Black, Frances I.

Frances was born August 14, 1926 in Stamford, TX to the later Robert  and Ella Raines Inglish.  She passed away February 22, 2021, in Ridgeland, MS, at the age of 94, where she had resided for the last 10 years.  

A former longtime resident of Hammond, Frances loved Hammond and missed her Hammond friends which she held dear...

Willie "Bill" Moore III passed away on August 24,2020. He was preceded by his father Willie Moore Sr and his mother Ronella Skinner.  

His immediate family surviving him include his wife, Coni Moore, his son, Grey Moore, grandson Lane, his stepson, Joseph Spurlock, granddaughter Lelia  and his sister Sheila Campbell. Those who knew him called him Bill or Billy.  

He...

Joseph Ralf LeSaicherre was born in Ponchatoula on May 2, 1931 and passed away on March 18, 2020 at North Oaks Medical Center.  He was a lifelong parishioner of St. Joseph Catholic Church.

He is survived by his wife Eugenia “Sis" Hebert LeSaicherre, sister June Saint (Oscar) Neva LeSaichere, wife of deceased brother, Frank, brother in law, Jackie Robertson. Daughters,...

Betty Jane Anthony, 72 years old of Folsom, Louisiana, passed away on Saturday, December 8, 2018, at Belle Maison Nursing Home in Hammond. She was born on Saturday, August 10, 1946,  in Independence, Louisiana to John Elige and Estelle Bennett Granger.

Betty is survived by her sons, Roy Lynn Anthony and his wife Anita, Darren Kenneth Anthony and his wife Donna...

Barbara Jean Murphy, 55 years old of Hammond, Louisiana, passed away  Friday, November 24, 2017, at North Oaks Medical Center.

She was born on Saturday, May 19, 1962, in New Orleans, daughter of Catherine Bryant Murphy and the late Richard Larry Murphy.

Surviving are her sons, Richard Murphy, and Ryan Murphy; grandchildren, Shelby Elizabeth Morgan, Maddison Katherine Murphy, Gabriel Michael Murphy, mother,...

Laura Lei Lauck Bodin passed away on Thursday, August 3, 2017, at her residence in Hammond, LA, at the age of 64. She was born on Sunday, September 28, 1952 in New Orleans, Louisiana to the late Horace Eric Lauck and Elizabeth "Betsy" Odendahl Lauck.  

Laura Lei is survived by her husband, William Joseph "Bill" Bodin, Jr.; daughter, Danielle Elizabeth...

Dianne Drenee Belew (nee Bourgeois) passed at home on March 31, 2017 in Hammond, Louisiana at the age of 40.  Dianne is survived by her children, Austin, Madison, Kaitlyn, Ashton and Avery and her fiancee and soulmate, Robert T. “Tommy” Gibson Jr., and his children, Joshua, Rebekah, Matthew, Abigail and Michael.  Dianne is also survived by her father, Birlie Bourgeois Jr. and...

Elisabeth Giffen Fox, RN passed away Sunday, December 4, 2016 at her home in Hammond, LA.  Beth and her husband, Dr. Roger O. Fox of 43 years, lived in Gulfport, MS for 27 years and spent the last 12 years in Hammond, LA.  Beth was born in Clarksdale, MS on March 26, 1949, the daughter of William A. Giffen and...

Karen Kay Burnthorne Fayard, 55 years old of Ponchatoula, Louisiana, passed away Tuesday, August 23, 2016, at her home. She was born on August 26, 1960, in Amite, Louisiana.

Surviving are her sisters, Cathy Burnthorne Roberts (Edward) and Kelly Burnthorne Freeman (Jeff Hall); brother, Bert Burnthorne; ex-husband and best friend, Jackie "Beau" Armstrong; grandson, Patrick Todd Fayard; and numerous nieces and...

Edgar Dennis McGehee Jr., of Hammond, Louisiana, passed away at his residence on Wednesday, November 23, 2022, at the age of 88. He was born on Thursday, January 11, 1934, in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of the late Edgar D. and Huguette Fernandez McGehee.

Edgar was a US Navy Veteran of the Korean War and was also a retired law...