Wanda Sue Peavy Schewe

Wanda Peavy Schewe, 75, of Leesville, Louisiana passed away on Saturday, May 23, 2015. Wanda was born on August 31, 1939 in Leesville, Louisiana to William Zachary Peavy and Ellen Susanna Johnson Peavy. She was a lifelong resident of Vernon Parish where she raised her children. She was a good mother, who always put her children first. Her children will tell you that their mother always had a little jar of sunshine, and that she taught them the value of hard work. A devoted mother who instilled in her children solid values and morals needed. She shared, and taught her children religion. Wanda was of the Baptist faith. Wanda was very involved in her children’s education and extra-curricular activities. She was very much a “Daddy’s girl”. No matter where her husband was stationed overseas, she always came home to her parents. Wanda was a loyal, devoted and faithful wife. She will be missed by all who were blessed to know her.

Mrs. Schewe was preceded in death by her husband, Jerry Kenneth “Chief” Schewe; parents, Bill and Suzie Peavy; two grandchildren, Craig Anthony Sickels and Jake Kenneth Schewe; three brothers, Herbert Reed Peavy, Corbet Peavy and Phillip Roger Peavy.

Those left to cherish her memory are three sons, John Kenneth Schewe and wife, Kathy, of Crosby, TX, Raymond Terrell Schewe, of Pineville, LA, and Jerry Kenneth Schewe, of Leesville, LA; three daughters, Jody Sickels and husband, Tim, of Leesville, LA, Joan Counts, of Leesville, LA, and Jennifer Lynn Schewe; two sisters, Ruth Ann Brumfield, of Leesville, LA and Johnnie Koenck, of Leesville, LA; two grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be Wednesday, May 27, 2015 from 5 PM until 8 PM at Hixson Funeral Home, Leesville, LA. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, May 28, 2015 at 1PM at Hixson Funeral Home, Leesville, LA. Interment will follow in Central Louisiana Veterans Cemetery, Leesville, LA.

Words of comfort may be shared with the family by visiting our online register at www.hixsonfh.com