matters, I a grateful black man that am blessed to be alive and well at 75 years of age because of God's amazing grace. Please contact me at 734-476-4517 or [email protected] if possible to confirm that I have the right family. Truly, I hope so. Love to the family.
Margaret Rose Gladney
January 22, 2008
To the family of John Featherston: Please accept my condolences. Your father was a friend of our family for many years. May he rest in peace.
For the Commander, Carroll R. Michaud
January 21, 2008
The Final Salute
“Brothers in Arms”, Military men and women down through the centuries, have traditionally exchanged “Hand Salutes” as a sign of recognition and as a way to render courtesy and respect one to another.
This “Hand Salute” is the last that we shall render to John Windfield Featerston, Jr. our Brother in Arms. To his family it symbolizes the love and respect that we have for John. And to John it is rendered as a symbol of honor and gratitude to thank him for the devoted and selfless service he rendered to his country during WW-II while serving in the U.S. Navy. John, you will be dearly missed from among our ranks. Be at Ease. Rest in Peace.
On behalf of the 1,355 members of Lowe-McFarlane Post 14 of the American Legion, I extend our sympathies and our condolences to John’s family and loved ones.
Dennis Engdahl, Commander, American Legion Post 14
5315 S. Lakeshore Drive, Shreveport, LA 71109
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