Longtime Hammond resident Marie Wiza Wilcox,age 99, died in Arden, NC on January 4, 2019. Born in Milwaukee, Marie was an accomplished musician, winning first in a Wisconsin state oboe competition when she was a teenager during the Great Depression. She was a member of the Milwaukee Young People's Orchestra, where she met her husband, James H. Wilcox.Following World War...

Ernest Dvorak, a resident of Holden, LA, passed away on June 03, 2019 at Post-Acute Medical Specialty Hospital of Hammond.  He was born May 20, 1945 in Petersburg, VA and was 74 years of age.  Ernest was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, where he was honorably discharged at the rank of sergeant.  He retired from Honeywell in Geismar,...

Stacey Lyn Fletcher Myers, of Ponchatoula, Louisiana, passed away on Saturday, June 1, 2019, at North Oaks Medical Center at the age of 46. She was born on October 23, 1972, in Hammond, Louisiana.

Stacey is survived by her loving husband of 14 years, Anthony "Tony" Myers; children, Autumn Olivia Myers, Alora Dannon Thompson, and Tab Osbourne "Ozzy" Thompson; mother, Cecilia...

Peter Luke  Bentivegna  Sr. passed away on Saturday, June 1, 2019, in Hammond, Louisiana, at the age of 90.  He was born on Tuesday, August 7, 1928 to the late Lena Rotolo and the late Luke Bentivegna.  He was a resident of Hammond, Louisiana.

Peter is survived by his wife, Marilyn  Edwards Domiano Bentivegna, daughters, Sandra Pierre, Carol Payne, Sherri Bentivegna,...

Verna May Gatlin passed away on Saturday, June 1, 2019, in Hammond, Louisiana, at the age of 73.  She was born on Sunday, March 24, 1946 in Hammond, Louisiana to the late Juanita Prevost and the late Vernon Hoover Sr.  She was a resident of Hammond, Louisiana.

Verna is survived by her husband, David Keith Gatlin; sons, Jamie and Joshua Gatlin;...

Huey Pierce Husser, 85, of Ponchatoula, recognized as one of Southeastern Louisiana University’s most acclaimed football players, passed away peacefully at the Richard Murphy Hospice House on May 28.

Husser, born Nov. 25, 1933, was an all-state end at Ponchatoula High School where he lettered in both football and basketball.  At Southeastern, he lettered in football for four years.  He was...

Ricky L. Crain, of Hammond, Louisiana, passed away suddenly in his home on Tuesday, May 28, 2019 at the age of 62. He was born on Thursday, June 14, 1956 in New Orleans, Louisiana to Dr. James Larry and Jean Etta Lott Crain. Ricky went to Southeastern Louisiana University where his father, Dr. J. Larry Crain, presented him with his...

Shirley Ann Needham Holmes, age 72,of Hammond, Louisiana, passed away on Sunday, May 26, 2019, at Heritage Manor Nursing Home in Hammond. Sadly, we had to say goodbye to a truly remarkable,strong beautiful angel on this earth who gained her Heavenly Angel Wings with her loving family by her side. She was born on Tuesday, September 3, 1946, in Hammond,...

Mary Ann Russell  passed away on Wednesday, May 29, 2019, at the age of 78. She was born on Wednesday, September 8, 1940 in Atmore, Alabama to the late Hazel McLean and Hughey Sanspree. She was a resident of Independence, Louisiana.

Mary is survived by her daughters, Ramona Ann Russell, Elizabeth Forrest and husband Brian, and Nancy Morris and husband Calvin;...

Shirley Ann Needham Holmes, age 72, of Hammond, Louisiana, passed away on Sunday, May 26, 2019, at Heritage Manor Nursing Home in Hammond. Sadly, we had to say goodbye to a truly remarkable, strong beautiful angel on this earth who gained her Heavenly Angel Wings with her loving family by her side. She was born on Tuesday, September 3, 1946,...