By Message Staff
COTTONPORT, La. (LBM) – Sandy McCain, warden at Raymond Laborde Correctional Center in Cottonport, died Monday, April 20, after a battle with the Coronavirus Disease 2019.
McCain, chairman of the deacons and a choir member with New Prospect Baptist Church in Dry Prong, first announced March 27 he had tested positive for COVID-19.
McCain’s wife, Diane, and sons, Justin and Jeremy, shared on the New Prospect Baptist Facebook page that while they were deeply grieved, they received comfort because his faith was placed in Jesus.
“Words cannot express the thankfulness we have for all your kind words and prayer during this difficult time. As we mourn with you, know that our grief is not without hope. Here are two passages of Scripture that will tell you where Sandy places his hope and where we would encourage you to place your hope even now:
‘But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14′
‘No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:37-39′”
“We love you all & please continue to pray for our family.”
Trey Lewis, pastor of New Prospect Baptist, said that McCain will be missed within and outside the church walls.
“Sandy was a large influence in the lives of our church family and those who worked with him in corrections,” Lewis told the Baptist Message. “He genuinely desired to show the love of Jesus through our compassion ministries with the annual Christmas store, and our G.R.O.W. outreach to the community. Sandy was a deacon who loved and supported his pastors over the years with a large heart to generously love people and to point them to the Lord Jesus Christ.”
