Deaths Elsewhere Attorney, lobbyist
BATON ROUGE – Services for long-time attorney Herschel Adcock, Sr. will be Tuesday. He died Jan. 18 at age 75.
Working with the Louisiana State Law Institute, he authored the Lou...
Deaths Elsewhere Superdome commissioner
CHESTNUT – Services for Texaco distributor, timberman and former Superdome Commission member Roland Dobson will be Saturday. He died Jan. 17 at age 82.
He was a board member ...
Deaths Elsewhere Former managing editor
BATON ROUGE – Services for journalist jack Lord will be Thursday. He died Jan. 11 at age 80.
He was a former managing editor of the State Times and had been a reporter there ...
Deaths Elsewhere Decorated vet, insurance exec
BATON ROUGE -- Services were Saturday for decorated veteran and businessman T.J. Lewis. He died at age 89.
He was a US Army veteran of the European Theater of World Wa...
Deaths Elsewhere Businessman, EWE's brother
BROUSSARD – Services will be Monday in Crowley for businessman and political operative Marion Edwards. He died Saturday at age 84.
He was a brother of former Gov. Edwin W...
Deaths Elsewhere Former ULL dean
LAFAYETTE – Services for former ULL dean of student life Mary Olive McPhaul are pending. She died Jan. 8.
Prior to joining UL Lafayette in 1957 as associate dean of women she taught...
Deaths Elsewhere Hospital COO
NEW ORLEANS – Services for nurse and former Earl K. Long Hospital COO Peggy Pippenger will be Wednesday. She died Jan. 5 in Sevierville, Tenn.
She was also former director of nurses at...
Deaths Elsewhere Long-time clerk of court
MARKSVILLE – Services are Monday for retired Clerk of Court Sammy Couvillon. He died Jan. 4 at age 70.
He retired after 33 years as Avoyelles Parish clerk of court.
Survivo...
Deaths Elsewhere Noted music educator
DENTON, Texas – Services for former music educator Dr. Louis Alton will be Saturday in Baton Rouge, La. She died Dec. 29 at age 97.
She was a music therapist for the Red Cross ...
Deaths Elsewhere Former principal of the year
BATON ROUGE – Services will be Saturday for former Magnet High principal Lois Sumrall. She died Jan. 1 at age 77.
She was an educator for almost 40 years and a former L...
Deaths Elsewhere Doctor, formerly oldest federal employee
SHREVEPORT – Services for former chief of staff at Physicians and Surgeons Hospital Dr. Joseph Shavin are pending. He died Dec. 30 at age 105.
He was the f...
Deaths Elsewhere Clothier, civic leader
LAFAYETTE – Services are Monday for clothing company owner and civic leader Harold Abdalla. He died Dec. 29 at age 70.
He worked in the family business of Abdalla’s and was f...
