HILLIARD SAUNDERS, JR. Obituary: Lafourche Parish, La.

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Source: Daily Comet, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, La.

8 Dec 2004


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December 07. 2004 3:23PM

Hilliard Saunders Jr.				[Photo]

Hilliard Saunders Jr., 64, a resident of New Orleans, died Dec. 5, 2004.

Visitation will be 2 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday and 7 to 9:30 a.m. Thursday at 
Ardoin's Funeral Home in Ville Platte. A Mass of Christian burial will be 
celebrated at 10 a.m. Thursday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Ville Platte.

He is survived by his wife, Myriam I. Saunders of New Orleans; brother, John D. 
Saunders of Ville Platte; sons, Dr. J. Jacques Saunders and Henri M. Saunders, 
both of Baton Rouge; daughter, Danielle Saunders Mixon of Baton Rouge; stepson, 
Julian Katz of New Orleans; and five grandchildren.

He was a graduate of Sacred Heart High School in Ville Platte. He served in 
Vietnam as a lieutenant in the U.S. Air force. He studied at Yale University, 
the University of Parish and earned a master's degree in French and a Ph.D. in 
romance languages from Louisiana State University. He was an author, fluent in 
four languages and a historian. He served as a professor at Millsaps College in 
Jackson, Miss. and Nicholls State University, where he taught French and 
Spanish. He was a member of the National Association of Scholars and the 
Louisiana Committee on the French Revolution.