Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....MCCULLEN, DON EDWIN May 3, 2017
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DON EDWIN MCCULLEN

Don Edwin McCullen, 81, resident of Simsboro passed away on May 3, 2017 
following a lengthy illness. He was preceded in death by his parents, Cloyd and
Mornetta
Mornetta Bartlett McCullen; and son, Mark Edwin McCullen. He is survived by his 
wife of 61 years, Mary Beth McCullen; daughters: Donna Haight and husband, 
Mike, and Cheryl McCullen; grandchildren: Jarad Garner and wife, Loran, Emily 
Scruggs and husband, Noah, Ryan Haight and wife, Katy, Anna Alexander and 
husband, Dustin, Jenny Alexander and husband, Daniel, and Garrett Haight; great 
grandchildren: Jaden Garner, Grayson & Garner Alexander, Ezra and Alyza 
Scruggs; brother, Chuck McCullen and wife, Nell; sisters: Patricia Knotts and Ka
Kathy Coco; and numerous relatives.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, May 6, 2017 at Temple 
Baptist Church in Ruston, LA under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home of 
Ruston. Rev. Dale Oden will be officiating the service. Visitation will be 
Saturday from 10:00 AM until service time. Serving as pallbearers will be his 
beloved grandsons and the husbands of his very special granddaughters: Jarad Ga
Garner, Ryan Haight, Garrett Haight, Noah Scruggs, Dustin Alexander, and Daniel Al
Alexander. Honorary pallbearers will be the members of the Randy Moore Sunday Sc
School class.

Don was born in Simsboro, graduated from Simsboro High School, excelling in 
basketball and baseball. He attended La. Tech after receiving a basketball 
scholarship and enjoyed his freshman year on the La. Tech baseball team as 
second baseman coached by the great Coach Hinton. After his college days, he 
was employed by Beaird Industries in Shreveport for 45 years. He had a great 
passion for sports and enjoyed participating and coaching all ages in youth 
programs of the city and at his beloved Calvary Baptist Church Shreveport where 
he served as deacon and many leadership positions of the Church. One of his 
greatest joys was his participation and involvement in the planning and 
construction of the new Family Life Center and Sanctuary on Linwood Avenue. 
After retirement, he moved home to Simsboro to enjoy his life of retirement. He was
an inactive 
was an inactive deacon at Temple Baptist Church, enjoyed his Men's Sunday School
class and
School class and the Senior Adult Activities of the Church.

The family is thankful for the many prayers, visits, calls, and cards during Don's
extended
Don's extended illness. Because of his passion and love for building the Family Life
Center, t
Life Center, the family request any memorials be made in his honor to the new
construction o
construction of the:

Family Life Center

Hopewell Baptist Church

P.O. Box 253

Dubach, LA 71235

Condolences may be left in Don's online guestbook at www.
www.kilpatrickfuneralhomes.com.

Kilpatrick Funeral Home

Ruston, LA

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