Mr. Herman C. Hootsell

August 22, 1928 - April 3, 2018

Funeral services for Herman C. Hootsell, 89, of Vidalia, LA will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 7, 2018 at Crossbridge Church-Ferriday, LA with Rev. Vincent Smith officiating, with interment to follow at New Pine Hill Cemetery, Leland, LA. Visitation will be held on Saturday, April 7, 2018 from 11:00 a.m. until service time at the church, under the direction of Comer Funeral Home-Ferriday, LA. Herman was a member of Crossbridge Church formally Ferriday Church of God. He was a Korean War Veteran and a retiree from the City of Vidalia, but his true legacy lives on through his ministry. He was a song writer and a writer and distributor of religious tracks. He was a loving soul who never met a stranger, cared for others fiercely and spent his life sharing the good news of Christ. He will surely be missed by all that knew him. Herman was born August 22, 1928 to Jack and Carrie Hootsell and passed away April 3, 2018 in Jackson, MS. He was proceeded in death by his loving wife Grace Evelyn Hootsell, his parents, a son Charles Randy Hootsell, and a brother Lonnie Hootsell. He is survived by daughters, Kathy Marler and her husband Lewis of Woodworth, LA, Leisa Morace and her husband Robert of Branson, MO, Kim Petermann and her husband John of Madison, MS; sons, Tommy Hootsell of Natchez, MS, and Jeffery Hootsell of Vidalia, LA; grandchildren, Eric Marler, Dana Marler, Somer Morace, Bethany Mecke, Cameron Petermann, and J. P. Petermann III; great grandchildren, Tristan Dean Mecke, Haven Elizabeth Bennett, Caiden Bazar, and Cody Johnson. Pallbearers are Lewis Marler, Robert Morace, John Petermann, Jr., Eric Marler, Brett Bennett, and, J. P. Petermann III.