Funeral Homes in Bethany, LA

Facts about the city

Bethany is an unincorporated community in Caddo Parish, Louisiana and Panola County, Texas, on U.S. Highway 79.

Bethany Obituaries

It was reported by The Times at Shreveport La on January 9th, 2020 that Shirley Harbour (Rascoe) died in Bethany, Louisiana.  Ms. Harbour was 85 years old.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Shirley's life.

It was written on December 18th, 2019 that Robert James "Jim" Heard passed away in Bethany, Louisiana.  Heard was 78 years old and was born in Pontiac, MI.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Robert James "Jim"'s life.

It was reported by The Times at Shreveport La on November 26th, 2019 that James Heard perished in Bethany, Louisiana.  Heard was 78 years old.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor James's life.

It was disclosed by The Times at Shreveport La on October 12th, 2019 that Teresa Jo Stewart perished in Bethany, Louisiana.  Stewart was 56 years old.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Teresa Jo's life.

It was revealed by Press Enterprise on February 23rd, 2013 that Ann E Upton perished in Riverside, California.  Upton was 82 years old and was born in Bethany, LA.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Ann E's life.

It was reported by The Times at Shreveport La on January 25th, 2013 that Elma S Abercrombie died in Bethany, Louisiana.  Abercrombie was 90 years old.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Elma S's life.

It was reported by The Times at Shreveport La on December 13th, 2012 that Michael Gene Ford died in Bethany, Louisiana.  Ford was 60 years old.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Michael Gene's life.

It was disclosed by The Times at Shreveport La on October 13th, 2012 that Neva Ray Hall Shadowens perished in Bethany, Louisiana.  Shadowens was 79 years old.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Neva Ray Hall's life.

It was written by Peoria Journal Star on July 15th, 2012 that Rena M Brown (Anderson) passed away in Peoria, Illinois.  Ms. Brown was 71 years old and was born in Bethany, LA.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Rena M's life.

It was written on January 9th, 2012 that Barbara L Shoumaker (Johnson) passed on in Evansville, Indiana.  Ms. Shoumaker was 80 years old and was born in Bethany, LA.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Barbara L's life.

History

Bethany, Texas and Louisiana is a community on the Louisiana and Texas state lines and US Highway 79.

The site was first settled around 1840. In the mid-1960s it supported a church, a community center, and several businesses. In the 1840s the town had a log store, a tavern, a water-powered grain mill, and a tanning In 1860 the post office was relocated to Caddo Parish, Louisiana. The community, which grew up as a stopping point for settlers moving to Texas from the Old South, was originally known as Vernon, but the name was changed to Bethany around 1849 when a post office was established. One of the stores, Lickskillet, bisected by the state line, was built in 1889 by a barkeeper who wanted to take advantage of the differences in state laws; in half of the store drinking was legal, in the other gambling was legal.