CHEANEY, Deborah Marie Stearns (Age 46) of Moss Bluff, LA died peacefully surrounded by her loving family and friends at 7 p.m. Wednesday, November 29, 2006 in her residence. Mrs. Cheaney was born at Whiteman Air Force Base in Knob Noster, MO. and was a 1978 graduate of Medical Lake High School. She was the first Dance Drill Team Capt. and won second place for her school with her team in a 1977 State competition. She graduated from M'Lady School of Beauty and worked as a cosmetologist for her mother at Sharies Ph D in Medical Lake, WA. She continued in this profession after moving to Moss Bluff in 1988. She received an honorary degree from Sowela Technical Institute in computer programming. Mrs. Cheaney lived in Moss Bluff for the past 18 years. She worked for the Calcasieu Parish School Board as a computer programmer for 10 years. Mrs. Cheaney was a member of Gloria Dey Lutheran Church in Spokane, WA., later transferring to St. Johns Lutheran Church in Medical Lake, WA. She was a current member of Moss Bluff Bible Church. She loved neighborhood birthday nights and playing Po-ke-no with the neighbors. She is survived by her loving husband of 28 years, Randall Cheaney; two sons, Matthew and Christopher Cheaney, both of Moss Bluff; one brother Bradley Stearns of Tyndall AFB in Panama City, FLA; four sisters, Pattie, Jackee and Jamee Stearns all of Medical Lake, WA and Terrie McWhorter of Layton, UT; her parents Sharalyn and Ralph Stearns of Medical Lake, WA and her grandmother, Vivian Dean of Medical Lake, WA. Her funeral was held on Wednesday, December 6th at the Johnson Funeral Home in Lake Charles, LA. Burial was held in Highland Memory Gardens in Lake Charles. The Rev. Ed Rose, officiated both. Words of comfort to the family may be expressed at www.johnsonfuneralhome.net Dec 31, 2006 Spokesman-Review