Obituaries
Mattie (Snookie) Connell Caskey (10-15-2009)
Funeral services for Mattie (Snookie) Connell Caskey will be held Tuesday October 13, 2009 at 2:00 pm at Rose-Neath Funeral Home Chapel in Minden. Officiating will be Rev. Mel Campbell and Rev. Jerry Key. Interment will follow at Fellowship Cemetery in Dubberly. Family will receive friends from 5:00 till 9:00 pm Monday October 12, 2009 at Rose-Neath Funeral Home in Arcadia. Mattie was born September 26, 1936 in Dubberly and entered into rest October 11, 2009 in Shreveport. Mattie was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother, an assistant principal and longtime schoolteacher in Bienville Parish School system, an avid supporter and longtime fan of the Lady Techsters. Her parents Marshal Leroy Connell and Joe Eddie Terrill Connell, brother Ernest (Buddy) Connell, sister Martha Sue (Sue Baby) Connell, and sister-in-law Ruth Connell preceded her in death.She is survived by her husband of 47 years, Billy Wayne Caskey of Arcadia, son Wayne Caskey and wife Vicki of Arcadia, daughter Kayla Mathews and special friend, Jody Day of Arcadia, sister Virginia (Sister) Davis & husband Al of Minden, brother Roy Lee Connell and wife Joy Faye of Pasadena, Texas, grandchildren Katlyn and Ruby, and numerous nieces, nephews and many friends. Pallbearers will be Glenn Brown, Phillip Volentine, Steve King, Charles King, Jimmy Smith, Wesley Boddie, Gary Burt and Robert Kirkham. Family expresses appreciation to Dr. Ken Mekelburg, the physicians and staff at Ark-La-Tex Cardiology, Willis Knighton Health Systems North ICCU, Promise Healthcare-Shreveport ICU.
