Funeral services for Jesse Hodges Stutts, 81, were held on Monday, April 28 in Many. A burial followed at Aimwell Cemetery in Zwolle. Officiating the service was Brother Dean Johnson.

Jesse was born on April 23, 1944 to Washington Gilbert Stutts and Annie Mary Jacobs Stutts in Pleasant Hill, Louisiana and passed away on Thursday, April 24, 2025 in Bossier, Louisiana.

Jesse was an avid hunter and enjoyed being in the woods seeing God’s handiwork. He loved to plant his gardens as long as somebody else took care of it. His greatest treasure in life were his children and the numerous grandkids that he was able to share his legacy with.

Jesse was preceded in death by his wife, Stephany Stutts; parents, Washington and Annie Stutts; sisters, Hattie Mae Brown, Gladis Ballard, Lessie Kirkland, and Dessie Savell; and brothers, Larry Stutts, Chester Stutts, and Earl Stutts. He is survived by his son, William Heilman of Natchitoches, Louisiana; daughters, Teresa Tilley and husband, Thomas, of Natchitoches, Louisiana, Karen Heilman of Lafayette, Louisiana, and Angela Palmer and husband, Roy, of Zwolle, Louisiana; 10 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.

Honoring Jesse as pall bearers were Chris Anderson, Lloyd Dyess, William Heilman, Walter Moss, Jonah Powell, and Quinn Tilley.