Final arrangements: Life celebration services will be held at the Natchitoches Events Center, 750 2nd Street Saturday, August 8, 2015. 11:00 a. m. with burial following in Lawrence Serenity Sanctum. The remains will lie in state for public visitation at the Events Center Saturday morning from 9:00 a. m. to service time. This widely known entrepreneur who was affectionately known as "Red" by family and his ever widening circle of Red's Ribs clients passed away peacefully surrounded by close family in the CHI St. Luke's Medical Center in Houston, Texas following a courageous battle with a period of illness. The family is asking that you keep them lifted in prayers as they plan the celebration of a life well lived.