Bernice Wayne Crittenden

Funeral services for Bernice Wayne Crittenden will be held Sunday, July 27, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. at Carson Baptist Church, 266 Carson Rd, Zwolle, Louisiana. A visitation will be held on Saturday, July 26, 2025 from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Kilpatrick’s Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 9891 Texas Hwy, Many, Louisiana and on Sunday, July 27, 2025 from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. at Carson Baptist Church. A burial will follow the service at Bayou Scie Cemetery, 3060 Bayou Scie Rd., Zwolle, Louisiana. Officiating the service will be Brother Cyle Clayton, Brother Bill Craft and Brother Scott Bates.

"Until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of His hand.” With that thought in mind, it is with sadness that Bernice Wayne Crittenden, a life-long resident of Sabine Parish has passed away. Mr. Crittenden was a retired mechanic at Fort Polk, where he worked for 34 years. He died at his daughter's home on July 18, 2025, where he lived for the last year.

He was born on October 19, 1944, the second of five children to the late Emmitt and Ethelene Crittenden. He was well known throughout Sabine Parish and was an avid fisherman on Toledo Bend and other nearby rivers and ponds.

Mr. Crittenden was a loving and devoted family man with a strong love for the Lord. He served a as member and deacon at Carson Baptist Church. He was always available to offer a helping hand to anyone in need. It was that characteristic love for others that will be remembered by his many relatives and friends.

He was a 1962 graduate of Many High School. Following graduation, he served honorably in the U.S. Navy from 1962 to 1966.

Bernice was preceded in death by his parents, Emmitt and Ethelene Crittenden; younger sister, Norma Beth Crittenden Guillory; brother-in-law, Jimmy Don Anderson; and in-laws, Virgil and Mary Rivers. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Linda Gayle Crittenden, of Many, Louisiana; son, Robert Wayne and Wife, Jasmine, of Hemphill, Texas; son, Sherman Wade and wife, Julie, of Malta, Texas; and daughter, Ramona Jeanne Rains and husband, Preston, of Many, Louisiana; sisters, Betty Crittenden Grimes and husband, George, of Hot Springs Village, Arkansas and Martha Lynn Anderson of Many, Louisiana; brother, Charles William Crittenden and wife, Vickie, of Keithville, Louisiana; and brother-in-law, Kenny Guillory of Sulphur, Louisiana; grandchildren, Valen Crittenden, Abby Crittenden Bell, Wade Crittenden, Jr., Brandon Byles, Michaela Byles Hovermale, Justin Byles, Jordan Crittenden, Olivia Crittenden, Alayna Rains, Trey Rains, and Christian Catayong.

Honoring Bernice as pallbearers will be Wade Crittenden, Jr., Brandon Byles, Justin Byles, Jordan Crittenden, Trey Rains, and Christian Catayong. Serving as honorary Pallbearers were the loving ladies who took care of Mr. Crittenden, Clara Moore, Faith Williams, Patricia Zamora, Sheronda Cary, Jackie Semien, Patricia Harrell, Patricia Goodman, Stephanie Jones, Brittany Thomas, Misty Dupre, Bailey Williams, Talaha Brumfield and the Superior Hospice Nurses. The family also wishes to thank Superior Hospice, Elara Care, and the VA Medical Clinic in Natchitoches for taking wonderful care of him all these years.

Services and care were provided to the family by Kilpatrick’s Rose-Neath Funeral Home in Many, Louisiana.