Deaths Elsewhere Hospital executive
LAKE CHARLES – Services were Saturday for hospital executive Dave Usher. He died May 15 at age 62.
He was senior vice president of business development at Lake Charles Memorial ...
Gerald Seely Gerald Robert Seely, 90, died May 14 at age 90.
He was a native and resident of New Orleans until Hurricane Katrina.
He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and owner of The Bakery eastery on F...
Deaths Elsewhere Pioneer plumber
BATON ROUGE – Services for Paul Hlllard, Sr., the first African American to be certified by the City of Baton Rouge and the State of Louisiana as a master plumber, will be Saturday....
Deaths Elsewhere Former Blue Cross president
BATON ROUGE – Services for former Blue Cross/Blue Shield president John “Jerry” Broadus will be Friday. He died May 14 at age 79.
He was Blue Cross president for six yea...
Deaths Elsewhere Silver Star holder, two-war vet
LAFAYETTE – Services for decorated Col. Ray Stroup, US Army retired, will be Friday. He died May 11 at age 96.
He was a veteran of World War II (European theater) an...
Corine Savoy Corine Savoy died on Saturday May 11, 2013 at the age of 84.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday May 18, 2013 at 11 AM at St. Matilda Catholic Church in Eunice. Father Darren Eldri...
Lula Truitt Lula Truitt died on Sunday May 12, 2013 at the age of 70.
Lula is survived by one sister, Angela May of Eunice.
She was preceded in death by her parents, John and Virgie Williams Truitt.
A Memor...
Deaths Elsewhere Retired judge
BATON ROUGE – Services for retired Judge Daniel LeBlanc will be Wednesday. He died May 12 .
He was a decorated veteran of the Korean War and a former FBI special agent. He was a forme...
Harry Leger EUNICE~ Harry Lee Leger died on Sunday, May 12, 2013 at Acadian Medical Center. He was 81.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be Celebrated at 2:00 pm on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at St. Thomas More Catho...
Deaths Elsewhere Golden Gloves champ, football coach
JACKSON – Services for former national Golden Gloves boxing champion and coach Anthony Acosta, Jr. are Monday. He died May 8 at age 85.
He won the boxing title a...
Herbert Fontenot Herbert Fontenot died on Sunday May 5, 2013 at the age of 75.
A Mass of Christian Burial was held on Tuesday May 7, 2013 at 1 PM at St. Thomas More Catholic Church. Father Cedric Sonnier will offi...
Deaths Elsewhere Civil rights leader, city councilman
OPELOUSAS – Services for former city councilman and civil rights leader Louis Butler, Sr. will be Saturday. He died May 5 at age 99.
He was the city’s first Afr...