Derrell Cassell

CONVERSE, LA--Funeral services honoring the life of Derrell Cassell, 78, will be at 2:00 PM Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at Henrietta Congregational Methodist Church in Converse, LA with Reverend Chucky Clark and Reverend Logan Brock officiating. Burial will follow at Union Springs Cemetery in Converse, LA. The family will receive friends at Henrietta Congregational Methodist Church on Tuesday, December 19, 2017 from 10:00 a.m. till time of service.   Derrell was born on July 6, 1939 to Randolph and Marie Pritchard Cassell and entered into rest on December 17, 2017. He was a loving father, brother, grandfather and great grandfather. Derrell retired from the Sabine Parish School Board and also retired from the Sabine Parish Sheriff's Department. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Cassell; his parents; and brother, Joe Cassell.   Those left behind to cherish his memory are his son, Derrell R. Cassell II and wife Darlene of Converse, LA; sister, Deborah West and husband Danny of Greenville, MS; grandchildren, Cecily Morvan and husband Jerrin, Blake Savell and wife Hannah; great grandchildren, Zoey Procell, Gavin Lawhorne, Weston Savell, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.   Honoring the life of Derrell as pallbearers will Ronny Richardson, Daniel Campbell, Noonie Hicks, Noel Hicks, Randy Cassell, Terrell Snelling, Bill Ryan, and Johnathan West. Serving as honorary pallbearers will be Old Camp Hunting Club Members, Jerry Snelling, Guffey Pattison, Bernard Bossier, Jack Staton and John Brock.