Rev. Dr. Freddie D. Schiele, 89, of Ferriday, LA was born to the late Rev. and Mrs. Benjamin J. and Eliza Sena Schiele on August 5, 1925 in Frogmore, LA and died December 31, 2014 at the Trinity on Laurens Nursing Home in Aiken, South Carolina.

Funeral services will be held Friday, January 16, 2015 at 11:30am from the Harvest Baptist Church, 305 Lake Drive in Ferriday. Burial will follow at St. James Baptist Church Cemetery in Frogmore, LA.

The Family will receive friends at the funeral home on Thursday, January 15, 2015 from 4 to 6PM and on Friday morning, January 16, 2015 two hours prior to the services.

Rev. Schiele accepted Christ as his Savior at an early age and joined St. James Baptist Church where he maintained his membership the remainder of his life. He also became a Deacon at St. James and served for 38 year.

He united in holy matrimony to Mable Saulsberry on March 27, 1946 and they raised one son, Jimmy Schiele. At age twenty, he moved to Ferriday to work for his uncle, J. P. Schiele's grocery business. Over the years, he expanded his business interest to rental property and a coin laundry which lasted nearly forty years. In 1983, his life changed - God called him to preach. He attended United Theological Seminary and Bible College in Monroe, LA where he received his doctorate degree. He later became Dean of the Ferriday extension of the Seminary. Soon after he was called to preach, he became pastor of Rose Hill Baptist Church in Ferriday. His pastoral ministry expanded to include Mercy Seat Baptist Church in Ferriday and King Solomon Baptist Church in Natchez, MS. As his pastoral ministry expanded, he began to divest himself of his business interest. His ministry lasted for about thirty years until failing health forced him to retire in 2013.

Rev. Schiele was preceded in death by his wife; four brothers, Joseph, Robert, Benjamin and James Schiele; four sisters, Mary Jones Lillian James, Benola Miles and Lucille Ellis.

He leaves to cherish his memory: one brother, Roosevelt Schiele and his wife, Alberta of Ferriday; one son, Jimmy Schiele and his wife, Nancy of Aiken, SC; one grandson, Michael Schiele and his wife, Donna of Indianpolis, IN; two grand-daughters, Cheryl Schiele of Charlotte, NC and Jessica Schiele-Hick and her husband, Nelson of Alexandria, VA; two great-grandsons, David and Daniel Schiele of Indianapolis, IN; a number of nieces and nephews including Eliza McKeel who provided tremendous family support over the years.

Also two god daughters, Justina G. Cook and Porshia Matthews and a host of other relatives and friends.