Dr. Jerry Lee Voorhees passed away on Monday, December 12, 2022 in his Hammond, LA home at the age of 83. He was born on July 8, 1939 to the late Frank “Bud” Holden Voorhees and the late Rachel Haig Voorhees in St. Louis, MO.

Jerry was Emeritus Professor of Music at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, specializing in the bassoon....

Frances Inez Strickland died at 10:45 AM on Wednesday, July27, 2022, at Landmark Nursing Home in Hammond. She was born August 1,1937 in Kentwood and was 84 years of age. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Kentwood and a former member at Spring Creek Baptist Church. She was a loving sister, aunt, and friend. She loved her...

Ellery "E.J." Joseph Raiford  passed away on Sunday, February 6, 2022, in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, at the age of 78.  He was born on Thursday, July 8, 1943 to the late Frances Verneuil Raiford and the late Alonzo Raiford, Sr.  He was a resident of Ponchatoula, Louisiana.

E.J. is survived by his wife of 48 years, Carolyn "Sissy" Raiford; children, Darrell Raiford...

Jodi Lynn Gunter passed away on Friday, August 27, 2021 at 1:23 PM (Angel's numbers), in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at the age of 61.  She was born on Friday, January 27, 1961 in New Orleans, Louisiana to the late Jeanette Pearl Howze Sanchez and the late Van Joseph Sanchez.  She was a resident of Albany, Louisiana.

Jodi is survived by her...

James "Jim" Lamb entered into eternal rest on Sunday, March 14, 2021. He was a proud veteran of the U.S. Navy. Jim is survived by his loving wife of 36 years, Beverly G. Lamb; son, Jason Lamb (Alexis); step-daughter, Jessica Helm (Troy); grandchildren, Ashlyn (Scott), Austin (Meghan), and Caleb; and great-grandchildren, Brody and Drew. He is also survived by four...

Vonnie "Sis" Byers, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, passed away at her home on Tuesday, September 15, 2020, at the age of 88. She was born on March 24, 1932, in Bedico, Louisiana, the daughter of the late Lawrence S. Byers and Mary Jenkins Byers. Vonnie graduated from Ponchatoula High School and went on to Business College in Baton Rouge. She...

Max Whinrey Summers, Sr. passed away on Saturday, November 9, 2019, in Hammond, Louisiana, at the age of 86.  He was born in Halltown, Missouri on Route 66 on Saturday, July 29, 1933 to the late Loren E. and Mary L. Summers.  He was a resident of Hammond, Louisiana.

Max graduated from the University of Missouri with a degree in Agriculture....

Mercedes Lorraine Cambas Reilly Barbay was welcomed into the open arms of our merciful and loving Heavenly Father on Sunday, August 11, 2019 at the age of 98. Mercy was born in New Orleans on January 17, 1921, to the parents she lost as a child, the late Lydia and Charles Cambas. Her late Aunt Laura and Uncle Arthur Guillot...

Wilbert Pierre, 75 years old of Hammond, Louisiana, passed away Friday, December 14, 2018, at Heritage Health Care. He was born on Saturday, February 6, 1943, in Natalbany.

Surviving are his wife, Rebecca Pierre; daughters, Kathy Pierre and Melissa Mire; sons, Wilbert Pierre Jr. (Rendy) and Jerry Pierre; sister, Betty Mathews (Larry); brothers, Albert Pierre and Shelton Pierre (Betty), grandchildren, Heather,...