Benjamin G. "Ben" Aucoin
Dec 18, 2023
Benjamin G. Aucoin ("Ben"), passed away on Monday, December 18, 2023, at the age of 35. A resident of New Orleans, he was born on September 25, 1988, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Matt and Shaan Aucoin. Ben lived life on his terms. He loved books, corny jokes, witty puns, quirky movies, and philosophizing about and debating the absurdities and...
Joseph S. Dorsa
Dec 18, 2023
Joseph S. Dorsa, a loving father and grandfather, of Flower Mound, Texas and former longtime resident of Arabi, Louisiana, passed away on Monday, December 18, 2023, at the age of 94. He was born on October 16, 1929, in Tickfaw, Louisiana, the son of the late Joseph Dorsa and Mary Gebbia Dorsa Macaluso.
Joe is survived by his son, Donald...
Clint Henry Penalber
Dec 17, 2023
“For as we share abundantly in Christ’s sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.” 2 Corinthians 1:5. Our beloved husband, father, brother, son, uncle and friend, Clint Henry Penalber, passed away peacefully on December 17, 2023. Clint was born on February 13, 1974, to Emanuel and Betty Penalber. His short 49 years on this earth impacted so...
Jeremy Paul St. Ann
Dec 16, 2023
Jeremy Paul St. Ann passed away on Saturday, December 16, 2023, in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, at the age of 46. He was born on Wednesday, February 9, 1977 in Port Sulphur, Louisiana to Frances Vullo St. Ann and the late Mack St. Ann, Jr. He was raised in Buras, LA, and a resident of Ponchatoula, LA.
Jeremy is survived by: His...
Ruth Nell Miller Kinnison
Dec 16, 2023
Ruth Nell Kinnison, 81, passed away on Saturday, December 16, 2023 at North Oaks Hospital in Hammond, Louisiana. She was born on January 27, 1942 in Mt. Hermon, Louisiana to David and Hester Wascom Miller. Ruth Nell graduated from Mt. Hermon High School as the Valedictorian of the Class of 1960. After high school, she attended college at Southeastern Louisiana...
Diane Fontenot Barnes
Dec 15, 2023
Diane Fontenot Barnes Diane F. Barnes, age 81, joined her husband in heaven on Friday, December 15th, 2023, at her Ponchatoula residence surrounded by her loving family. Originally from Maurepas, she grew up picking strawberries before school. She enjoyed playing basketball for Maurepas High. Diane was a woman who was strong in her Catholic faith, with a natural gift of...
Leonard Esmond Yokum Jr.
Dec 14, 2023
Leonard Esmond Yokum Jr. passed away on Thursday, December 14, 2023, in Hammond, Louisiana, at the age of 83. He was born on Tuesday, February 27, 1940, in Hammond, Louisiana to the late Leonard Sr. and Emilie Yokum. He was a resident of Hammond, Louisiana.
Leonard is survived by his children, Leonard "Len" Yokum, III, Shawn Garaudy (Cecil), and Robert...
Mary Elizabeth Mayfield McDonald
Dec 14, 2023
Mary Elizabeth Mayfield McDonald was born September 1, 1948, in Bogalusa to the late Horace and Marie Reddish Mayfield. She passed away December 14, 2023, at North Oaks Hospital in Hammond. Mary was a homemaker and a member of Woodhaven Baptist Church. She is survived by her children, David McDonald, Joel McDonald (Marisa), John McDonald, and Mark Fox; sister, Linda...
Hugh Edgar Bigner, Jr.
Dec 13, 2023
Hugh Edgar Bigner, Jr. passed away on December 13, 2023, in Hazlehurst, Mississippi at the age of 82. Born on October 13, 1941, in Pumpkin Center, Louisiana, he was the son of Hugh Edgar Bigner, Sr. & Della Hutchinson Starkey Bigner. He was a lifelong resident of Tickfaw, Louisiana until May 2022, when he moved to Crystal Springs, Mississippi to...
Geraldine Jacqueline Spradlin Wingo
Dec 13, 2023
Geraldine Jacqueline Spradlin Wingo, 93, known to friends as “Gerry,” of New Orleans, passed on Wednesday, December 13, at her residence in Chateau de Notre Dame.
Gerry was born May 17, 1930, in the rural community of Rocky Mount in Meriwether County, Georgia, the daughter of Beatrice “Berry” Spradlin. Growing up during the Great Depression was challenging for her family,...