Extracted from The Shreveport Times (Shreveport, LA)
Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Aldeen Smith “Deen” Luttrell

SHREVEPORT, LA -- Aldeen “Deen” Smith Luttrell, 90, passed away on Monday, October 7, 2013 at the Grace Home.

Visitation with the family will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 9, 2013 at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, Southside Chapel. Services will begin at 10:00 a.m. at the funeral home on Thursday, October 10, 2013. Officiating will be Rev. Joey Ketchum of Western Hills Baptist Church. Interment will follow in Centuries Memorial Park Cemetery.

Deen was born on November 18, 1922 in Braggadocio, MO to Ira and Ethel Larue. She was a resident of Shreveport and a member of Western Hills Baptist Church.

A true homemaker, Deen's focus was always on her daughters, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. She was at her happiest spending time with her four daughters. Deen was especially gifted in her kitchen with her baking and at her home digging and planting in her flower garden.

She was preceded in death by her first husband, John Dewey Smith. She is survived by her husband, Jackson Howard Luttrell; daughter, Deena Smith Ogden and husband, Bobby, Faye Smith Christian and husband, Louis, Lani Smith Brown and husband, Randy and Tami Smith Branch and husband, Bruce; stepson, Myron Smith; stepdaughters, Connie Hargroder, Kay Osborne, and Karen Luttrell; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Honoring Deen as pallbearers will be grandsons, Bruce Branch, Jr., Matthew Branch, Chris Ogden and grand-sons-in-law, Dr. Daniel Roubein, David Wyss, Scott Harrell, Bobby Mitchell and Mike Elmore

The family expresses deep gratitude to her caregivers, Dannetta Ward and Manszell Randall for the loving care she received.

The family respectfully suggests that memorials may be made to Western Hills Baptist Church, 4253 Pines Road, Shreveport, LA 71119 or the Grace Home, 1035 Margaret St., Shreveport, LA, 71101.