Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....ALTICK, JAMES ARTHUR July 27, 2012
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News Star World - July 29, 2012
JAMES ARTHUR ALTICK


Funeral services for James Arthur Altick (Jim) will be at 10:30 AM Monday, 
July 30, 2012, at Grace Episcopal Church with The Very Rev'd T. Whitfield 
Stodghill, III, Rector, The Rev'd William R. Bryant, and The Rev'd Dr. Bette 
Jo Kaufman, Deacon, officiating. Interment will follow at Mulhearn Memorial 
Park under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home of Monroe.

James Arthur Altick (Jim), age 72, passed away at home in Monroe on July 27, 
2012, after a lengthy battle with Parkinson's Disease. He was born in Dallas, 
Texas, in September, 1939. He moved to Monroe as a child and attended Georgia 
Tucker Grammar School and Neville High School where he met Louise Gray with 
whom he spent the next 60 years. He attended Louisiana State University in 
Baton Rouge on a baseball pitching scholarship and was a member of DKE 
Fraternity. After graduating from LSU with a B.S. in Chemistry and a Masters 
of Business Administration, he moved back to Monroe and joined Central Bank in 
June of 1964. He retired as President and CEO of Central Bank in 1998 after 33 
years. He believed people were the most important component of the 
organization. He loved and appreciated each of his employees and knew their 
names and family member's names.

Mr. Altick was a positive role model for his family, his employees, and his 
community. He was very involved in his children's and grandchildren's 
interests and activities. He received the Monroe Chamber of Commerce David 
Silverstein Award in 1993, and an honorary doctorate degree from University of 
Louisiana Monroe (ULM) in 2000. He served on numerous community boards over 
the years. He served as an advisory board member to the Federal Reserve Bank 
in Dallas. He was a member of the Rotary Club of Monroe having served on the 
Board of Directors and was a Paul Harris Fellow. He also served on the Monroe 
Utilities Commission as Vice Chairman. He was a founding board member of the 
Foodbank of Northeast Louisiana and President of the Northeast Louisiana 
University Foundation.

Mr. Altick was very active in his support of the United Way of Northeast 
Louisiana having served as Campaign Chairman in 1993 and Chairman of the Board 
in 1997. He was responsible for establishing the Steamboat Club which 
recognizes substantial donors, and in 1999, he and his life long friend Hugh 
McDonald chaired the Capital Campaign for the purchase of the current United 
Way office building in Monroe.

He served as Vestry Member, Senior Warden and Chairman of the Building 
Committee while a member of Grace Episcopal Church. He was currently a member 
of St. Alban's Episcopal Church. Jim Altick loved his church, his family, his 
bank, and his community.

Mr. Altick was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease (PD) over thirteen years 
ago. He and his wife Louise were responsible for starting the Northeast 
Louisiana PD Support Group. This group meets monthly to help support those 
facing the challenges of living with Parkinson's Disease.

Mr. Altick was preceded in death by his father, Daniel Anthony Altick; mother, 
Irene Bernice Burton Altick; sister, Marianna Altick Pain; and grandson, James 
Arthur "Trey" Altick, III. 

He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Louise Gray Altick, brother, Daniel 
Anthony Altick, Jr. and his wife, Connie Sue Altick, of Monroe; daughter, 
Ormond Altick Guenard and her husband , Jay, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; son, 
James Arthur Altick, Jr. and his wife, Helena, of Monroe; daughter, Connie 
Altick Banovac and her husband, Filip, of Alexandria, Virginia: eight 
granddaughters, Courtney and Sarah Anne Guenard; Frances, Hannah and Abi 
Altick; Anna, Lauren and Lia Banovac; mother-in-law, Betty Ormond Gray of 
Monroe; brother-in-law, Courtland Prentice Gray, III and his wife, Pat, of 
Plano, Texas; brother-in-law, Woods Eastland Gray and his wife, Mary, of 
Fayetteville, North Carolina; and numerous nieces and nephews. 

Thanks to Dr. Richard Zweig of the LSU Medical Center staff, Dr. Don Hammett, 
Senior Care Services, and United Home Health and Premier Hospice for their 
untiring efforts in caring for Jim.

In lieu of flowers please consider a donation to:

St. Alban's Episcopal Church, 2816 Deborah Drive, Monroe, LA 71201

Parkinson's Research of Northwest LA, LSUHS Foundation Shreveport, 1501 Kings 
Hwy Shreveport, LA 71103 (Note: Parkinson's Resource)

United Way of Northeast LA , 1201 Hudson Lane, Monroe, LA 71201

Trey Altick Foundation, 2804 Kilpatrick Blvd., Monroe, LA 71201 or a charity 
of your choice.

Pallbearers will be Nelson Abell, Don Finley, Leonard Garlington, Carrick 
Inabnett, Lestar Martin, Hugh McDonald, Saul Mintz, James Moore, Tom 
Nicholson, Terry Reeves.

Honorary pallbearers will be former directors of Central Bank.

Visitation will be 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM Sunday, July 29, 2012 at Kilpatrick 
Funeral Home, 1200 Lamy Lane, Monroe, LA.


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