TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La.

OBITUARIY for LOFTON, BARBARA 
  
Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Source: Williams and Southall Funeral Home, Inc., La.

Died: Sunday, September 20, 2015

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LOFTON, BARBARA 
	(Died September 20, 2015)

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DR. BARBARA JANE LOFTON: Sixty-seven years, five months and 20 days ago, God 
ordained the birth of Barbara Jane Lofton on Wednesday, March 31, 1948 in 
Biloxi, Mississippi on Keesler Air Force Base. She was the fifth of six 
offspring born to the parentage of the late Elijah, Sr. and Hazel Lofton.  

Her older siblings were Ann, Elijah Jr., Joyce and Shirley; the younger sibling 
was Theresa.    

Barbara confessed her belief in the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ at St. Paul 
Baptist Church in Lafourche Crossing, according to her faith she was baptized 
by the late Reverend Emmanuel White.   
Barbara received her formal education in the Lafourche Parish Public School 
System.  She studied nursing at South Louisiana Technical College in Houma 
where she became a licensed certified Practical Nurse.  Barbara earned an 
Associate in Nursing from Nicholls State University in Thibodaux; a Bachelor of 
Science Degree in Nursing from Southeastern Louisiana State University in 
Hammond; a Master of Science in Nursing with a concentration in Mental Health 
from Louisiana State University in New Orleans; and a Doctorate of Philosophy 
in Nursing from Southern University in Baton Rouge.   

Barbara was the co-owner of the former Good Shepherd in Home Health Care, 
Incorporated of Thibodaux, Louisiana.  Up until her illness, she was a 
Professor of Nursing at Clayton State University in Morrow, Georgia.  In years 
past, she taught at Nicholls State University and Louisiana Technical College. 
Because of her dedication to the field of Nursing education, she received 
several awards to include; LE Fletcher Community College Teaching Excellence 
award in 2011, Nicholls State University Teaching Excellence award in 1999, 
Induction into Nicholls State University Nursing Honor Society in 2002 are 
among many that line her bookcase.

Barbara was active in multiple professional organizations to include Sigma 
Theta Tau Nursing Sorority, National Association of University Women, Louisiana 
Nurse Association and Nurses Caring for our Patients are just to name a few. 
She was dedicated to her role in the community and volunteered with the 
Christian women prayer group, Susan G. Komen Foundation and Adopt a Grandparent 
volunteer. 
In her leisure, she enjoyed traveling, reading, shopping, collecting dolls and 
unique things.   

Barbara departed this earthly life for her eternal home on Sunday, September 
20, 2015 with her family at her bedside at Emory University Midtown Hospital in 
Atlanta. Visitation at Williams and Southall Funeral Home, Thibodaux, LA on 
Friday, September 25, 2015 from 4:00pm to 6:00pm. Visitation from 8:00am to 
Religious Services at 10:00am at Eagle Wright Baptist Church, Gray, LA. 

Burial in the St. Joseph Catholic Church Cemetery, Thibodaux, LA.   

Beloved family members that preceded her in death were her parents, Elijah 
Lofton, Sr. and Hazel Thombie Lofton Every; and sister, Ann Lofton.   Memories 
of her are forever embedded in the hearts of her daughters, Cassandra Burrell, 
Sonja Landry, Angelle Lemieux and Misty Landor; siblings, Elijah Lofton, Jr., 
Joyce Lofton Julien, Theresa Lofton White, and Shirley Lofton Blackshear; son-
in-law, Eddie Landry, III; brothers-in-law, Robert Julien and Boatman Ronald 
White; 9 grandchildren, Christopher and Freddie Burrell, III, Morgan Harris, 
Brian, Krystal, Kelly, Ambrosia, Kaelin, and Lamar Lemieux; 2 granddaughters-
in-law, Salenthia Burrell and Letasha Lemieux; 5 great-grandchildren, Rain 
Burrell, Le’Monte, Samh'ya, Julyian and Asia Lemieux; one God – child, Kris 
Shontana’ Johnson and many nephews, nieces, cousins, friends and neighbors. 

She will be deeply missed. 

Arrangements by Williams & Southall Funeral Home, 1204 Cleveland St. Thibodaux, 
LA
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