A Celebration of Life for Lou Ann Boyd Albritton, 85, of Choudrant, Louisiana will be held at 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, August 14, 2024, at Alabama Presbyterian Church near Choudrant. Officiating the service will be Rev. Allison Moody. Interment will follow in the Sibley Cemetery under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Homes of Ruston, Louisiana.

A visitation for friends and family will be held from 4:00 P.M. until 6:00 P.M., Tuesday, August 13, 2024 at Kilpatrick Funeral Home in Ruston, Louisiana.

Lou Ann was born January 17, 1939 in Choudrant, Louisiana to Bessie Mae Dugdale and Willard Foster Boyd. She passed away on August 10, 2024, in Jefferson, Louisiana. She was a lifelong member of Alabama Presbyterian Church.

Sometimes, jokingly, I’ll comment that I am turning into my mom. It’s not until a time like this, when she has gone, that I realized it’s not a joke, but an amazing thing. One of the first people I talked to reminded me of how my mom cared for her mother as a friend as she grew older. Folks have also reminded of how mom would deliver shelled peas or pecans to them. Cousins have been clear about how important she was to them growing up – everything from going to the fairs, to getting ice cream, to fixing hair or giving advice. Former students describe how tough she was, but how they knew first aid and could help people after tasking her class; or remember her bowling class; or her tennis class.

Sometimes it’s silly things: her high school yearbook quote was, “I boil at different degrees.” So does my temper! I still operate under the rule, “one coke and one candy bar a day” because that’s what the rule was when I was a kid. Or remember the ice tea she made that “would put hair on your chest”? The homemade sourdough that was manna from Heaven? But much more fundamentally, when I take foods to friends with new babies or who are under the weather, that’s my mom. When I joined St. Charles Presbyterian the minute I knew I’d have my first son, that’s my mom. When I succeeded at school or university or law school, I can thank my mom. When I send one son to University in Massachusetts or encourage the other taking voice lessons, that’s my mom. So many things are fundamental to who I am, things I hope benefit my family and community, come from my mother. You are loved and missed.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her brother, Bo Boyd; and her sister, Mary McCoy Clement.

Lou Ann is survived by her daughter, Mary Dawn Pugh and husband Michael of Jeanerette, Louisiana; and their sons, Boyd and Parker; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Memorials may be made to Alabama Presbyterian Church, 2091 LA-145, Choudrant, LA 71227.

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