Obituary of Glenda Josephine Becton Freeland

Funeral services for Glenda Freeland are scheduled for 2 PM Thursday, April 23, 2026, in the chapel of Golden Funeral Home, with Bro. Tim Post and Bro. Rayburn McLarrin officiating. Interment will follow in Pine Grove South Cemetery. The family will receive friends Thursday, prior to the service, beginning at 12 noon. Glenda Josephine Becton Freeland, loving wife, mother, and Nana, passed away peacefully on April 20, 2026, in Alexandria, Louisiana, surrounded by her devoted husband and sons. She was 84 years old. Glenda was born on September 9, 1941, in Bryceland, Louisiana, to Andrew Drane and Addie Margaret Daniel Becton. She was raised with strong values of family, faith, and love. These qualities that would define her life and the way she cared for others. She was the heart of her family, known for her steady presence, warm smile, her deep love, and the way she made everyone feel at home. She loved life traveling the world, camping, shopping and was very sentimental. As a wife, she stood faithfully beside her husband, Jerry Freeland for 63 years. As a mother, she poured her life into her sons, Jerrell and Steve. But it was in her role as “Nana” that her joy truly overflowed. Her grandchildren and great-grandchildren were her pride and delight. She is survived by her loving husband, Jerry Freeland; her sons, Jerrell Freeland and his wife Beverly, and Steve Freeland and his wife Rebecca; her grandchildren, Nikki Reynolds and her husband Colby, Sara-Katherine Freeland, and Steven Alan Freeland, Jr.; her great-grandchildren, Alexa Kay Reynolds and Mark Aiden Reynolds; and her sister, Nancy Becton Benson, sisters-in-law, Sue Becton, Avanell Bennett, Becky Morrison and husband Wendell, and her sweet puppy “Chloe”. She was preceded in death by her parents, Andrew and Addie Becton; her brother, Charles Ray Becton; and her father- and mother-in-law, Earl and Mildred Freeland. Glenda’s life was a quiet but powerful testimony of love, devotion, and family. The legacy she leaves behind lives on in each life she touched, especially within the generations who will carry her love forward. She was a devoted and faithful member of Bethel Baptist Church and the Loyalty Sunday School class. Though she will be deeply missed, we rejoice in knowing she is now in the presence of her Savior, surrounded by her most beautiful home in heaven. Pallbearers will be Barry Becton, John Add Benson, Jim Bonner, Earl Freeland, Paul Eric Freeland and Steven A. Freeland, Jr. Honorary Pallbearers will be Charles Burns, Spencer “Knot” Herrington and Acie Orr. The family would like to extend a heartfelt thank you for the compassion care shown to Glenda by the staff of Rapides General Hospital and Dr. Nicholas Harris and Dr. Harry Hawthorne.