Obituaries, 1980, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana
Submitted to the USGenWeb Archives by Sandra McLellan, July, 2005

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Obituaries orginally published in The Ponchatoula Enterprise in 1980
Recapped in 25 Years ago in 2005

ADAMS, WILLIE ODELL FERRILL, 27 Feb 1980
Funeral services for Mrs. Willie Odell Ferrill Adams, 62, were held
Tuesday at 11 a.m. in the chapel of Harry McKneely and Son Funeral Home
in Ponchatoula.  She is survived by her husband Bernard B. Adams; two
sons, Jessie R. Stafford and Alton A. Ferrill, both of Ponchatoula; a
daughter, Mrs. Dorothy K. Newman, Holden; a step-son, Don C. Adams, 
Pumpkin Center; a step-daughter, Diane Adams, Ponchatoula; a brother 
Roy E. Walker, Sr., Baton Rouge; her mother, Mrs. Artie Walker Blount, 
LaPlace;13 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

ANTHONY, ERIC WAYNE, 	11 Jun 1980
Services were held for Eric Wayne Anthony, three, who died Monday at
Seventh Ward Hospital.  

BATES, JERRY YOUNG, 9 Jul 1980
Services were held Tuesday for World War II veteran Jerry Young Bates, 64, 
a resident of Manchac.

DRURY, JOSESPHINE GIRALDA, 2 Jul 1980
Funeral services were conducted Sunday morning for Mrs. Josephine Giralda 
Drury, age 72, who died at her residence in Ponchatoula on Friday, Jun 27.  

DUFRECHE, AGNES HARRIS, 27 Feb 1980
Funeral services held Monday for Mrs. Agnes Harris Dufreche, 55, 
Ponchatoula, who died Saturday at her home. She is survived by her husband, 
C. J. Dufreche, Jr.; one son, Johnny B Harris; a daughter, Charlotte Basso, 
Hammond; two sisters, Mrs. Curleys Peltier, Lacombe and Mrs. Anthony Berner, 
Ponchatoula.

FAULKENBERRY, EDMOND, 23 Apr 1980
Dr. Edmond Faulkenberry, age 56, long-time Poncahtoula physician, died 
Saturday in Ochsner Foundation Hospital in New Orleans of a heart attack.  
He had practiced medicine in Ponchatoula since 1956.  

JOINER, NORMA CUTRER, 6 Aug 1980
died Aug 4 in Baton Rouge

MAJESTY, JOHN S., SR., 28 May 1980
Funeral services were conducted Sunday for John S. Majesty, Sr., who died 
May 25 at his residence in Ponchatoula. 

SUDDUTH, JOHN DANIEL, 7 May 1980
Funeral services for John Daniel Sudduth, 60, manager of the TG & Y Store
in Berryland Shopping Center, were held Saturday.  Sudduth was killed
when a vehicle he was working on fell from a jack on him Thursday.  

THORN, WALTER "SONTEE", 9 Jan 1980
"Sontee" the bricklayer died here in the last week in December 1979.  He 
was 92-years, six-months-old and was considered "a legend" by many people 
in Ponchatoula.  Born Walter Thorn on July 11, 1887, "Sontee" became the 
best known bricklayer this city ever had. His professional craft, and 
personal reputation, made "Sontee" a highly respected black man in the 
city when racial prejudice was the norm, and outdoor signs told Blacks
and Italians to be out of Ponchatoula when the sun set.

TODD, LEONARD A., 5 Mar 1980
Services were conducted Tuesday for Leonard A. Todd, 80, who died Saturday
at Seventh Ward Genreal Hospital. He was a contracted mail carrier for the 
U.S. Postal Service.