Obituary of Joe Festervan

Minden, LA-- Funeral Services for Mr. Joe A. Festervan, Jr. will be held Wednesday, October 17, 2007 at 11:00am at Spirit Winds Ministries 5280 Benton Road with Bobbie Deen officiating. Burial will follow the service at Union Springs Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Boone Funeral Home on Tuesday from 5:00pm until 8:00pm. Mr. Festervan, husband, father and grandfather, passed away Sunday at his home. Joe was born September 27, 1942 in Haynesville, LA. He was a graduate of Fair Park High School class of '61. Having worked with Twin City ICEE for 30 years, he retired to his home in Webster Parish where he could further enjoy his passion for the outdoors. He was one of the most giving people you could know and everyone who met him was inspired by his love of life. His mother, Elsie Matthews Festervan, preceded Mr. Festervan in death. His wife, Delores Meacham Festervan of Minden; father, Joe A. Festervan of Benton; children, James David Festervan and wife Renée of West Monroe, Laura Susanne Festervan Temple and husband Jeff of Minden, and Daniel Burl Festervan of West Monroe; grandchildren, Brooke, Dalton, Bailey, Dylan, and Emma; brothers, James H. Festervan of Nacogdoches, TX and Jarrel Dan Festervan of Bossier City; sisters, Dawn Mangham of Little Rock, AR and Julie McNeely of Shreveport; inlaws, Deuard and Genell Meacham of Shreveport, and numerous nieces and nephews survive him. Pallbearers will be Ken Brooks, Eddie Arnold, Darren Huddleston, Brad Simpson, John Cross, Jarvus Bounds, Al Lewis, and Stewart Festervan. Boone Funeral Homes Bossier Chapel 742-5361