Deaths Elsewhere Former Southern U. dean
BATON ROUGE – Services for former dean of the Southern University College of Arts and Humanities Huel Perkins are pending. He died April 15 at age 88.
He was dean of the uni...
Deaths Elsewhere Former state education official
PONCHATOULA _ Servives for former state assistant superintendent for Vocational Education William “Coach Bill” Johnson will be Thursday. He died April 14 at age 88.
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John Lynn Ponder Jr. A resident of Amite, John Lynn Ponder Jr. died at 9:25 a.m. on Monday, April 15, 2013 at Hood Memorial Hospital in Amite.
He was born October 22, 1963 in Baton Rouge and was 49 years of age.
He w...
Esther "Doodle" Pierce Badon Esther "Doodle" Pierce Badon, 83 years, was embraced by Jesus and taken to her heavenly home on Sunday, April 14, 2013 at 4:45 a.m. at The Carpenter House in Baton Rouge. She was a native of Spri...
Deaths Elsewhere Former LC professor, librarian
DEVILLE– Services for former Louisiana College professor and librarian Benton McGee were Saturday. He died April 6 at age 74.
After working at LC, he retired from Ce...
Michael L. Conerly A resident of Kentwood, Michael L. Conerly died at 4:31 a.m. on Friday, April 12, 2013 at Hood Memorial Hospital in Amite. He was born August 25, 1943 in Bogalusa and was 69 years of age. He was...
Joe Moore A resident of Roseland, Joe Moore died at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at his home surrounded by his family.
He was born June 16, 1950 in Amite and was 62 years of age. He was a retired She...
Deaths Elsewhere Printer, newspaper owner
BATON ROUGE – Services for commercial printer and newspaper owner James Land, III will be Friday. He died March 29 at age 90.
He founded the Weekly Leader, a newspaper for ...
Deaths Elsewhere Noted architect
BATON ROUGE – Services for noted architect William Brockaway will be Friday. He died April 8 at age 88.
He was a US Army veteran of World War II’s European theater and held the Bron...
Velma T. Davidson Velma T. Davidson died at 5:34 a.m. on Monday, April 8, 2013 at Christus St. Patrick Hospital in Lake Charles. She was born September 14, 1949 in Greensburg and was 63 years of age. She was a res...
Deaths Elsewhere Media pioneer
MONROE – Services for area radio-TV pioneer Freda Parker Griffith will be Thursday. She died April 4 at age 95.
She and Howard E. Griffith established KUZN-AM and KYEA-FM in West Monr...
Felicia A. Godwin A resident of Kentwood, Felicia A. Godwin died on Saturday, April 6, 2013 at University Hospital in New Orleans. She was born April 28, 1989 in Hammond and was 23 years of age. She is survived by...
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