Funeral services for J.D. Milstead, 54, of
DeRidder, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, November 21, 2016, in Labby Memorial Funeral Home Chapel in DeRidder with the Rev. Rod Martin officiating. Burial will follow in the Dry Creek Cemetery.
Visitation will be held Sunday, November
20, 2016, from 3:00 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. and then from 9 a.m. Monday, Nov. 21, until service time in the funeral home.
J.D. was born February 10, 1962 in DeRidder. He was the son of Boyd and JoAnn Cooley Hightower. He passed away
Wednesday, November 16, 2016, in Bella Vista, Ark.
J.D. worked as a QC Analyst at Ingevity for 32 years. J.D. was a loving husband, father and grandfather. He was an outgoing person who would help anybody and he loved telling stories. He
was a member and president of the Sportsman Bass Club, and an avid hunter and outdoorsman.
He is survived by his wife of 33 years, Connie Milstead; daughters, Ashley and husband Jason Dove and Kellie Milstead; sisters, Christine McGowan
and Tonya Willison; mother, JoAnn Cooley Hightower, all of DeRidder; and grandchildren Joseph, Braxton, Julian, Makayla, Bentley and Mason.
Words of comfort may be expressed to the Milstead family atwww.labbymemorial.com.