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Morning Sandy,
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ALACK, CHARLES ANTHONY A retired pharmacist and former manager of Brown's Th=
rift Town Pharmacy, he=20
died Thursday, July 25, 2002, at North Oaks Medical Center, Hammond. He was=20=
64 and a resident and native of=20
Hammond. Visitation at Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home, Hammond, from 9 a.=
m. to 9:45 a.m. Saturday.=20
Religious service at Holy Ghost Catholic Church, Hammond, at 10 a.m. Saturda=
y, conducted by a Dominican priest.=20
Entombment in Rose Memorial Mausoleum, Hammond. Survived by his sister, Sady=
e Alack Curet, Hammond; two=20
nephews, Mark and Keith Alack; and a niece, Donna Alack Moschitta. Preceded=20=
in death by his parents, Louis and=20
Sarah Tessitore Alack.=20
BABB, DOLORES JACOBSEN A resident of Hammond, she died Wednesday, July 24, 2=
002, at North Oaks=20
Medical Center, Hammond. She was 72 and a native of Tickfaw. Visiting at Har=
ry McKneely & Son Funeral Home,=20
Hammond, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and after 8 a.m. Saturday. Religious s=
ervice at the funeral home at 2 p.m.=20
Saturday, conducted by the Rev. Buddy Day. Interment in Old Zion Hill Cemete=
ry, Tickfaw. Survived by husband,=20
Charles L. Babb, Hammond; a daughter, Toni Babb Cotten, Tickfaw; a son, Char=
les M. Babb, Filmore, Utah; six=20
grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; a brother, Henry Jacobsen, Tickfaw;=
and two sisters, Annie Mae Klotzbach,=20
Tickfaw, and Sandra Day, Alexandria. Preceded in death by her parents, Henry=
and Hazel Warren Jacobsen.=20
BACON, MARY CHRISTINE Mary Christine "Miss Chris" Bacon, 70, and a resident=20=
of Hammond for 23 years,=20
died Monday, July 22, 2002. She was a native of Sykesville, Md., piano teach=
er for more than 45 years, volunteer at=20
North Oaks Medical Center and a deacon, choir member and chairman of the Con=
gregational Care Committee at=20
First Presbyterian Church, Hammond. She participated in numerous mission and=
outreach programs sponsored=20
through the church, including Habitat for Humanity, building a church in Mer=
ida, Mexico, and coordinating the tape=20
ministry for shut-ins. In the continued spirit of never ending service to al=
l, she became the first patient in the United=20
States to participate in new Phase 3 clinical research trial in hopes of fin=
ding a cure for pancreatic cancer. Her giving=20
spirit and steadfast faith serve as a beacon to all. Survivors include her t=
hree sons and daughters-in-law, Norman=20
Francis Bacon Jr. and Karen Uffman Bacon of Baton Rouge, Bruce Bennett Bacon=
Sr. and Cindy Cary Bacon of=20
Keller, Texas, and Todd Roberts Bacon and Angela Brown Bacon of Atlanta. She=
is also survived by her six=20
grandsons, Norman Francis Bacon III, Bruce Bennett Bacon Jr., Tyler Cary Bac=
on, Garrett Austin Bacon, Alexander=20
Jordan Bacon and Conner Matthew Bacon. Her surviving sisters and brothers ar=
e Evelyn Apichella, Phoenix, Md.,=20
Dorothy Mathieson, Rockville, Md., Marilyn Workman, Baltimore, Richard Benne=
tt, Westminster, Md., Tom=20
Bennett, Greensboro, N.C., and Harry Bennett, Winnfield, Md. Visitation will=
be held from 10 a.m. followed by a=20
memorial service at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, July 24, 2002, at First Presbyteri=
an Church, corner of West Charles and=20
North Spruce streets, Hammond. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made=
to First Presbyterian Church, P.O.=20
Box 726, Hammond, LA 70404 or Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center Foundation, 49=
50 Essen Lane, Baton Rouge,=20
LA 70809.=20
BURRELL, JOSIE RUFFINO A native of Amite, she died Saturday, July 20, 2002,=20=
at her residence near Amite.=20
She was 69. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 1 p.m. until re=
ligious service at 2 p.m. Monday,=20
conducted by the Rev. Sam Leto. Interment in Amite Cemetery, Amite. Survived=
by a daughter and son-in-law,=20
Sharon and Dr. James A. Culotta, Gulf Breeze, Fla.; two grandchildren, Kryst=
en Josephine Culotta and Chase James=20
Culotta; two sisters, Stella Terracina, Thibodaux, and Mary Checchin, McHenr=
y, Ill.; four brothers, Joe Ruffino and=20
Louis Ruffino, both of Baton Rouge, and Sam Ruffino and Nunzio Ruffino, both=
of Amite; and numerous nieces and=20
nephews. Preceded in death by her husband, Dorsey B. "George" Burrell; baby=20=
daughter, Deborah Jo Burrell;=20
parents, Louis Ruffino Sr. and Louise Inzinnia Ruffino; three sisters, Rose=20=
Ruffino, Pamela Alack and Lucy=20
Costanza; and two brothers, John Ruffino and Tony Ruffino. Pallbearers will=20=
be Matthew Feder, Sal Ruffino, Louis=20
Alack, Sammy DiVincenti Jr., Louis John Ruffino, Louis Ruffino, Louis Ruffin=
o III and Anthony Ruffino.=20
CARR, ROBERT M. "BOB" A retired Exxon Co. USA petroleum engineer with 30 yea=
rs of service, having=20
worked in Australia, West Africa and Malaysia, he died Friday, July 19, 2002=
, at his residence near Amite. He was=20
72 and a native of Pine Bluff, Ark. He was a U.S. Navy Seabees veteran of th=
e Korean War. Visitation at McKneely=20
Funeral Home, Amite, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday and after 8 a.m. Monday. R=
eligious service at the funeral home=20
at 10 a.m. Monday, conducted by Brother Eric Latham. Interment in Fendlason=20=
Cemetery, Folsom. Survived by his=20
wife, Faye Walker Carr, Amite; three daughters, Janis C. Riendeau, Atlantic=20=
Beach, Fla., Karen C. Holden,=20
Yellville, Ark., and Kimberlea Carr, San Jose, Calif.; a son, Patrick Dale "=
Pat" Carr, Tahoe City, Calif.; two sisters,=20
Francis Norbury, Jacksonville, Ill., and Jean Ferguson, Gulfport, Miss.; fiv=
e grandchildren, Mary, John and Chris=20
Riendeau, Chrissy Holden and Marcey Jennings; and a great-grandchild, Hunter=
Jennings. Preceded in death by his=20
parents, John and Doshia L. Carr. Pallbearers will be Charles Walker, John J=
oy, Herb Bell, Gary Walker, Robert=20
Jennings and Vincent Planetta. The family requests that no flowers be sent.=20=
Memorial donations may be made to=20
New Sharon Baptist Church Building Fund, 57370 La. 445, Husser, LA 70442 or=20=
the National Parkinson Foundation=20
Inc., Bob Hope Parkinson Research Center, 1501 N.W. Ninth Ave., Bob Hope Roa=
d, Miami, FL 33136.=20
CASTELLA, HAZEL HOLMES A resident of Kentwood, she died at 2:05 p.m. Sunday,=
July 21, 2002, at=20
Heritage Manor Nursing Home, Hammond. She was 76 and a native of New Orleans=
. Religious service at St.=20
Elizabeth Catholic Church, Kentwood, at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, conducted by the=
Rev. Jack Nutter. Interment in=20
Woodland Cemetery, Kentwood. Survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Robert=
and Ren=E9 Castello, Hammond; a=20
grandson, Brennan Castello, Hammond; and two stepsons, Nick Castello, Baton=20=
Rouge, and Willie Castello Jr.,=20
Amite. Preceded in death by her husband, Willie Castella. McKneely Funeral H=
ome, Kentwood, in charge of=20
arrangements.=20
CHAUVIN, ALDEN JOSEPH A retired laboratory supervisor with Shell Oil with 44=
years of service, he died=20
Friday, July 19, 2002, in Hammond. He was 90. He was a longtime member of Bo=
nne Carr=E9 Duck Club. Preceded in=20
death by his wife, Josephine Szubinski Chauvin; a brother, Donald Chauvin; a=
nd a sister, Cora C. Funel. Survived=20
by his daughter, Anyce Lambert, Hammond; a son, Alden J. Chauvin Jr., San Jo=
se, Calif.; two brothers, Garland and=20
Elliot Chauvin, both of Metairie; three sisters, Sister Angela Chauvin (Sist=
er of Charity), California, Reine C.=20
Gravois, Florida, and Heloise C. Robert, Baton Rouge; six grandchildren and=20=
two great-grandchildren. Visitation at=20
Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church, Norco, from 9 a.m. until funeral serv=
ice at 11 a.m. Monday. Interment in St.=20
Charles Borromeo Cemetery, Destrehan. Geisler Funeral Home, Hammond, in char=
ge of arrangements.=20
CRAYTON, CATHERINE CARROLL A resident and native of Tickfaw, she died Monday=
, July 22, 2002, at=20
North Oaks Medical Center, Hammond. She was 90. Visitation was at Harry McKn=
eely & Son Funeral Home,=20
Hammond, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday. Visitation in the funeral home chap=
el from 8 a.m. until religious service=20
at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, conducted by the Rev. Pat Sanders and the Rev. Noah=
Hano. Interment in New Haven=20
Baptist Church Cemetery. Survived by three daughters, Rena Dameron, Hammond,=
Ginger Crayton, Baton Rouge,=20
and Jane Crayton Ormond, Bailey, Colo.; three sons, Douglas Crayton, Crystal=
River, Fla., Jerry Crayton,=20
Woodhaven, and John Crayton, Natalbany; two sisters, Booties Rayborn, Woodha=
ven, and Christine Craig, Pumpkin=20
Center; seven grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by=
her husband, Earon A. Crayton; a son,=20
Earon A. "Pete" Crayton Jr.; a grandson, Ronnie Howell; and a brother, John=20=
William Carroll.=20
DAWSON, JOHNNIE MAE A resident of Baton Rouge, she died Monday, July 15, 200=
2, at her home. She was 66=20
and a native of Independence. Graveside service at Holly Gardens, Hammond, a=
t 10 a.m. Monday, conducted by the=20
Rev. Elton Strickland. Survived by her son, Rex Brumfield Jr.; a daughter-in=
-law, Yvonne Brumfield; a son-in-law,=20
Jimmy Jarvis; four sisters, Carlene Washington, Osyka, Miss., Bobby Smith, B=
aton Rouge, Lettie Ruth Henderson,=20
Pride, and Ida McGown, Hammond; three brothers, Edward Roberts, Baton Rouge,=
Willie Douglas, Detroit, and=20
Isiah Douglas, Hammond; nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Prec=
eded in death by her husband, Irving=20
Dawson; and a daughter, Donna Jarvis. Honorary pallbearers will be Rex Brumf=
ield, Adrian Clark Brumfield, Andre=20
Rachels and Clark Lennodd. Scott's Bluff Morticians in charge of arrangement=
s.=20
DICK, CONRAD M. "JACK" A native and resident of Kentwood, he died at 10:25 a=
.m. Saturday, July 20, 2002,=20
at North Oaks Medical Center, Hammond. He was 66. Visitation was at McKneely=
Funeral Home, Kentwood, from=20
6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday. Visitation at the funeral home from 8 a.m. until re=
ligious service at 2 p.m. Monday,=20
conducted by the Rev. Dennis Mitchell. Interment in Woodland Cemetery, Kentw=
ood. Survived by his wife, Shirley=20
Threeton Dick, Kentwood; a daughter, Sharon Ren=E9 Dick, Memphis, Tenn.; and=
a sister, Grace Dick Black, Osyka,=20
Miss. Preceded in death by his parents, Walter and Estelle Dick; and brother=
s, Pat Dick, Joe Dick, Walter Charles=20
Dick and John Dick. Pallbearers will be Quincey Chapman, Donald Downs, Ed Sm=
ith, David Smith, Frank Erwin=20
and David Alford.=20
GUITEAU, JR. CONWAY PAUL A resident of Hammond, he died Sunday morning, July=
21, 2002, at his home.=20
He was 55, a native of New Orleans and former resident of Amite. He was a lu=
mberman and businessman for more=20
than 30 years and was owner of Conway Guiteau Lumber Co., Amite, and Louisia=
na Forest Products, Hammond.=20
Visitation at Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home, Hammond, from 6 p.m. to 9 p=
.m. Tuesday and from 8 a.m. to=20
8:45 a.m. Wednesday. Religious service at Holy Ghost Catholic Church at 9 a.=
m. Wednesday, conducted by a=20
Dominican priest. Interment in Rose Memorial Park. Survived by his wife, Kar=
en Budden Guiteau, Hammond; and a=20
son, Conway Leif Guiteau, Hammond. Preceded in death by his parents, Conway=20=
P. Guiteau Sr. and Marjorie=20
Phillipps Guiteau. He loved hunting and fishing, was a National Skeet Shooti=
ng champion while in college and a=20
former world champion skeet shooter. He was a member of several hunting and=20=
wildlife conservation organizations,=20
including the Tansey Island and Natchez hunting clubs. He previously served=20=
as president of the Amite Chapter of=20
Ducks Unlimited and the Florida Parish Skeet and Gun Association. He was a m=
ember of the Hammond City Club,=20
Mississippi Lumbermen's Association and Southern Pine Inspection Bureau. He=20=
was a supporter and member of=20
several LSU organizations as well as various civic, social and political org=
anizations.=20
LEE, WILLIAM ELLIS A retired driver for Greyhound Bus Lines with 32 years of=
service, he died at 3:40 p.m.=20
Saturday, July 20, 2002, at his residence in LaPlace. He was 75 and a native=
of Independence. He was a Merchant=20
Marine veteran of World War II. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite,=20=
from 8 a.m. Tuesday until religious=20
service at 10 a.m. Interment in Loranger Cemetery, Loranger. Survived by his=
wife, Marie Bienvenu Lee, LaPlace; a=20
daughter, Sue Lee Erwin, Baton Rouge; three sons, Mike Lee, Ricky Lee and Ro=
dney Lee, all of Loranger; 10=20
grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by his parents,=
Colis and Verlie Bennett Lee; a son,=20
Danny Ray Lee; and a brother, Dave Lee. Pallbearers will be Mike Lee, Ricky=20=
Lee, Rodney Lee, Gary Lee, Mark=20
Lee and Colis Lee.=20
MCKINNEY, JAMES WOODROW "MACK" A resident of Kentwood, he died at 11 p.m. Su=
nday, July 21,=20
2002, at North Oaks Rehabilitation Center, Hammond. He was 88 and a native o=
f Chatawa, Miss. Visitation was at=20
McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday. Visitation a=
t the funeral home from 8 a.m.=20
until religious service at 10 a.m. Wednesday, conducted by the Rev. Dennis M=
itchell. Interment in Woodland=20
Cemetery, Kentwood. Survived by his wife, Nathalie Rhodus Dick McKinney, Ken=
twood; a daughter and son-in-
law, Sylvia Ann Sims and William Talmadge Sims, Hammond; two grandchildren,=20=
Debbie Berteau and James=20
Kevin Sims; three great-grandchildren, B.J. Berteau, Ashley Sims Bergeron an=
d Krissi Sims; a great-great-grandson,=20
Christopher Bergeron; and numerous nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by=20=
his parents, Samuel and Maggie=20
McKinney; first wife, Louise Cutrer McKinney; a sister and three brothers. H=
e was a member of First Baptist=20
Church, Kentwood, and City Hall Sunday School Class.=20
MCMANUS, ROBERT EARL A retired business manager for various pipeline compani=
es and a resident of Baton=20
Rouge, he died Saturday, July 20, 2002, at Flannery Oaks Nursing Home. He wa=
s 88 and a native of Amite.=20
Graveside service at Greenoaks Memorial Park at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, conduct=
ed by the Rev. Paul A. Toups.=20
Survived by his wife of 58 years, Joy Edwards McManus; a son, Michael McManu=
s of Huntsville, Texas, and his=20
wife, Dr. Pamela McManus; and a grandson, Sean McManus, Atlanta. Preceded in=
death by a son, Dr. Timothy A.=20
McManus; a brother, Claude W. McManus; a sister, Allison McManus; and parent=
s, Robert A. McManus and Ruth=20
Morgan McManus. Rabenhorst Funeral Home East in charge of arrangements.=20
SINGLETON, HENSON A resident and native of Roseland, he died at 9 a.m. Wedne=
sday, July 24, 2002, at Lallie=20
Kemp Regional Medical Center, Independence. He was 82. Visitation was at McK=
neely Funeral Home, Amite, from=20
6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday. Visitation at the funeral home from 8 a.m. until r=
eligious service at 10 a.m. Saturday,=20
conducted by the Rev. Bob Simpson and the Rev. Gary Wieborg. Interment in Ar=
cola-Roseland Cemetery, Arcola.=20
Survived by his wife, Elizabeth Singleton; six sons, Don, Ted, Jimmie Sr., C=
harlie, Ralph Sr. and Harvey Singleton;=20
four daughters, Bonnie Miller, Mary Lou Warren, Elizabeth Jones and Susie Ri=
ck; two sisters, Juanita Pritchett and=20
Almeta Miller; two brothers, Hayden and Dudley Singleton; 25 grandchildren,=20=
14 great-grandchildren, numerous=20
nieces and nephews, and his first wife, Myrtice Evans. Preceded in death by=20=
a premature infant, parents, Felix and=20
Alma Singleton; three sisters, Gusta, Susie and Clarese; four brothers, Samu=
al, Harvey, Son and William; and three=20
infant grandchildren. The family will gather at the Fellowship Hall of Arcol=
a Baptist Church following the burial.=20
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