Obituary of Ricky Lee Fatheree, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana


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From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal;
Wednesday, October 14, 1998


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Ricky Lee Fatheree

Ricky Lee Fatheree, 43, of Holum, died last Friday, October 9, 1998, while on
the job near Tullos.

He worked in the oilfield industry for 26 years and was working as a roughneck
at the time of his death. During his time in the oilfield he was employed for
Harter Oil Company for 12 years.

While on the job last Friday, Fatheree fell and LaSalle Parish Sheriff
deputies and medical emergency personnel were summoned to the scene. He died
before he could be moved and LaSalle Parish Coroner Dr. I. C. Turnley, Jr.,
was called to the scene.

Dr. Turnley ordered an autopsy to determine the cause of death and Fatheree's
body was sent to Bossier City.

Fatheree, son of Jessie "Pete" and Lucille Dampier Fatheree, was born
September 23, 1955 in Monroe.

Services will be held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, October 14, from the chapel of
Riser Funeral Home in Olla with the Revs. Bobby Cruse and Mike Russell
officiating.

Interment will follow in the Little Star Cemetery at Holum under direction of
Riser Funeral Home of Olla.

Survivors include his wife, Faye Sikes Fatheree of Holum; one step-son,
benjamin Lowell Randall of Olla; one daughter, Rikki Leann Fatheree of Holum;
his mother, Lucille Dampier Fatheree of Jena; one brother, Billy Wayne
Fatheree of Olla; four sisters, Carol Thompson of Monroe, Eva Horn of Atlanta,
Ga., Alice MaeShelton of Granbury, Tx. And Joe Ann Lewis of Monroe.

Pallbearers will be Carl Wayne Barker, Shannon Fatheree, Kenneth Fatheree,
Chief Warren Jackson, Mickey Caraway and Bingo Boyette.