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Coushatta Obituaries

It was written by The Times at Shreveport La on August 29th, 2021 that Claude Edward Veatch died in Coushatta, Louisiana.  Veatch was 86 years old.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Claude Edward's life.

It was disclosed by The Times at Shreveport La on August 14th, 2021 that Mercer B Jr Dupree perished in Coushatta, Louisiana.  Dupree was 87 years old.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Mercer B Jr's life.

It was disclosed by The Times at Shreveport La on February 26th, 2021 that William "Russell" Stevens died in Coushatta, Louisiana.  Stevens was 77 years old.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor William "Russell"'s life.

It was revealed by The Times at Shreveport La on February 25th, 2021 that Sandy Allen Lysander Webb passed away in Coushatta, Louisiana.  Webb was 69 years old.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Sandy Allen Lysander's life.

It was reported by The Times at Shreveport La on November 4th, 2020 that Carol A Jones passed on in Coushatta, Louisiana.  Jones was 73 years old.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Carol A's life.

It was noted by The Times at Shreveport La on October 22nd, 2020 that Laurine S Adcock passed away in Coushatta, Louisiana.  Adcock was 86 years old.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Laurine S's life.

It was disclosed by The Times at Shreveport La on September 15th, 2020 that Barbara Lee Perkins Brian perished in Coushatta, Louisiana.  Brian was 95 years old.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Barbara Lee Perkins's life.

It was noted by The Times at Shreveport La on September 9th, 2020 that NeJeana Elizabeth Fowler perished in Coushatta, Louisiana.  Fowler was 39 years old.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor NeJeana Elizabeth's life.

It was reported by The Times at Shreveport La on August 12th, 2020 that Michael Edward Orr died in Coushatta, Louisiana.  Orr was 65 years old.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Michael Edward's life.

It was written by The Times at Shreveport La on July 3rd, 2020 that Karen Glover (Tilley) passed on in Coushatta, Louisiana.  Ms. Glover was 59 years old.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Karen's life.

History

The population, 2,299 at the 2000 United States Census census, is nearly two-thirds African American, most with long family histories in the area.

Red River Parish and the Red River valley were areas of unrest and white paramilitary activity and violence after the American Civil War War, and especially during the 1870s of Reconstruction era of the United States The parish had been based on cotton cultivation, dependent on the labor of enslaved African Americans who far outnumbered the whites. After the war, white planters and farmers tried to reestablish dominance over a majority of the population. Coushatta is a town in and the parish seat of rural Red River Parish, Louisiana River Parish, Louisiana, United States. The community is approximately forty-five miles south of Shreveport on US Highway 71. The White League also killed five to twenty freedmen who had been escorting the Republicans and were witnesses to the assassinations.