Lou Audry Duckett Freeman

“I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. Psalms 121:1-2” Sis. Lou Audry Duckett Freeman, affectionately known as “Ms. Freeman”, “Momma Freeman” and especially “Grandmother”, to those closest to her, entered into her eternal home, to forever be with the Lord, on February 18, 2026 in the late morning hour. Grandmother was born on the Laurel Valley Plantation of Thibodaux, Louisiana, on April 29, 1929. It was there that she helped to harvest sugar cane in the fields with her family as a child. She was the fourth of eight children born to the late Horace Duckett, Sr. and Clarsey Parks Duckett. She was taught the Word of God by her parents and accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as her Savior, at the age of twelve. She was baptized in “The Bayou”, as it was called, by the late Rev. George Williams of St. John Baptist Church, in Crown Point, Louisiana. Grandmother moved to Algiers in 1949, where she first joined First Free Mission Baptist Church under the leadership of the late Rev. G. B. Franklin. Later she joined Greater Providence Baptist Church pastored by the late Alexander Griffin, the late Rev. Henderson Lewis, and currently, Pastor Javonte Jimcoly. Grandmother has been a part of the Greater Providence Baptist Church for over sixty-six years! She loved singing in the choir. Her favorite hymns were “I’m Blessed, Better Than Blessed” and “When the Gates Swing Open”. Her favorite scripture was Psalms 121. For years, she called her children and grandchildren to wake them up with “This is the day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it, now wake up! Have a great day!” She gave her children and grandchildren the gifts of law and order, but most importantly, she gave them Jesus. She attended Rosenwald Elementary in Jackson Town, in Marrero and L. B. Landry High School in Algiers. She was later trained in the culinary arts and began to cook for the Archdioceses of New Orleans, namely St. Julian Emard. She went on to become a Certified Nursing Assistant for the city of New Orleans. Grandmother valued education. She inspired her children and grandchildren to learn as much as they can, as long as they can. She volunteered at Harriet Tubman Elementary school where her daughter, Herschel was teaching. She hugged as many children as she could as they were coming into the building. This act of caring and kindness gained her two keys to the city of New Orleans, one given by Mayor Dutch Morial, and later his son, Mayor Marc Morial. Grandmother’s motto was “IT’S NICE TO BE NICE!”. Grandmother was a “Jack of All Trades”. She could cook, sew, lay tile, paint, put up a “back splash” of faux brick tile, fix a car (the old ones), and even help you train up your children in the way they should go! She loved fishing, boiling seafood, and then inviting family and friends over to enjoy with her. She stood pressing hair in her kitchen for over seventy-five of her ninety-six years! Grandmother leaves, to cherish her memory, Cynthia LaMothe, Glenda Barnett (Will, Jr.), and Hershel Stevenson (Randy), who were born from the marriage to the late George Freeman, affectionately known as “Grandpa”; Five grandchildren, Kenneth LaMothe, Jr. (Iffey), Tinya Landry (who shares a birthday with Grandmother), Keisha Aldridge, Jason Landry, and Timothea Richardson; Twelve great-grandchildren Taylor Joy, Tensley III, Jailyn, Ian, Lance, Ty Mason, Jade, Tracie, Kennedy, London, Ja’Cari, and Dream; Two siblings, Dorothy Jones (the late Timothy Sr.), Horace Duckett, Jr. (Ethel) and host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and other relatives, friends, and neighbors. She was preceded in death by her parents, Horace and Clarsey Duckett, Sr., her brothers Raymond and Donald Duckett, and her sisters, Jannie Washington, Gustavia Duckett, and Augustine McCallon. Grandmother will be missed by all! Especially her children, grandchildren and family members. Her memory will live forever in the hearts and minds of those who came to know and love her.