Blanchard

Eddie Joe Blanchard Sr. died at 3:00PM on Monday, November 24, 2008 at North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond. He was 77, a native of Bogalusa, LA and a resident of Kentwood.

Visitation and religious services were held at Assembly of God of Kentwood. Services were conducted by Rev. William Hyde and Rev. Danny Smith. Interment was in the Tangipahoa Cemetery, Tangipahoa.

He was survived by four sons, Eddie Joe Blanchard, Jr. and wife, Sandra, Kentwood; Reggie Eugene Blanchard, Kentwoood; Ronnie Ray Blanchard and wife, Donna, Prarieville; Randie Lynn Blanchard and wife, Sandra, Kentwood; one sister, Georgia Durand, New Orleans, one brother, Ernest Blanchard, Baton Rouge, 10 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by wife, Annie Newsom Blanchard, parents Phillip and Minnie Lea Blanchard, and two sisters.

Pallbearers were his grandsons and great-grandsons.

McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, in charge of arrangements.

For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.