Kathie Driver

On Thursday, January 31, 2019 at 11:59 a.m. at Promise Hospital in Shreveport, Kathie Monday Driver traveled "somewhere over the rainbow," leaving this life to start a new life, joining her mother, Billie Nelson Monday, and her father, William Horace Monday, along with multiple aunts, uncles, and cousins - where they're probably cooking because the Nelsons always congregate in the kitchen. That day, her children, Danielle Driver-Roussel, Deann Driver, and Darcy Driver, lost their Mama. Her husband, Albert Richard Driver Jr., lost his wife. Her grandchildren, Sutton Driver and MacKayla Milczarski, lost their Mamaw. Her brother, William Terry Monday, lost his baby sister. Two families, the Nelsons and the Drivers, lost an aunt, a cousin, and a sister-in-law. And last but certainly not least, LSU lost their most diehard football and baseball fan, and Bath and Body Works lost their most loyal candle buyer in Shreveport-Bossier. Following two ischemic strokes she had at the end of November and complications that included coding during reintubation, sepsis, and pneumonia, her body was worn and began shutting down. Her soul went, in the words of one of her favorite songs, "to be with the spirit in the sky." Everyone that knew her loved her, and working 30 years at the DMV in Shreveport, we're convinced that everyone in the city knew her - that's a lot of love. Everyone that knew her knows she was casual, funny, and loved to laugh. We will be celebrating her life during a visitation service at Rose-Neath South located at 2500 Southside Drive, Shreveport, Louisiana 71118 on Monday, February 4, 2019, 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. The funeral service will be Tuesday, February 5, 2019, at noon at Rose-Neath South with graveside immediately following at the Northwest Louisiana Veterans Cemetery located 7970 Mike Clark Road, Keithville, Louisiana 71047. Serving as pallbearers will be her cousin, Gil Beck; son-in-law, Michael Milczarski; cousin, Jerry Glen Pettit; nephew, Mike Phillips; great nephew, Jonathan Phillips; great great nephew, Dustin Phillips; son-in-law, Paul Roussel; and nephew, Tom Taggart. She never wanted a stiff and sad funeral so, in honor of that, the family asks that everyone please wear either her favorite color, purple, or purple and gold clothing to celebrate her favorite team, LSU. The family would like to thank the doctors, nurses, and staff at LSU Health Shreveport and Promise Hospital of Shreveport for providing the most attentive and heartfelt care to our mother during this time. In lieu of flowers, we would ask that you would consider donating to the LSU Health Shreveport Department of Neurosurgery at https://bit.ly/2Bcx4OQ in appreciation of the outstanding care they provided. Kathie will be sorely missed but her legacy will live on for years to come in a tow-headed little boy and brown-eyed baby girl.