Services for Willeen Brown Walters will be at 10AM, Thursday, May 27, 2021 at Crossway Family Worship, Jonesville, LA with Bro. Joe Cook and Bro. Steve Roark officiating. Visitation will be from 9AM until time of service at 10AM, Thursday, May 27th at the church. Interment will be at Natchez City Cemetery, Natchez, MS under the direction of Magnolia Funeral Home, Alexandria.
Willeen, 96, was born December 3, 1924 in Bude, MS, and passed away Sunday, May 23, 2021 at Woods Haven Nursing Center, Pollock, LA., surrounded by her family. She spent her life serving her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. She taught Sunday school for many years. She and husband Buddy had the puppet ministry-Monterey Baptist Puppets and traveled to many churches witnessing for the Lord. Her family was one of the most precious things to her. She enjoyed traveling with her husband Buddy and sister, Nathalie and husband Duvall Duncan.
She was preceded in death by her husband, C.E. “Buddy” Walters, III; son in law, Gene Storey Crouch; granddaughter, Kimberly Jean Book; mother, Letie C. Brown; father, William Jackson Brown; 3 sisters, Thelma Brown Middleton (Robert), Carmen Lippman Freeman (Bob), Nathalie Brown Duncan (Duvall); 2 brothers, Raymond Brown and Coyle H. Brown; 3 half-brothers, Edgar Brown, W.S. Brown and Sabastian (Bash) Brown and half-sister, Laura Brown Graham.
Those left to cherish her memory include her daughter, Marilyn Walters Crouch; 2 granddaughters, Kris Crouch (Tom Davis) and Kerri Crouch of Monterey; grandson in law, Donnie Book of Rayne, LA; great grandsons, Irving Crouch and wife Joanna, Waylon Book, Glenn Book and wife Misty; 2 great granddaughters, Jessi Duhon and husband John; Alayna Jeannsone and husband Bruce; 13 great grandchildren as well as a host of nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be Brennan Russell, Waylon Book, Irving Crouch, Yankie Lee Duncan, Robin Willson and Jason Gandy. Honorary pallbearers will be Donald Lippman, Travis Brown, Glen Lippman, Tony Lippman, Russell Lippman, Walter “Spud” Duncan, Jesse Poole, Riley Duncan, Colton Willson, Hayden Willson, Yankie Duncan, Jody Greene and Dwayne Greene.
The family would like to thank Shannon Lipsey Cowan and the staff at Woods Haven Nursing Center for such excellent care given to her during the past year.