Obituaries from the Advocate 11/3/2002, 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: 11/3/2002 ANDREWS, LAURA BURNITT Laura Burnitt Andrews died at 7:10 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 31, 2002. She was born Sept. 29, 1910.Visitation in the Dunham Chapel of First Presbyterian Church, 701 North Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA 70802, from 1 p.m. Monday until memorial service at 3 p.m., conducted by the Rev. John Schmidt. Graveside service in City Cemetery, Calvert, at 5 p.m. Wednesday. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- BASS II, WILLIAM ALEXANDER William Alexander Bass II, 54, passed away Saturday, Oct. 26, 2002, at 10 a.m. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- BESHEARS, ROSA ANGRUM She died at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2002, at Baton Rouge General Medical Center-Mid City. She was a resident of Baton Rouge. Visiting at Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, 185 Eddie Robinson Sr. Drive, from 5 p.m. Monday until religious service at 8 p.m., conducted by the Rev. Charles T. Smith. Dismissal at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. Interment in Gilbert Memorial Park. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- BRATSCHI, JOSEPHINE MCGEHEE A resident of Baton Rouge she died Saturday, Nov. 2, 2002, in Baton Rouge. She was 80. Visiting at Rabenhorst Funeral Home , 825 Government St., from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday. Visiting at Brown Funeral Home, Gloster, Miss., from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday. Graveside service at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Roseland Cemetery, Gloster. Survived by her husband, John W. Bratschi --------------------------------------------------------------------------- GAUTREAUX, ELMA She died at 10:15 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 31, 2002, at Zachary Manor. She was 95 Visiting at Baker Funeral Home, 6401 Groom Road, Baker, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday and after 9 a.m. Monday. Religious service in the funeral home chapel at 11 a.m. Monday, conducted by the Rev. Dale Varnado. Graveside service in First Baptist Church Cemetery, Melville, at 2:30 p.m. Monday. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LANE, THEODORE MCKNILEY He died at 12:55 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, 2002, in Baton Rouge. He was 78 .Visiting at Ourso Funeral Home, Gonzales, from 6 p.m. Monday until religious service at 8 p.m. Graveside service in Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MORGAN, JR. BILLY RAY He passed away Friday, Nov. 1, 2002, at his home in Baton Rouge. He was 36. Visiting at Young's Funeral Home, Vidalia, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday. Visiting at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, Vidalia, from 10 a.m. until service at 11 a.m., conducted by the Rev. Paul Kunnumpuram. Burial in Greenlawn Cemetery in Natchez, Miss. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NICKLES, HELEN BERNICE CREECY She passed away Saturday, Nov. 2, 2002, at the age of 84 She was born on Dec. 10, 1917. A graveside memorial service will be held in Lone Tree Cemetery, Stuttgart, at 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, 2002, conducted by the Rev. Mickey Stringfield of Ruston. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- PARRISH, LORI BEGNAUD A resident of Baton Rouge, she died at 9:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 1, 2002, at Summit Hospital. She was 40. Visiting at Rabenhorst Funeral Home East, 11000 Florida Blvd., from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday. Visiting at St. Jean Vianney Catholic Church from 11 a.m. until religious service at 1 p.m. Monday, conducted by the Rev. Alec Sheldon. Interment in St. George Cemetery. Survived by her husband, RonaldParrish --------------------------------------------------------------------------- PILLOT I, JAMES ARTHUR He died at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2002, at Baton Rouge General Medical Center. He was 55, a resident of Baton Rouge Visiting at Winnfield Funeral Home from noon to 4 p.m. Monday. Religious service at Community Bible Baptist Church at 11 a.m. Tuesday, conducted by the Rev. Lee T. Wesley. Interment in Port Hudson National Cemetery. Survived by his wife, Joan D. Pillo. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- RUIZ, MATT J. He died Saturday morning, Nov. 2, 2002. He was 51. Arrangements are pending at Niland's Funeral Service Inc., New Roads. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SALEME, ANGELO J. He died Friday, Nov. 1, 2002, at his residence in Baton Rouge. He was 95 Visiting at Rabenhorst Funeral Home East, 11000 Florida Blvd., from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday, with recitation of the rosary at 7 p.m. Visiting at the funeral home from 8 a.m. to 10:50 a.m. Monday . Mass of Christian Burial at St. Louis King of France Catholic Church at 11 a.m. Monday, celebrated by the Rev. Maynard Hurst. Entombment in Greenoaks Memorial Park Mausoleum. Survived by his wife, Vivian Donovan Saleme. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOTILE, CHARLES JOSEPH Died Saturday, Nov. 2, 2002, in Donaldsonville. Arrangements are pending at Ourso Funeral Home, Donaldsonville. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SULLINS, LUCILLE WALKER She passed away Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2002, in Austin, Texas. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2002, at University United Methodist Church, Wesley Foundation Chapel, in Baton Rouge. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- WAGGENSPACK, LINDEN GASPARD He died Friday, Nov. 1, 2002, at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Baton Rouge. He was 77. Visiting at Welsh Funeral Home, Gonzales, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday, with recitation of the rosary at 7 p.m. Visiting at the funeral home from 9 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Monday. Religious service at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Prairieville, at 11 a.m. Monday, conducted by the Rev. Martin Hernandez. Interment in Greenoaks Memorial Park. Survived by his wife, Marie Decareaux Waggenspack. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- WELLS, JR. HARDY O. He died Friday, Nov. 1, 2002, He was 77, born Oct. 21, 1925. A memorial service will be held at his residence, 2767 Bethel Road, near Liberty, at 11 a.m. Monday.