Deaths Elsewhere Long-time ob-gyn
LAFAYETTE – Services for ob-gyn Dr. Wilfrid Dolan will be Wednesday. He died April 25.
He was a US Navy veteran of World War II and the Korean War. He was former department head o...
Deaths Elsewhere Retired pastor, city councilman
HORNBECK – Services for former City Council member and United Pentecostal preacher the Rev. Doyle Carpenter will be Wednesday. He died April 22 at age 84.
He pastore...
Deaths Elsewhere Long-time School Board member
LUTCHER – Services for former School Board president and businessman Riley Boudreaux were Saturday. He died April 17 at age 89.
He was a US Army veteran of World War I...
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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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...
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...
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...
Deaths Elsewhere Construction professorMONROE – Services for former UL-Monroe and Texas A&M construction professor George Hutchinson were Sunday. He died April 4 at age 81.
He was a US Air Force veteran on the Kore...
Deaths Elsewhere Sears store owner
MARKSVILLE – Services for businessman Ira Schneider will be Saturday. He died April 2 at age 79.
He was owner of the Sears Roebuck Catalog Store and on the boards of Cenla Bank an...
Deaths Elsewhere Architect, urban designer
LAKE CHARLES – Services for architect and noted urban designer Junius “Joe” Champeaux, II will be Wednesday. He died March 31 at age 74.
He was the first in-house planner...
