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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Henry Leo "Lee" Settoon, Jr
Dec 11, 2023
Henry Leo "Lee" Settoon Jr., of Ponchatoula, Louisiana, passed away at his residence on Monday, December 11, 2023, at the age of 77. He was born on Friday, February 8, 1946, in Hammond, Louisiana, the son of the late Henry Leo Settoon and the late Bertha LeBlanc Settoon.
Lee was a member of the Ponchatoula Volunteer Fire Department for 43...
Delores "Teta" Hebert Ragan
Dec 9, 2023
Delores "Teta" Hebert Ragan, of Ponchatoula, Louisiana, passed away at her residence on Saturday, December 9, 2023, at the age of 94. She was born on Thursday, November 21, 1929, in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, the daughter of the late Thomas H. and Aline Rottman Hebert.
Delores "Teta" is survived by her daughter, Jerri Cay Hevelone, daughter & son-in-law, Lou Ann and...
Frances H. Valenti
Dec 9, 2023
Frances Hebert Valenti passed away on Saturday, December 9, 2023, in Ponchatoula, Louisiana at the age of 87. Born on June 29, 1936, she was the beloved daughter of the late Charles Bentley Hebert, Sr. and the late Marjorie Eschenberg Hebert. She was a resident of Ponchatoula, Louisiana.
Frances is survived by her loving husband of 66 years, Peter Paul...
Lynette Templet Costanza
Dec 9, 2023
Lynette Costanza (nee Templet), 71, passed away peacefully on Saturday the 9th of December 2023. She was surrounded by the people that loved her. Lynette was born on the 11th of November 1952, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Lynette attended Redemptorist High School, and Louisiana State University. She is preceded in death by her loving parents Vernon and Sarah Templet.
Lynette...
John O. King
Dec 8, 2023
John O. King, loving husband, father, and grandfather passed away on December 8, 2023. He was born in New Edinburg, Arkansas on September 26, 1931, to Hilton and Cora Huddleston King.
After serving in the Army during the Korean War, John returned to his first job with an Arkansas Power & Light construction crew. Thanks to the GI Bill, he...