Marshall P. Stagg Sr.

Marshall P. Stagg, Sr., age 79, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 13, 2014, surrounded by his family. A memorial service for Marshall will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, August 15, 2014 at the First United Methodist Church on North Boulevard in Baton Rouge. Funeral services will be at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 16, 2014 in the chapel of Hixson-Ducote Funeral Home with the Bro. Brady Whitton officiating. Burial will follow in the White's Chapel Cemetery in Gold Dust. Marshall was deeply committed to the traditions and preservation of White's Chapel, and with other family members, established a fund for the perpetual care of the cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Hixson-Ducote Funeral Home of Bunkie. A veteran of the U.S. Army, Marshall retired from Dow Chemical in Plaquemine. He was a faithful member of First United Methodist Church in Baton Rouge and an enthusiastic participant in its Men's Bible Study meetings, from which he drew much fellowship. He is preceded in death by his parents; Richard W. and Helen M. Morrison Stagg; and a brother, Richard Stagg. He is survived by his wife; Melanie Dupuy Rabalais Stagg; his six children, Lyn Hardouin and husband Jerry, Dr. Patrick Stagg and wife Lynda, Mary Susan Stagg, Ed Stagg and wife Becky, Dan Stagg and fiancée Jeanne Monteih, Liz Stagg and husband Frank Coppola. He is further survived by three stepdaughters, Angela Hudson and husband Gregg, Cece Ducote and husband Doug, and Donna Monk and husband Daniel. He also leaves behind 12 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; a brother, Jerome "Jerry" Stagg and wife Rudell, and a sister Rose Marie "Tee" Perilloux. Friends may visit from 5:30 p.m. until the time of service at 6:30 p.m. on Friday at the First United Methodist Church in Baton Rouge and on Saturday from 10:00 a.m. until the time of service at 1:00 p.m. at Hixson-Ducote Funeral Home in Bunkie. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made in memory of Marshall to his beloved Louisiana Methodist Children's Home, 901 South Vienna St., Ruston, LA 71270. The family wishes to extend their sincere thanks to the parishioners of First United Methodist Church and to St. Joseph's Carpenter House. Online condolences may be sent to www.hixson-ducote.com.