TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La.

OBITUARIY for ANTILL, CHRIS SHANNON   

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Published in Houma Today & The Daily Comet from Nov. 14 to Nov. 15, 2013

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ANTILL, CHRIS SHANNON 

Chris Shannon Antill, 43, a loving father, husband, and musician, died 
unexpectedly Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013, in Ft. Walton Beach, Fla. 
He was born Dec. 4, 1969, in Thibodaux. 

Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until funeral time Saturday at Frist United 
Methodist Church in Ft. Walton Beach, Fla. A memorial service will be at 11 
a.m. Saturday at the church, with a reception to follow. 

He is survived by his wife, Pamela; son, Andrew, 24, a medical school student 
at LSU Health in Shreveport; and son, Nicholas, 12, a student at Liza Jackson 
Preparatory School. 

He was preceded in death by his parents, Wayne and Brenda Antill, of Thibodaux. 

Chris and his family moved to Ft. Walton Beach, Fla., in order for him to serve 
as director of Music and Worship at First United Methodist Church. With more 
than 20 years of professional experience in music and in leading traditional, 
blended and contemporary styles of worship and choirs, he graciously, 
fervently, and faithfully served God. He touched the lives of many church 
members and musical communities in Ft. Walton Beach, Fla., Houma, Lafayette, 
Luling, New Orleans, Thibodaux and Senatobia, Miss. 
Chris held a Bachelor of Music Education degree in vocal music from Nicholls 
and a Master of Church Music degree with specialization in conducting from The 
New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. His thesis for a Doctor of Worship 
Studies degree at the Robert E. Webber Institute for Worship Studies in Orange 
Park, Fla., was recently completed. Chris will be remembered for his cooking 
and for his intense passion of music. But, most of all, he will be known for 
his adoration and overwhelming love of his family, wife Pam, and sons, Andrew 
and Nicholas. McLaughlin Mortuary in Ft. Walton Beach, Fla., is in charge of 
arrangements. 

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