Barbara Sue Pace, 88, was born on October 24, 1935 in Huttig, Arkansas and passed away at her home in Marion, Louisiana on October 16, 2024. She was a member of Dean Baptist Church. Graveside services will be held on Thursday, October 24 at 11:00 a.m. at Liberty-Linville Cemetery with Bro. Bubba Hoggatt officiating under the direction and care of …

Thomas FieldsThomas “Tuffy” Fields is an author and regular contributor to The Gazette. He can be reached by email at thelouisianaexplorer@yahoo.com. There was a time when it was said that a man’s handshake is his honor. Two men could make a deal shake hands on the agreement and it was every bit as binding as if a contract had been …

Jim BrownJim Brown is a former Louisiana state senator, Secretary of State, Commissioner of Insurance and a regular contributor to The Gazette. Did you celebrate Columbus Day last week? ( Ooops, it’s now Indigenous Peoples Day.) That’s right. We changed the name, and now celebrate those Indian tribes Columbus encountered on his discovery of the Americas, a number of which …