Patsy Jean Coggins

Aug 23, 2024

Patsy Jean Coggins, of Aransas Pass, Texas, passed away on Friday, August 23, 2024, at the age of 80. She was born on Sunday, July 30, 1944, in Waco, Texas to the late Peggy McNutt.

Patsy is survived by her children, Darrel Coggins, Lucy Johnson, and Alma Jean Chandler; grandchildren, Kyle Coggins, Collin Coggins, John Johnson, Corey Tabor, Jacob Johnson, Roe...

Deanna Mae Kerek Kennedy

Aug 20, 2024

Deanna Mae Kerek Kennedy entered eternal rest on Tuesday, August 20, 2024, in Hammond, Louisiana, at the age of 83. She was born on Monday, September 2, 1940 to the late Bea Hebert Kerek and the late Paul Kerek. She was a resident of Springfield, Mandeville, and Folsom, Louisiana. Born in Albany, Deanna attended Albany High School before continuing her...

Allie Roberts Dragg

Aug 19, 2024

Allie Roberts Dragg was born in Springfield, LA, May 11, 1926, to the late Samuel Allen Roberts and Cyrena May Wells Roberts. She passed away at her residence in Ponchatoula, August 19, 2024. She was the last founding member of Bedico Baptist Church and a retired from the cafeteria at Champ Cooper School. Allie is survived by her daughters, Sandra...

Robert "Bob" Travis Pistorius

Aug 19, 2024

Robert "Bob" Travis Pistorius passed away on Monday, August 19, 2024, in Hammond, Louisiana, at the age of 60. He was born on Thursday, September 12, 1963 in Hammond, Indiana to Margaret Nichols Pistorius and the late Gerald O. Pistorius. He was a resident of Hammond, Louisiana.

Robert is survived by his wife of 38 years, Beckie Pistorius; mother, Margaret Nichols...

William "Bronco" H.J. Hagen

Aug 18, 2024

William "Bronco" H.J. Hagen passed away on Sunday, August 18, 2024, in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, at the age of 74. He was born on Thursday, June 1, 1950 in Hoboken, New Jersey to the late Ethel Bankston Hagen and the late Herman Hagen. He was a resident of Ponchatoula, Louisiana.

William loved traveling and working. He worked for Acadian Hardwood & Cypress...

Gwendolyn Marie Hoover

Aug 18, 2024

Gwendolyn Marie Hoover, age 67, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, August 18, 2024, doing what she loved, with the one she loved, Stephen Jenkins. She was born on Saturday, February 16, 1957, in Port Sulphur, Louisiana to the late Lawrence and Joyce Penn Hoover. She was a resident of Ponchatoula, Louisiana. She was known to be a very talented person...

Sue Katheryn Smith

Aug 17, 2024

Sue Katheryn Smith of Hammond, LA, passed away on August 17, 2024, at the age of 80. Born in San Antonio, TX, on February 29, 1944, she grew up in Hammond, graduating from Southeastern Lab High School. As a young girl, she lived in Germany with her family as her father served in the Army during the rebuilding of the...

Jennifer Jo Bush

Aug 16, 2024

Jennifer Jo Bush passed away on Friday, August 16, 2024, in Hammond, Louisiana, at the age of 62. She was born on Sunday, June 24, 1962, in Hammond, Louisiana to the late Betty and Leonard Bush, Sr. She was a resident of Ponchatoula, Louisiana. Jennifer loved her son and granddaughters more than anything, and enjoyed cooking gumbo and doing crafts...

Mona Rae Booth

Aug 16, 2024

Mona Rae "Monie-rae"  Booth was born in Alexandria, LA, January 5, 1954, to the late Lawrence Allen Bennett and Iris Dean White Bennett. She passed away in Thibodaux, LA, August 16, 2024. She was a longtime nurse in the Hammond area with over 35 years of service and leaves behind a large work family and many loved ones in the...

Marlena Isabel Castillo Doherty

Aug 15, 2024

Marlena Isabel Castillo Doherty, of Ponchatoula, Louisiana, was called home to our Lord on Thursday, August 15, 2024, at the age of 71, surrounded by family. She was born on Tuesday, August 4, 1953, in Belize City, Belize to the late Epifanio Castillo and Ena Arguelles Castillo.

Marlena grew up in Belize, moving to New Orleans in 1972, and living there...