Military Obituaries: Various - Vietnam Source: Sabine Index, Many, Sabine Ph., La. Submitted by: Various ********************************************************** ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** ************************************************ ************************************************************ Alizzi Alfonso Guiseppe Brown Rev. Ralph Byrd Richard D. Edmunds Mr. Eugene M., Sr. Eldridge Charles D. Ezernack Mr. Julius Earl Hardcastle Jarvis Jones M.Sgt. John R. Lewis Rodney D. Taylor Mr. Edward Price Buster Thibodeaux G. C. Welch Mr. Willard Wesley Youngblood Cpl. David W. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Obituaries: Alfonso Guiseppe Alizzi, Sabine Parish A-420 Source: Sabine Index, Many, La., May 10, 2000 Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck carlrad@earthlink.net ********************************************************** ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** ************************************************ ************************************************************ Alfonso Guiseppe Alizzi Alfonso Guiseppe Alizzi, 79, died Wednesday, May 3 at Sabine Medical Center. He was born Sept. 21, 1920 in San Antonio, Texas. He was a veteran of WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. Services were held Friday, May 5 at 2 p.m., at Warren Meadows Funeral Home with interment at Oak Hill Cemetery. Bro. C.J. Walea and Father Juan Garcia officiated. Survivors include his widow, June Alizzi of Many; three sons, John Alizzi and wife, Camille of Many, Joseph Alizzi of Many, and Steven Alizzi wife, Jamie of Laurel, Miss; three daughters, Miretta Alizzi of San Bernadino, Ca., Colleen Groce and husband, Phillip of Houston, Texas, and Sheila Manasco, husband, Stanley of Many; two brothers, Louis Alizzi and Rudy Alizzi both of San Antonio, Texas; one sister, Alice Alvarez of San Antonio, Texas; and a host of great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Warren Meadows Funeral Home Many, La. ------------------------------------------------------- Obituaries: Rev. Ralph Brown, Sabine, Vernon Parish B-650 Source: Sabine Index, Many, La., Apr 1, 1998 Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck carlrad@earthlink.net ********************************************************** ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** ************************************************ ************************************************************ The Rev. Ralph Brown The Rev. Ralph Brown, 49, of Lake Charles died at 2:30 a.m. Saturday, March 28 at a Lake Charles hospital. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Monday, March at Trinity Baptist Church. The Rev. Steve James, pastor, officiated. Graveside services were held at 3 p.m. at Prewitt's Chapel Cemetery in Hornbeck. The Rev. Huey Haymond officiated. The Rev. Brown was a native of Hornbeck and had lived in Lake Charles for the past four years. He was a graduate of Hornbeck High School and received his Bachelors Degree from Louisiana College and his masters degree from Southwest Theological Seminary in Ft. Worth, Texas. The Rev. Brown had served as Minister of Youth at Calvary Baptist Church in Alexandria and had served at First Baptist Church in Edmond, Okla., as well as Southside Baptist Church in Palestine, Texas. He had served as Minister of Education at Trinity Baptist Church since January of 1994. He also served in the U. S. Navy "Seabees" during the Vietnam Conflict. Survivors include his widow, Myra Lee Allen Brown of Lake Charles; one son, Keith Brown of Houston, Texas; one daughter, Karen Brown of Lake Charles; two sisters, Glenda McInnis and Sue Dowden, both of Hornbeck; and his mother, Lera M. Ellzey Brown of Hornbeck. Memorial donations may be made to the Trinity Baptist Church Building Fund or the American Cancer Society, Hope Lodge Cleveland, Ohio. Johnson Funeral Home Lake Charles, La. ------------------------------------------------------- Obituaries: Richard D. Byrd, Sabine Parish B-630 Source: Sabine Index, Many, La., Dec 16, 1971 Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck carlrad@earthlink.net ********************************************************** ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** ************************************************ ************************************************************ Richard D. Byrd Last rites for Richard D, Byrd, 24, of Many, were held Monday, at 10 a.m., in the First United Methodist Church. The Rev. John Koelemay, and the Rev. L. W. Taylor officiated. Burial was in Many Cemetery, under the direction of Warren Meadows Funeral Home. Mr. Byrd was killed near Florien at 1:10 a.m., Sunday, when the car he was driving missed a curve on Hwy. 171, and slammed into a tree. He had returned from military duty in Viet Nam only a month before the fatal wreck. Sgt. Joe Byles of the State Police, said the auto was apparently traveling at a high rate of speed when the accident occurred. Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Byrd Jr. of Many; four brothers, Dr. Charles Byrd of Miami, John, Francis, and Paul Byrd, all of Many; his paternal grandmother, Mrs. C. B. Byrd Sr. of Shreveport; and his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Abington of Many. Pallbearers were Stuart Bird, Cole Wagley, Louis Lowray, Bill Middleton, Norman Booker, Phillip Slay, Kim Smith, and Larry James. ------------------------------------------------------- Obituaries: Mr. Eugene M. Edmunds, Sr., Sabine, Vernon Parish E-355 Source: Sabine Index, Many, La., Oct 22, 1997 Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck carlrad@earthlink.net ********************************************************** ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** ************************************************ ************************************************************ Mr. Eugene M. Edmunds, Sr. Mr. Eugene M. Edmunds, Sr., 58, of Hornbeck died Wednesday, Oct. 15, at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital, after a sudden illness. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Zwolle. Interment will follow at St. Ann's Cemetery in Ebarb with Full Military Honors. Rosary and vigil were held at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21, at Les Fontaine Chapel. Mr. Edmunds was a retired Master Sergeant of the U. S. Army and a Vietnam veteran. Survivors include his widow, Mary E. Edmunds of Hornbeck; three sons, Eugene Miles Edmunds, Jr. of Fayetteville, N. C., Japeth Rivers Edmunds and Toby Rutter Edmunds both of Hornbeck; mother, Grace Marie Rutter of New Castle, Del.; three sisters, Norma Marie Unruh of Fayetteville, N. C., Barbara Starr Lenoir of Bushkill, Pa. and Cheryl Ann Stratton of New Castle, Del.; and two brothers, Norman "Butch" Rutter of Louisville, Ky. and Mack Edward Rutter of New Castle, Del. Pallbearers were Eugene Edmunds, Jr., Japeth Edmunds, Toby Edmunds, Norman Rutter, Timothy Rivers, Roger Rivers, Larry Rivers, Benny Rivers, Terry Rivers and Mike Unruh. Les Fontaine Many, La. ------------------------------------------------------- Obituaries: Charles D. Eldridge, Sabine Parish E-436 Source: Sabine Index, Many, La., Oct 24, 1974 Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck carlrad@earthlink.net ********************************************************** ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** ************************************************ ************************************************************ Charles D. Eldridge Charles D. Eldridge Jr., 21, of Bossier city, died Sunday, Oct. 20, following an accident involving two pickup trucks on U. S. Hwy. 80, about one fourth mile west of La. 164, in Bossier Parish. A native of Columbus, Ohio, Eldridge had lived in Bossier City for 19 years. He was an Air Force veteran of the Vietnam war. Funeral services are scheduled for 10 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 15, in Bossier City Chapel of Rose-Neath Funeral Home, with the Rev. Billy Pierce of Ford Park Baptist Church officiating. Burial followed in Little Flock Baptist Church Cemetery, near Many. Survivors include his parents, Charles D. Eldridge Sr. of Sigouney, Iowa, and Mrs. Doris Eldridge of Bossier City; one brother, Paul Eldridge of Bossier City; two sisters, Patricia Eldridge of Bossier City, and Mrs. Beverly Frazier of New Orleans; maternal grandfather, A. B. Jones of Many; paternal grandmother, Mrs. Viola Eldridge of Sigouney; and several nieces and nephews. ------------------------------------------------------- Obituaries: Mr. Julius Earl Ezernack, Sabine Parish E-265 Source: Sabine Index, Many, La., Dec 23, 1998 Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck carlrad@earthlink.net ********************************************************** ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** ************************************************ ************************************************************ Mr. Julius Earl Ezernack Mr. Julius Earl Ezernack, 85, died Tuesday, Dec. 15 in Arlington, Texas. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 18 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Zwolle with interment following at St. Joseph's Cemetery. Father Peters officiated. Mr. Ezernack served 29 years in the U. S. Air Force as a Sr. Master Sergeant and he was a Veteran of WWII, The Korean War, and Vietnam. Survivors include his widow, Frances Ezernack of Arlington, Texas; one son, David Ezernack of Arlington, Texas; three stepsons, Elton Haynes of Roanoke, Texas, Don Haynes of Arlington, Texas and James Haynes of Glen Rose, Texas; one step-daughter, Ellen Libhart of Arlington, Texas; five brothers, Nathan Ezernack of Natchitoches, Mark Ezernack of Zwolle, Thomas Ezernack of Shreveport, Marion Ezernack Of Lucedale, Miss. and John Ezernack of San Diego, Calif.; two grandchildren, Jason and Krystal Ezernack of Arlington, Texas; and numerous other family members and friends. Warren Meadows Many, La. ------------------------------------------------------- Obituaries: Jarvis Hardcastle, Sabine Parish H-632 Source: Sabine Index, Many, La., Aug 4, 1977 Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck carlrad@earthlink.net ********************************************************** ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** ************************************************ ************************************************************ Jarvis Hardcastle Jarvis Eugene Hardcastle, 49, of Bossier City, died early Saturday, July 30, at Barksdale Air Force Base, after a brief illness. He had been a resident of Bossier City for 10 years. Mr. Hardcastle was retired from the Air Force, and was a warehouse supervisor at Barksdale. He was a veteran of World War II, the Korean War, and the Viet Nam War, and was a native of Campti in Natchitoches Parish. He was a member of Broadmoor Masonic Lodge 432, F&AM, Scottish Rite, El Karubah Shrine, and was a 32nd-degree Mason. He also was a member of the Greeters Unit of the Shrine. Masonic graveside rites were held. Officiating in services was Chaplain Harold Elliott of Barksdale. Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Constance L. Hardcastle of Bossier City; five sisters, Mrs. Catherine Hodnett of Anacoco, Mrs. Mary Walker of Leesville, Mrs. Betty Prewitt of Hornbeck, Mrs. Jo Ella Burger of Navarre, Ohio, and Mrs. Pat Nolen of Leesville; and brother, James Hardcastle of Conroe, Tex. ------------------------------------------------------- Obituaries: M.Sgt. John R. Jones, Sabine, Natchitoches Parish J-520 Source: Sabine Index, Many, La., Nov 12, 1970 Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck carlrad@earthlink.net ********************************************************** ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** ************************************************ ************************************************************ M.Sgt. John R. Jones Air Force M.Sgt. and Mrs. John R. Jones of Atwater, Calif., both former longtime residents of this area were killed Friday afternoon in an automobile accident in Atwater. A son, Gerald, 18, of Atwater, was injured in the crash, and is in fair condition at Castle Air Force Base Hospital near Atwater. Mrs. Jones, 42, the former Ellen Carnline, was born and reared in Robeline. Sgt. Jones, 44, was born in Monroe, but had lived in Shreveport since the age of three months. He was a graduate of Byrd High School, and was a veteran of World War II. He had completed three tours of duty in Vietnam. Both were Baptist. Mrs. Jones is survived by her mother, Mrs. Tom Carnline of Robeline; and her grandmother, Mrs. Julie Smith of Robeline. ------------------------------------------------------- Obituaries: Rodney D. Lewis, Sabine, Natchitoches Parish, La. L-200 Source: Sabine Index, Many, La., Apr 15, 1971 Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck carlrad@earthlink.net ********************************************************** ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** ************************************************ ************************************************************ Rodney D. Lewis Rodey Dean Lewis, 23, of Marthaville, died Saturday night, Apr. 10, in an automobile accident near Clarence on Black Lake. Mr. Lewis was a veteran of the Vietnam War, and employed as a construction iron worker. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m., Monday, Apr. 12, in the Robeline United Pentecostal Church, with the Rev. O. E. Wyatt officiating. Burial was in the Shamrock Cemetery near Robeline, directed by Blanchard's Funeral Home. Survivors include his widow; a daughter, Lana Lee Lewis of Marthaville; four brothers, Mariet D. Lewis of Shreveport, Mickey Lewis, Rickey Lee Lewis, and Billy Ray Lewis, all of Marthaville; three sisters, Mrs. Sherry Humphries of Monroe, Patricia Kay Lewis, and Debbie Jane Lewis, both of Marthaville; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marit D. Lewis of Marthaville. ------------------------------------------------------- Obituaries: Mr. Edward Price Buster Taylor, Sabine Parish T-460 Source: Sabine Index, Many, La., Nov 12, 1997 Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck carlrad@earthlink.net ********************************************************** ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** ************************************************ ************************************************************ Mr. Edward Price Buster Taylor Mr. Edward Price "Buster" Taylor, 68, of Zwolle died Saturday, Nov. 8 at Overton Brooks VA Medical Center in Shreveport. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11 at Warren Meadows Funeral Chapel in Many with interment following at Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Converse. The Rev. Marshall Ingle officiated. Mr. Taylor was an oilfield roughneck and was retired from the U. S. Air Force after 14 years of service which included the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam War. He was a member of the Post #5738 of the Zwolle Chapter of the V. F. W. Survivors include his widow, Blanch M. Taylor of Zwolle; three daughters, Janice Simon of Shreveport, Helen Simon of El Paso, Texas and Ann Simon of Denver, Colo.; one sister, Margaret Dishroon of Chandler, Ariz.; three sister-in-laws, Mrs. Dorothy Taylor of Texarkana, Texas, Mrs. Frances Adcock of Zwolle and Mrs. Clara Wilkins of Shreveport; 18 grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. Mr. Taylor was preceded in death by three sons, Carlyle, Paul and Thomas Simon; one sister, Frances McKinley and one brother, Russell Taylor. Pallbearers were Timothy Simon, Robert Simon, Andrew Martinez, Michael Simon, Thomas Simon and Jeffrey Sepulvado. Honorary pallbearers were Cecil Martinez, Dennis Martinez, Thomas Sepulvado and Benny Martinez. Warren Meadows Many, La. ------------------------------------------------------- Obituaries: G. C. Thibodeaux, Sabine, Natchitoches Parish T-132 Source: Sabine Index, Many, La., Jun 13, 1974 Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck carlrad@earthlink.net ********************************************************** ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** ************************************************ ************************************************************ G. C. Thibodeaux Garland Cleveland Thibodeaux, 51, of Provencal, died Tuesday, June 4, in the Ft. Polk Hospital. Retired from the Navy, Mr. Thibodeaux was employed at Northwestern State University as an air-condition and refrigeration superintendent. He was a veteran of World War II, the Korean conflict, and the Vietnam War. Funeral services were at 10 a.m., Thursday, June 6, in the Provencal Baptist Church, with the Rev. Billy Burkett officiating, assisted by the Rev. J. H. Huckabee. Burial will be in the Provencal Cemetery, with Masonic graveside rites, under the direction of the St. Denis Funeral Home. Survivors are his wife; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Luther Thibodeaux of Provencal; one son, John Kelly Thibodeaux of Provencal; two sisters, Mrs. R. B. McDonald of Many, and Mrs. Wayne Massey of Porter, Tex.; two brothers, J. L. Thibodeaux, and R. E. Thibodeaux, both of Shreveport. ------------------------------------------------------- Obituaries: Mr. Willard Wesley Welch, Sabine Parish W-420 Source: Sabine Index, Many, La., Dec 15, 1999 Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck carlrad@earthlink.net ********************************************************** ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** ************************************************ ************************************************************ Mr. Willard Wesley Welch Mr. Willard Wesley Welch, 68, of Sulphur died Thursday, Dec. 9, 1999 at a hospital in Houston, Texas. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday, Dec. 13 at Robison Funeral Home Chapel. Father Donald Thomas officiated. Burial followed at Big Woods Cemetery, Edgerly. Mr. Welch was a native of Raleigh, Miss. and a resident of Sulphur for 32 years. He worked 15 years as an operator for Vista Chemical. A retired senior master sergeant of the United States Air Force, a veteran of Vietnam and the Korean Conflict and a member of VFW Post number 107 of Sulphur. Survivors include his wife, Barbara M. Welch of Sulphur; one son, Wesley Welch of Houston, Texas; four daughters, Barbara Ann Davis of Sulphur, Beverly Gail Creech of Lake Charles, Brenda Caren Jones and Bonnie Ruth Kurten of Sulphur; one brother, Bernice Welch of Pineville, Miss.; two sisters, Ruth Parker of Bay Springs, Miss., and Nadine Maxwell of Jackson, Miss.; 11 grandchildren; and one-greatgrandchild. Robison Funeral Home Sulphur La. ------------------------------------------------------- Obituaries: Cpl. David W. Youngblood, Sabine, DeSoto Parish Y-521 Source: Sabine Index, Many, La., Sep 3, 1970 Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck carlrad@earthlink.net ********************************************************** ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** ************************************************ ************************************************************ Cpl. Youngblood Funeral Services for Cpl. David W. Youngblood, 22, a Shreveport resident killed in action with the Marine Corps in Vietnam Aug. 21, were held at 4 p.m., Monday, at the Rose-Neath Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Frank Andrews, pastor of Linwood Assembly of God Church officiated, assisted by the Rev. E. W. Davis, pastor of the First Assembly of God Church in Mansfield. Burial with full military rites was in Forest Park West Cemetery. Survivors include his widow; his parents, Mr. David R. Youngblood of Mansfield; five sisters, Mrs. M. K. Slade of Waskom, Tex., Mrs Randell Lee Rourd, Martha Lynn Youngblood, and Kathy Delois Youngblood, all of Mansfield, and Mrs. John Britt of Noble; and one half-brother, Johnny Lewis of Shreveport. -------------------------------------------------------