Obits Advocate 12/10/02, East Baton Rouge, LA submitted by Charlotte Sehon ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Obituaries in The Advocate on: 12/10/02 Baton Rouge Louisana BAKER, LUEVALLER A resident of Baton Rouge, she died Friday, Dec. 6, 2002, in Baton Rouge. She was 89 Visiting at Friendship Chapel Baptist Church, 2111 North St., from 5 p.m. until religious service at 7 p.m. Tuesday, conducted by the Rev. Louis Griffin. Dismissal at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday. Interment in Winnfield Memorial Park. ----------------------------------------------------------- DARSEY, MARION M. Born Jan. 12, 1908, she died Friday, Dec. 6, 2002, at her home in Baton Rouge. Visiting was at Greenoaks Funeral Home, 9595 Florida Blvd., from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday. Visiting in the funeral home chapel from 9 a.m. until religious service at 10 a.m. Tuesday, conducted by the Rev. Tommy French. Interment in Greenoaks Memorial Park. --------------------------------------------------------- FENN, EARL C. He passed away Monday, Dec. 9, 2002, at Baton Rouge General Medical Center-Bluebonnet. He was 90 and resident Baton Rouge. Visitation at Greenoaks Funeral Home, 9595 Florida Blvd., from 10 a.m. Wednesday until religious service at noon, conducted by the Rev. Jerry Martin. Interment in Greenoaks Memorial Park. -------------------------------------------------------- GAUTHIER, FOREST FERN Funeral service for Forest Fern Gauthier, 86, will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2002, in the Miguez Funeral Home Chapel, Jennings, conducted by the Rev. Tom Reighney. Burial will be in the Lakeview Cemetery in Lake Arthur. Visitation at the funeral home from 2:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday and after 8 a.m. Wednesday. She died at 4:40 a.m. Monday, Dec. 9, 2002, at Jennings American Legion Hospital. GUGLIELMO, LOUISE AIMÉE She died at 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, 2002, at Heritage House Nursing Home. She was 94, born Dec. 29, 1907, in Paulina. Visiting at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church from 1 p.m. Tuesday until religious service at 2 p.m., conducted by the Rev. Miles Walsh. Interment in Greenoaks Memorial Park. --------------------------------------------------------- HAMILTON, DAVID A. An attorney in private practice since 1975 and a resident of Baton Rouge, he died at 9:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 6, 2002, in Lake Arthur. He was 56 and a native of New Orleans. Visiting was at Rabenhorst Funeral Home, 825 Government St., from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday. Visiting at St. Aloysius Catholic Church, 2025 Stuart Ave., from 9 a.m. until Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. Tuesday, celebrated by the Rev. Gerald Burns. Burial in Roselawn Memorial Park. A beloved husband and father, he is survived by his wife, Gaye Fairfield Hamilton, Baton Rouge; mother, Elaine S. Hamilton, New Orleans; mother by natural birth, Marguerite Crane, California; two sons, Chase Cincinnatus Hamilton, Austin, Texas, and Casey Paul Hamilton, Baton Rouge; three sisters, Carol Meyer, Baton Rouge, and Terri Hamilton and Jan Hamilton, both of New Orleans; a brother, Daniel Hamilton, Chicago; and nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by his father, Gavin Millard Hamilton. David was an avid sportsman, active in Ducks Unlimited and served as chairman of the Sponsor Banquet. He was an active member of numerous community organizations and St. Aloysius Catholic Church. He gave generously of himself to family, friends, clients and his profession. He was an admired and respected member of the legal community who served in many positions within the state and local bar associations, including chairman of Access to Justice and president-elect of the Baton Rouge Bar Association. David was an astute historian, voracious reader, generous counselor at law for the people of Baton Rouge and proud recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award for Pro Bono Work. Memorial donations may be sent to Oxfam America, P.O. Box 1745, Boston, MA 02105. HERMAN, CHARLES JOE "MIT" A resident of Baton Rouge, he died Thursday, Dec. 5, 2002, at Earl K. Long Medical Center. He was 61. Visiting at Nazarene Baptist Church from 10 a.m. Wednesday until religious service at 11 a.m., conducted by the Rev. Dr. Albert Green. Interment in Hope Cemetery. Survived by his wife, Alma M. Herman. ----------------------------------------------------------- JACKSON, HOWARD He died Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2002, at his home. He was 81. Visiting at Richardson Funeral Home, Hammond, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday. Religious service at Hope in Salvation, Ponchatoula, at 11 a.m. Wednesday, conducted by Brother Russell Watkins. Interment in Holly Gardens, Hammond. Survived by his wife, Mary Green Jackson. ---------------------------------------------------------- JEANSONNE JR., MICHAEL BENNETT He died at 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, 2002. He was 15. Visiting is at St. Mary's Basilica, 107 South Union St., Natchez, from 11 a.m. Tuesday until the service at 1 p.m. Burial in Natchez City Cemetery under the direction of Laird Funeral Home. ------------------------------------------------------------ LENKO JR., TERRY M. He died Sunday, Dec. 8, 2002, at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Gonzales. He was 30, a resident of St. Amant . Visiting at Ourso Funeral Home, Gonzales, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday. Visiting at Holy Rosary Catholic Church, St. Amant, from 8:30 a.m. until religious service at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, conducted by the Rev. Matt Dupre. Interment in church cemetery. ---------------------------------------------------------- RICHMOND, GILBERT Gilbert Richmond, 93 passed away Sunday, Dec. 8, 2002, at Wilkinson County Nursing Home in Mississippi. He was born in Louisiana. Visitation at Brown Funeral Home, Gloster, from 10 a.m. Thursday until funeral service at 2 p.m. Interment in Roseland Cemetery, Gloster. ------------------------------------------------------- SCOTT SR., ALFRED "DANNY" He died Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2002, at Baton Rouge General Medical Center. He was 49 and a native and resident of Baton Rouge. Visiting at Capital Funeral Home from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday. Religious service at Greater Arlington Baptist Church at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, conducted by the Rev. Dr. Henry Lamb. Interment in Stockade Cemetery. ------------------------------------------------------- SMITH, DWIGHT E. Dwight E. Smith died at 1:10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 6, 2002, at age 82.He was a resident of New Orleans. Memorial service at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Leitz-Eagan Funeral Home, 4747 Veterans Blvd., near Clearview Parkway, Metairie. Interment will be private. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday. ----------------------------------------------------- SPEARS, RALPH DAVID He died at 1:24 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8, 2002, at Baton Rouge General Medical Center-Mid City. He was 60. Visiting at Wilbert Funeral Home, Port Allen, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday and 8 a.m. to 9:40 a.m. Wednesday. Religious service at Addis Baptist Church, La. 1 South, Addis, at 10 a.m. Wednesday, conducted by the Rev. Frank Stagg and the Rev. Steve Masters Graveside service in Bisteneau Cemetery, Heflin, at 4 p.m. Wednesday. ------------------------------------------------------ TAYLOR SR., LAWRENCE ROBERT A native of Hammond, he died Sunday, Dec. 8, 2002 at Medical Center of New Orleans. He was 66 Visitation was at Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home, Hammond, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday. Visitation at the funeral home from 8 a.m. until religious service at 2 p.m. Tuesday, conducted by the Rev. Melvin Rushing. Interment in Averett Cemetery, Loranger. ------------------------------------------------------- VARIANI, JOSIE MARIE A resident and native of Donaldsonville, she died at 3 a.m. Monday, Dec. 9, 2002, in Donaldsonville. She was 87. Visiting at Ourso Funeral Home, Donaldsonville, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday and 8 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. Wednesday. Religious service at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Donaldsonville, at 10 a.m. Wednesday, conducted by the Rev. Michael Galea. Entombment in St. Francis Mausoleum. ----------------------------------------------------- WEST SR., JOHN H. He died Saturday, Sept. 7, 2002, at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Gonzales. He was 78, a resident of Gonzales.Visitation at Hambrick's Family Mortuary, Gonzales, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday. Visiting at Mount Gillion Baptist Church, Prairieville, from 5 p.m. until religious service 8 p.m. Tuesday, conducted by the Rev. John Marcell. Interment in church cemetery. He is survived by his devoted wife, Victoria S. West ----------------------------------------------------- WHITAKER, MARY CAMPBELL She died at 10:21 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6, 2002, at Hudson Valley Hospital in West Chester, N.Y. She was 55. Visitation at Seale Funeral Home, Denham Springs, from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday. Visitation in the funeral home chapel from 10 a.m. Thursday until religious service at 3:30 p.m., conducted by the Rev. Terry Booth. Burial in Evergreen Memorial Park, Denham Springs. Survived by her husband, Charles Whitaker -------------------------------------------------- WILLIAMS, ALTON He died Saturday, Dec. 7, 2002, at Golden Age Nursing Home in Denham Springs. He was 77.Visiting at Greater St. Mark Baptist Church, 13590 Dunn St., Walker, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday. Religious service at the church at 11 a.m. Wednesday, conducted by the Rev. Alfred Hart.Interment in the church cemetery. Survived by his wife, Viola H. Williams. --------------------------------------------------- WINBUSH, CLARENCE FELTON A resident of Baton Rouge, he died at 7:45 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2002, at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center. He was 49. Visiting at Winnfield Funeral Home, 7221 Plank Road, from 8 a.m. Wednesday until religious service at 10 a.m., conducted by Elder Wilson West. Interment in Gilbert Memorial Park. Survived by his wife, Aretha G. Winbush.