Leon Sorci, Sand Industry Pioneer, Dies Of Stroke At 88
Times Picayune 09-6-1996

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Leon P. Sorci, retired owner of Sorci Sand Co., died Wednesday of
complications from a stroke at his home. He was 88.

Mr. Sorci was born in New Orleans and lived in St. Bernard Parish for the past
20 years.

Mr. Sorci was a hauling contractor in New Orleans and surrounding parishes. He
revolutionized the sand industry by being the first to pump "sugar sand" - a
fine-grain sand on the river bottom - from the Mississippi River into batture
pits.

Survivors include his wife, Ethel Andrews Sorci; three daughters, Mary Gay
Sorci Thomas of Winston-Salem, N.C., Barbara Sorci Marshall and Elizabeth
Sorci Hunter; a sister, Antoinette Theresa Sorci; and five grandchildren.

A Mass will be said today at 1:30 p.m. at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home,
5100 Pontchartrain Blvd. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Burial will be in
Metairie Cemetery.