ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: GAINES, JAMES P. 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: E.J. Fielding Funeral Home, Covington, La.

Died Tuesday, December 11, 2012

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GAINES, JAMES P. 
(August 4, 1924 - December 11, 2012)

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J.P. Gaines, age 88 of Madisonville, LA, died on Tuesday, December 11, 2012. 

Mr. Gaines was raised in Varnado, LA and graduated valedictorian from Varnado 
High School in 1940. 
He graduated from LSU with BS and MS degrees in Agricultural Economics. 
His education at LSU was interrupted by military service during WWII with the 
U.S. Army’s 99th Infantry Division, during which he served in the European 
Theater and participated in several major battles. He was awarded the Bronze 
Star Medal for valor in combat during the Battle of the Bulge. After discharge 
from the Army, he resumed his education at LSU in 1946 and graduated in 1948. 
After graduation, his first employment was as assistant professor of 
agriculture economics at Mississippi State University. In 1951 he joined the 
Rice Millers Association, with offices in New Orleans until 1956, and then in 
Washington D.C. He served with the Rice Millers Association for 25 years, 
retiring in 1976 as president and CEO. Mr. Gaines was chosen honoree at the 
International Rice Festival at Crowley, Louisiana in 1975.

While working at Washington D.C., he met and married Lillian Mary Lemucchi, a 
native of Washington D.C., who was his wife and companion until his death. 

After early retirement in 1976, he returned to his native Louisiana, to Folsom, 
where he operated a cattle farm; a restaurant; and served as market consultant 
for years under the name Gaines Realty. In time his attention turned to 
publishing, leading him, with assistance from his wife, Lillian, to establish 
and operate the Folsom World, a weekly newspaper that served the Folsom 
community. During that time, he also served as area reporter for the New 
Orleans Times-Picayune. At Folsom, he was vice chairman of the Northwest St. 
Tammany Civic Association and organized a project to pick up litter on a nine 
mile stretch of Highway 25 from Covington to Folsom.

Failing health lead to discontinuing business activities, selling his Folsom 
properties, and moving to Madisonville in 2003. At Madisonville, he continued 
his publishing interests on a part time basis, publishing The Rice Market 
Letter, which focused on analysis and prediction of the domestic and 
international rice market.

Mr. Gaines is survived by his wife, Lillian M. Gaines and 3 sons – Walton Jay 
Gaines, John Edward Gaines, and Joe William Gaines. He has 9 grandchildren and 
7 great-grandchildren.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend funeral services at 12:00 Noon on 
Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at E.J. Fielding Funeral Home, 2260 W. 21st Ave. 
Covington, LA 70433.

A time of visitation will begin Tuesday at 11:00 AM

Interment at Pinecrest Memorial Gardens in Covington will immediately follow 
services. 

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