ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: MESSICK, EDWARD BENNETT, JR

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: The St. Tammany News, St. Tammany, La.

Published on Wednesday, February 16, 2011 

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MESSICK

Edward Bennett Messick Jr., 85, of Mandeville, died Saturday Feb. 12, 2011. 

Edward was a U.S. Navy veteran from 1944 - 1946. His passion was baseball and he 
maintained a .500 batting average while serving in the Navy. Edward retired with 
32 years of service in 1986 as an electronic engineer for the U.S. Government 
Federal Aviation Air Communications. 

Edward was a native of Mandeville and was survived by his five children, Becky 
Maestri, Gary Messick, Melba Fields, Camme Miller, and Bruce Messick; brother 
Alvin Messick; sister Peggy Messick Hamilton; 13 grandchildren; 15 great-great 
grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild. He was the son of the late Edward 
Bennett Messick Sr. and Anne Bordelon Messick of Marksville. He was also 
preceded in death by his sister Lilly Glodt.

The funeral service was held yesterday at Chauvin Funeral Home, Houma. Burial 
was in St. Francis de Sales Cemetery No. 2.

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