Deaths Elsewhere Educator, School Board member
PORT BARRE – Services will be Wednesday for educator and long-time St. Landry School Board member Ronald Carriere. He died March 10 at age 80.
He was a teacher and pri...
Deaths Elsewhere Country music singer
SHREVEPORT – Services for country music singer Claude King will be Wednesday. He died March 7 at age 90.
He wrote and recorded a number of songs during his career, the most rec...
Deaths Elsewhere State Police information officer
NEW IBERIA – Services for former State Police information officer Edmund Comeaux, Jr. will be Saturday. He died at age 63.
He was a former Iberia Parish deputy sher...
Deaths Elsewhere Noted educator
BATON ROUGE – Services for education leader Janet Langlois will be Tuesday. She died March 1 at age 63.
She was a former classroom teacher and former president of the Louisiana Readi...
Deaths Elsewhere Syrup maker
ABBEVILLE – Services for syrup maker Albert C. Steen will be March 6. He died Feb. 27.
He was long-time president of Steen’s Syrup Mill.
Survivors include his wife Betty and five childr...
Deaths Elsewhere Long-time judge
MINDEN – Services for city, district and appeal court judge Cecil Lowe will be Thursday. He died Feb. 25 at age 89.
He was a US Navy veteran of World War II. He was a district judge...
Deaths Elsewhere Federal judge
BATON ROUGE – Services for U.S Dist. Judge Frank Polozola will be Wednesday. He died Feb. 24 at age 71.
He was chief judge of the Middle District of Louisiana from 1998 to 2005, takin...
Deaths Elsewhere Decorated aviator, test pilot
PORT SULPHUR – Services for retired aviator, test pilot and former parish commissioner Lr. Col. Edwin “Duffy” LaVigne will be Saturday. He died Feb. 13 at age 92.
He w...
Deaths Elsewhere Former state senator, registrar of voters
ALEXANDRIA – Services for former state senator, registrar of voters and minister the Rev. B.G. Dyess will be Wednesday. He died Feb. 18 at age 90.
He was a...
Deaths Elsewhere ULL gridder, civic leader
LAFAYETTE – Services for businessman and civic leader Camile “Quack” Quoyeser will be Thursday. He died Feb. 8 at age 69.
He played football and ran track at ULL and was a...
Deaths Elsewhere Girl Scouts executive
MONROE – Services for long-time Girl Scout official Nan Salisbury will be Feb. 23. She died Feb. 6 at age 88.
She was executive director for a number of years of the Silver Wa...
Deaths Elsewhere Hall of Fame football coach
FERRIDAY – Services for Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame member Coach Johnny “Red” Robertson will be Friday. He died Feb. 5 at age 88.
He was a US Navy veteran of World War...
