Desselle Funeral Home
5.0(6)
263 Eddie Robinson Sr Dr, Baton Rouge, LA 70802
CremationTraditional Burial+4
7221 Plank Rd, Baton Rouge, LA 70811
Services
The Baton Rouge location features spacious and well-appointed facilities with expansive parking accommodations. Reviewers note clean facilities including bathrooms, private rooms for families to gather before services, and limo transportation for families. The facility accommodates themed services and cultural preferences, with staff flexibility for program adjustments, attire coordination, and multimedia presentations.
Winnfield offers services ranging from simple to grand celebrations, with staff taking time to plan details and relieve family burden during loss. The pre-planning process includes options for visitation at funeral home or elsewhere, funeral service location selection, reception planning, and final disposition choices including ground interment, mausoleum entombment, columbarium placement, or return of cremated remains to family.
Winnfield Funeral Home-Baton Rouge operates as part of a Louisiana funeral enterprise founded in 1932 by Dr. Ben D. Johnson in the north Louisiana town of Winnfield. Johnson launched the business with $2.75 borrowed from nine Black male citizens during the Great Depression, armed with a high school diploma from Natchitoches Parish Training School and credentials from Texas School of Embalming.
The Baton Rouge location at 7221 Plank Road serves families across the region with traditional funerals and cremation services. The facility maintains 24/7 availability with staff on call day and night. Multiple Google reviews cite specific staff members including Marcus K. Lewis, Christian Slaughter, Wil Carter, Renea Spears, and Narkeisha Knighton for their direct involvement in service coordination.
The Winnfield enterprise expanded over decades to include locations in Shreveport, Alexandria, Mansfield, Natchitoches, Lafayette, and River Ridge, plus Winnfield Life affiliate funeral homes and related businesses including a casket company, life insurance company, and mortgage division that invested millions in minority residences, businesses, and churches throughout Louisiana.
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