Juanita MacIver

It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Mrs. Juanita McCann MacIver, who was born on Monday, April 8, 1940, in Pineville, Louisiana. She passed away on Saturday, December 13, 2025, in Oakdale, Louisiana, while enjoying the bright sunny morning.

Juanita lived a life rooted in service, faith, and quiet dedication. She was a devoted homemaker and skilled seamstress, and later spent more than twenty years as a caregiver at Pinecrest State School, where she lovingly cared for those in need until her retirement. Juanita loved the Lord, enjoyed big band music, and found comfort in watching old spaghetti westerns.

Juanita was preceded in death by her mother, Althea Cupp McCann; her father, Theodore McCann; her husband, Clifton John MacIver; her infant son, Clifton A. MacIver; her daughter-in-law, Mary M. MacIver; and her granddaughter, Gabrielle Noel Destine MacIver Mire.

She is survived by her daughter, Tina Messer of Glenmora, Louisiana; her sons, Angus C. MacIver of Pueblo, Colorado, and Donald MacIver of Lynchburg, Virginia; along with five grandchildren and fifteen great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Angus MacIver, Alexander MacIver, Christian Messer, Xavier Pitre, Victoria Serna Luna, and Fernando Serna. Honorary pallbearers are Donald MacIver, Neal MacIver, Scott MacIver, and William Messer.

Burial will be held at Alexandria Memorial Gardens in Alexandria, Louisiana, on December 21, 2025 at 10:00AM. Services will be officiated by Bro. Joshua Tarpley, under the direction of Ardoin's Funeral Home of Ville Platte.

A private ceremony will be held for immediate family only.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in Juanita's memory to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or Smile Train.

Psalm 92:1 (KJV)

"It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:"