Deaths Elsewhere Long-time history professor
MONROE – Arrangements are pending for long-time UL-Monroe history professor H. Perry Jones. He died March 19 at age 83.
Jones was on the ULM faculty for almost 50 years....
Deaths Elsewhere Evangel founder
SHREVEPORT – Services will be Tuesday for Assembly of God pastor and founder of Evangel Christian Academy Rodney Duron. He died March 16 at age 88.
He was long-time senior pastor at...
Deaths Elsewhere Former ULL Alumni secretary
LAFAYETTE – Services for longtime ULL Alumni Affairs secretary Ada Trenchard will be Saturday. She died March 11 at age 94.
She was the first secretary of the office, ho...
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...
