A private funeral service for Charlie Coleman Strawder, Jr. 71, of Vidalia, LA will be held Friday, November 5, 2021 at 11:00am under the directions of  Concordia Funeral Home, 609 Alabama Ave., Ferriday, LA 71334. Burial will follow at the Natchez National Cemetery in Natchez, MS. Friends and acquaintances may pay their respects on Thursday morning from 10am to 12 noon at the funeral home.

Mr. Strawder, son of Charlie Sr. and Mary Watson Strawder, was born in Natchez, MS and died at Rapides Regional Medical Center in Alexandria, LA. He was a truck driver and a Army veteran having served during the Vietnam War, earning an honorable discharge.

He is survived by two daughters, Keri Richard and her husband, Kemor Burnett of Houston, TX and Mary Captain and her husband, Damon Captain of Lake Charles, LA. Also his grandchildren, Diamonds Morris, Demone Captain and Milanti Captain all of Lake Charles; Kaylyn Gay, Kerrigan Burnett and Kali Burnett all of Houston, TX. Preceding him in death are his parents and his wife, Glenda Strawder.