Ann Mace Futrell
Ann Mace Futrell, 90, passed away on July 15, 2023, in Bossier City. A visitation was held from 10-11 a.m. on Wednesday, July 19, 2023, at Rose- Neath Funeral Home, 2500 Southside Dr., Shreveport.
Graveside services followed at Forest Park West Cemetery, 4000 Meriwether Rd., Shreveport. Officiating the service was Pastor Dale Oden. Lela Ann Mace entered this world on October 18, 1932, and “slipped the surly bonds of Earth” on July 15, 2023.
There welcoming her to her eternal reward are her parents, Robert and Nancy ( Rainey) Mace, and identical twin, Nan Mace Shelton (2008).
She is survived by daughter, Nancy Futrell Berlin and husband Rick of Shreveport; son, David Futrell and wife Lee Anne of Hattiesburg, Mississippi; daughter, Robin Futrell Savard and husband Louis of Ooltewah, Tennessee; six grandchildren and nine greatgrandchildren; sisters and brothers- in- law, Bruce and Joyce Mace Scoggins of Longview, Texas, Joan Mace Doss of Lufkin, Texas, and George and Ruth Mace Stephenson of Hudson, Texas.
Many passions marked Ann’s life. First being her family, pouring herself into them generously, one generation at a time. She also excelled academically, receiving her undergraduate degree from Louisiana Tech in Ruston, her Masters’ degree from LSU Baton Rouge, and her doctorate of English Rhetoric and Composition from the University of Alabama.
She was a professor of English at her Louisiana Tech alma mater for over 40 years. Ann loved Jesus, and she walked and talked daily with her Lord.
Seventy of Ann’s 90- plus years were spent teaching Sunday School. When asked what her greatest joy in teaching Sunday School was, she replied, “Just the love of helping people understand Jesus’s place in the Bible.” Her faith overlapped her academic career – her dissertation for her PhD is entitled, The Signs of Christianity in the Works of Walker Percy. Ann Mace Futrell has been a conscientious steward of the talents and abilities given her by her Lord. She has been a “good and faithful servant,” and can be assured, as was the apostle Paul.
“ I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing” — a crown she will gratefully lay at the feet of her Savior, Jesus Christ.
