Goodbye Louise...
"Thanks for the memories!"
Louise Mandrell moved to Sevier County to raise her daughter Nicole. Now, after eight years performing at the Louise Mandrell Theater in Pigeon Forge; after endless leadership and giving to the community, after years of memories, laugher and tears; after finding that Pigeon Forge truly feels like "HOME", Louise must bid Sevier County farewell.
She is returning to middle Tennessee to care for her husband, John, who suffers from the rare reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) disease. Mandrell prayed for a long time before deciding to leave; she did not want to leave an empty theater. God answered her prayers when Fee Headrick Entertainment asked general manager Sande Weiss if Mandrell would be interested in selling the theater. Fee Headrick agreed to employ as many current staff as possible, keep most of the existing contracts and allow Louise one final New Year's Eve performance. Louise remarked that she is "most proud of our theater's success over the past eight years."
Louise regrets that she "will miss so many things about this area. The people mostly, God's natural beauty, my friends and employees...".
Since her arrival in Sevier County, Louise has enriched the community with gracious charity. Some of her contributions include:
-Donating time and money to Sevier County High School
-Teaching Sunday School at First Baptist Sevierville and on occasion cooking dessert for everyone in the class
-Organizing the Boy Scout 5K Run fundraiser annually
-Raising funds for the local police to purchase a drug dog
-Volunteering with the Boys and Girls Club
-Raising funds for the Humane Society, Relay for Life, the American Red Cross, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, the American Diabetes Association, the American Cancer Society, Toys for Tots, the Smoky Mountain Children's Home, and United Way
She has given all this and more to the community in her 8 years at the theater. She will be dearly missed and forever remembered!
Comments
please accept my heartfelt condodiences for your family at this time in your life. you will never know how many people, souls, if you will, with your sincere,compassion.may our GOD be with you and your family at this time in your life. you have been a blessing from GOD to so many people that you will never know. thank you.
Posted by: d aldridge | December 20, 2005 11:41 PM
I just want to say that I really am going to miss the Louise Mandrell Show. We go to Pigeon Forge every year and that is on the top of our list of things to do. She is so talented. I love her.
Posted by: Vicky Carver | December 21, 2005 07:05 PM
Hi Louise, As you can see my middle name is Louise. I have seem your show 4 time. Once I was in the front row and you standing right in front of me. Love your show and will miss you. May God Bless you and yours. With love, Madonna.
Posted by: Madonna Louise Sturgill | April 19, 2006 03:25 PM