From the Standard Democrat, Sikeston, MO
21 March 2003
  HICKMAN, Ky. - Hugh Leonard Lattus, 78, died 
March 20, 2003, at Parkway Regional Hospital 
in Fulton, following a lengthy illness.
 
  Born Nov. 16, 1924, in Fulton County, son of 
the late Jacob Andrew and Sarah Hogg Lattus, 
he was a farmer in Kentucky, Tennessee and 
Missouri and owned and operated Lattus and Son 
Farms. A community leader, he was former owner 
and operator of the Hickman Ferry for 30 years. 
Lattus was appointed to the Kentucky Agricultural 
Board under former Gov. Julian Carroll and served 
on the Hickman Riverport Authority Board. A member 
of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and 4th Degree 
Knight of Columbus, he served in the Merchant 
Marines during World War II. His wife, Doris Burcham 
Lattus. Other survivors include: one daughter and 
son-in-law, Barbara and Maurice Risner of Goshen; 
one son and daughter-in-law, Donald Hugh and Deborah 
Hutchins Lattus of Hickman; one sister, Margaret Sue 
Gibson of Paducah; and two grandchildren. 

  He was preceded in death by six brothers, Joseph 
Lattus, J.C. Lattus, John Jacob Lattus, Guy Lattus, 
Thomas Lattus and Charles Lattus; and one sister, 
Elizabeth Lattus Roof. 

  Visitation is from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. today at Sacred 
Heart Catholic Church and will continue from 9 a.m. 
Saturday until service time at 10:30 a.m. The Revs. 
Mike Williams, Joe Lattus and Frank Roof will officiate.
Burial will follow in the Hickman City Cemetery. 

  Hornbeak Funeral Home of Fulton is in charge of 
arrangements.

Contributed by Jackie Weigandt