Funeral services for Paul "Peanut" Cager, 57 of New Orleans, LA will be held Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at 11:00am from the Branch Bell Baptist Church in New Orleans. Visitation will be held from 10am to service time at the church. He will be interred next to his mother and brother on Saturday, January 27, 2017 at 11:00am at the Ferriday Cemetery in Ferriday, LA. Elder Kevin Williams will officiate.

Mr. Cager, son of Mitchell Cager, Sr. and Marion Prentiss Cager was born in New Orleans and died from injuries sustained from an auto/pedestrian accident in New Orleans. He was a graduate of George Washington Carver High School; studied mortuary science and culinary arts at Delgado Community College in New Orleans. He was a member of the Branch Bell Church where he sang in the church choir. After Hurricane Katrina, he and his family moved to Ferriday, LA where he worked part-time at Concordia Funeral Home. At present, he was employed at the Volunteers of America as a chef.

Mr. Cager is preceded in death by his parents and three brothers, Gary, Clifford and Dennis Cager; two sisters, Barbara Cager Forbs and Betty Jean Cager.

He is survived by his two children, Ciara Scott of Luling, LA and Paul Alton Lawrence Cager, Sr. of New Orleans; two brothers, Mitchell Cager, Jr. of Violet, LA and Darrell Cager, Sr.; two sisters, Carolyn C. Jones and Elouise C. Richardson all of New Orleans; four grandchildren, Jaylon Williams, Paul Alton Lawrence Cager, Jr., Peyton Laurence Cager and Landon Scott; one sister-in-law, Paulette Q. Cager.

Also a loving friend, Sharon Goodman of Ferriday; his lifetime friend, Elder Jerome Mondy of New Orleans; two god children, Torey Naquin and CaRhonda B. Adams and a host of nieces, nephews cousins and many other relatives and friends.