Sylvia Berseygay Kelley

Nov 17, 2024

Sylvia Berseygay Kelley, a life long resident of Ponchatoula, Louisiana, passed away on Sunday, November 17, 2024, at the age of 82. She was born on February 23, 1942, the daughter of the late Arthur Berseygay and Rita Ryan Berseygay.

Sylvia is survived by her sons, Jerry Kelley (Diane) and Steve Kelley (Sarah); grandchildren, Dustin (Blair), Joshua, Kenno (Becki), and Bridgette...

Frances Mount Knapps Mauro

Nov 16, 2024

Frances Mount (Knapps) Mauro, age 80, went to her eternal rest on November 16, 2024. She will be deeply missed by her family. 

She leaves behind her sons, Douglas Mauro (wife- Donna) and David Mauro (wife- Celeste). She leaves behind her sisters, Debbie (Mark), Ellzey Teresa (Archie), Cash, and brother, Michael (Susan) Knapps, as well as numerous nieces, nephews, great-nieces, and...

Angelina Marie Guzzardo

Nov 16, 2024

Angelina Marie Guzzardo passed away on Saturday, November 16, 2024, in Hammond, Louisiana, at the age of 91. She was born on Tuesday, May 2, 1933 in Independence, Louisiana to the late Mary Vittoria Garafola and the late Pete Garafola. She was a life long resident of Independence, Louisiana. On July 17, 1952, Angelina married Gus Guzzardo, Sr., and they...

Lloyd W. Kinchen

Nov 15, 2024

Lloyd W. Kinchen was born April 28, 1938, in Mobile, AL, to the late Vernon and Cora Davis Kinchen. He passed away November 15, 2024, in Hammond, LA at the age of 86. Lloyd was a long-time well-known restaurateur having owned and operated The Club, in Baton Rouge, LA, Boggie’s in Hammond, and The Caboose, with locations at various times...

Travis Rolling Amar

Nov 14, 2024

Travis Rolling Amar, of Tickfaw, Louisiana, passed away on Thursday, November 14, 2024, at the age of 58. He was born on Monday, April 18, 1966, in Hammond, Louisiana.

Travis received a Bachelor of General Studies from Louisiana State University (LSU) on May 18, 1990 and later went on to receive his Juris Doctor from Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical...

Janice Morgan

Nov 14, 2024

Janice M. Morgan passed away peacefully on Thursday, November 14, 2024, at North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond, Louisiana at the age of 79. She was born on January 31, 1945, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana to the late Wiley J. McAlister and Addie O. Sibley. She was a resident of Holden, Louisiana. 

Janice was a loving mother, an extraordinary grandmother, and...

Case Rich Ford

Nov 13, 2024

Case Rich Ford passed on from this life and into the arms of Jesus on Wednesday, November 13, 2024, in Hammond, Louisiana, after being born at 21 weeks. 

Case lived for a short while outside of the womb. Although his time on earth was brief, his family deeply loved him. 

He is survived by his mother, Nekeisha D. Tillis; father, Jordi R....

Ashton Kemp

Nov 13, 2024

Ashton Kemp, of Independence, passed away November 13, 2024, at the age of 15. He was born in Covington, LA, in 2008 to his dearly departed father Beren Varnado and mother Michelle Kemp. Ashton loved to hunt and spend time with his family and friends. He was deputized by the Game Wardens of Louisiana and Brookhaven Mississippi, Wildlife and Fisheries,...

Marcel D. "Bucky" Paul

Nov 12, 2024

Marcel D. “Bucky” Paul, a native of Alexandria, and longtime resident of Baton Rouge, passed away on November 12, 2024, at his home in Central, surrounded by his family. He was 90 years old.

 Marcel was born in 1934, grew up in Ponchatoula and graduated from Ponchatoula High School in 1952. He attended Mississippi State University on a baseball scholarship but...

Roland Herbert Bourgeois

Nov 10, 2024

Roland Herbert Bourgeois passed away Sunday, November 10, 2024, at his residence in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, surrounded by his loving family. He was born August 7, 1935, in Ponchatoula, to the late Herbert Eugene Bourgeois and Inez Morales Bourgeois. Roland was a charter member of Westside Baptist Church in Ponchatoula, a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean Conflict, and a retired...