We are sad to announce the passing of Miguel Joseph Barquero IV on Sunday March 12, 2023 in Tickfaw, LA. Born October 24, 1959 on N.O.L.A. to Miguel and Bertha Barquero.

Miguel is survived by: wife, Tracey Tenhauf; Former wife Lenore Scalfini; daughters: Sabrina and Tabatha; 7 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren; sisters: LaWanda, Rose, and Crystal; brothers: Alvin, David, John, and Robert;...

Walter "Winger" Debus Jr., passed peacefully in his Hammond home on Tuesday, March 7, 2023.  Born February 9, 1943, in South Bend, Indiana.

Walter was passionate about creating lasting memories with family and friends and living by his motto of "live life to the fullest".  He was an avid motorcyclist, and a member of the Southern Crossroads motorcycle group and...

Mar 2, 2023

After 90 years of a life filled with love, Joyce Audrey Hooper Merritt passed away on March 2, 2023, in Edmond, Oklahoma. Joyce was born in England on October 20, 1932, to Arthur and Ethel Hooper. She and her husband, Byron Merritt, who preceded her in death, resided in Loranger, Louisiana upon his military retirement.

Joyce was happiest with dirt...

Mary Janaan Hasson Warren passed away peacefully at home on February 19, 2023. Jan was born July 20, 1941, in Meridian, Mississippi.  She graduated from Meridian High School and Meridian Community College. She became a flight attendant for Delta Airlines upon graduation.  She married her high school sweetheart, Rufus L. Sonny Warren, III on March 15, 1963.  With great love...

Sylvia Sue Pierce Perilloux, a longtime resident of Hammond, Louisiana, and Natchez, Mississippi, passed away on Monday, January 30, 2023, at The Columns Community Care Center in Jonesville, Louisiana. Born on June 18, 1933, in McComb, Mississippi, she was the daughter of the late Clyde Leo Pierce and Ivel Golda Lewis Pierce.

Sue lived a full life, taking up...

Harrison "Buster" Holcomb III passed away on Tuesday, December 13, 2022, in Hammond, Louisiana, at the age of 70. He was born on Wednesday, February 6, 1952 in Tucson, Arizona to the late Eva Buzon and the late Salvatore Burgio. He was a resident of Hammond, Louisiana.

Harrison is survived by his spouse, Viki Holcomb, daughter & son-in-law, Brandon Davidson (William),...

Alfred  William Lawson Miller Sr., of Ponchatoula, Louisiana, passed away surrounded by his loving family on Sunday, August 14, 2022, at the age of 81. He was born on February 28, 1941, in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of the late William Miller and Alice Abreo Miller. Al was a body and fender man all his life. He owned an...

After a courageous and lengthy battle with cancer, Lionel Marty F. St. Martin, III, age 56, passed away peacefully at his home in Ponchatoula, on July 13, 2022. Marty was born on December 18, 1965, to his loving parents, Margie and Lionel St. Martin II. Marty was the husband of Kim St. Martin and loving father to their children, Josh,...

Thomas "Tommy" Bourgeois, Jr.

Tommy peacefully went to his heavenly home on Sunday, July 10th, 2022, surrounded by his loving family at the age of 45.  He was born on September 27, 1976 in Baton Rouge Louisiana. Â Most would say that he never met a stranger and would talk with anyone, anywhere, and liked to call himself a Big Ball...

In the wee hours of the morning on February 21, 2022 at the home of her daughter, Kay Short in Ponchatoula, LA Gwendolyn Vyrine Brown Cooper was escorted by God's angels to her eternal mansion. Beautiful, sweet, loving and above all a faithful servant of God describes this precious woman. She supported all her family, fraternal sisters and brothers and...