Conerly obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ Name, date of obit, date submitted, submitted for the USGenWeb archives by: Conerly, Clifton D. 7 Aug 2011 Aug 2011 Jerry Nelson Conerly, Iris Wood 21 May 2009 Jun 2009 Jerry Nelson Conerly, Lillie B. 31 Aug 1999 Sep 1999 Don Johnson Conerly, Lillie R. 28 Oct 2000 Oct 2000 Don Johnson Conerly, Mary Catherine Dees 31 May 2009 Jun 2009 Jerry Nelson Conerly, Michael L. 13 Apr 2013 Apr 2013 Jerry Nelson Conerly, Shakeria O'Neisha 1 Oct 2000 Nov 2000 Don Johnson Conerly, Stephanie Denica Hampton 18 Aug 2006 Aug 2006 Jerry Nelson Conerly, Wilmer, Jr. 31 Mar 2006 Apr 2006 Jerry Nelson *************************************************************************** Obituary published in the Hammond Daily Star on: 8/7/2011 CONERLY, CLIFTON D. Clifton D. "Cliff" Conerly was born October 3, 1943 and passed away at 6:15 a.m., Friday, August 5, 2011 at his residence. He was 67, a native of Pike County, MS and a resident of Amite. Cliff is survived by his wife of 35 years, Elizabeth R. Miller Conerly, Amite; 2 daughters, Debbie M. Wilkinson and husband Leroy, Amite & Brandi C. Faunce and husband Curtis, Loranger; son, Kenny Miller and wife Samantha, Amite; son-in-law, Doug Misita, Amite; 10 grandchildren, Dustin Wilkinson, Jacob Wilkinson and wife Hannah, Jordan Wilkinson, Ace Misita, Drew Misita, Kody Miller, Tucker Miller, Cassie Faunce, Cole Faunce & Callie Rae Faunce; great grand- daughter, Kenlea Wilkinson; 2 sisters, Dimple Bond and husband Donnie, OK & Jean Lea and husband Carey, Brookhaven, MS; 3 brothers, Dr. Steve Conerly and wife Betty Lou, Raleigh, NC, Mitchell Conerly and wife Lou, Bessemier, AL & Tony Conerly, Jackson, MS; also numerous nieces, nephews and extended family. Preceded in death by his parents, Frank & Lucille Hinson Conerly; daughter, Linda Kaye M. Misita; son, Ricky Miller; 2 brothers, Stanley Conerly and Glen Conerly. Visitation at McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, on Sunday, August 7, 2011 from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. and on Monday, August 8, 2011 from 8:00 a.m. until Celebration of Life Services at 11:00 a.m. in the funeral home Chapel with Rev. Mervin Strother officiating. Interment in Amite Memorial Gardens, Amite, LA. An on-line Guestbook is available at www.mckneelyvaughnfh.com. *************************************************************************** Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on: 5/21/2009 CONERLY, IRIS WOOD Mrs. Iris Wood Conerly, a homemaker and a retired employee of the Tangipahoa Parish Clerk of Court Office with 35 years and 11 months of service, was born Aug. 24, 1915, and passed away at 6:35 p.m. Tuesday, May 19, 2009, at North Oaks Medical Center, Hammond. Mrs. Iris was 93 and a lifelong resident of Amite. She was a member of First Southern Methodist Church in Amite. Mrs. Iris is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Marc and Nancy Frey Conerly, Amite; two sisters-in-law, Myrthe Conerly Walker, Lafayette, and Catherine Dees Conerly, Greensburg; several nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews. Preceded in death by her husband of 32 years, E.J. "Sam" Conerly; parents, Jacob Ezra "Bud" and Lula Mae Carter Wood; and three brothers, Carl, Ed and Purcell Wood. Visitation at McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, on Friday, May 22, after 9 a.m. until religious services in the funeral home chapel at 1 p.m. with Deacon Mike Agnello from Saint Helena Catholic Church officiating. Interment in the Amite City Cemetery. An online guestbook is available at www.mckneelyvaughnfh.com. McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, is at I-55 North and La. 16 West behind Grand Prix Car Wash and Bond Eye Clinic. *************************************************************************** Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on: 8/31/1999 CONERLY, LILLIE B. A resident and native of Kentwood, she died at 8:50 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 29, 1999, at her home. She was 69. Visiting was at McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday. Visiting at Spring Creek Baptist Church, Spring Creek, 8:30 a.m. until religious services at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, conducted by Brother Danny Smith. Interment in church cemetery. Survived by her husband, Michael Conerly, Kentwood; a daughter, Linda McMillan Callihan, Kentwood; two sons, Edward Gibbie McMillan, Rogers, Ark., and Glenn Frederick McMillan, Loranger; and six grandchildren, Robbie Callihan Farish, Craig Callihan, Wendy Costanza, Hunter McMillan, Rachael McMillan and Rebekah McMillan. *************************************************************************** Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on: 10/28/2000 CONERLY, LILLIE R. A resident of Kentwood, she died at 5:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 27, 2000, at North Oaks Medical Center, Hammond. She was 89 and a native of Lumberton, Miss. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, from 10 a.m. until religious services at 2 p.m. Saturday, conducted by the Rev. Danny Smith and the Rev. Dennis Mitchell. Interment in Spring Creek Cemetery, Spring Creek. Survived by a daughter, Frances McKinsie, Denham Springs; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Smiley and Carol Conerly, Osyka, Miss., and Michael L. Conerly, Kentwood; seven grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; two half-sisters; and a half-brother. Preceded in death by her husband, Watt Conerly; and a daughter-in-law, Lillie M. Conerly. *************************************************************************** Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on: 5/31/2009 CONERLY, MARY CATHERINE DEES Mrs. Mary Catherine Dees Conerly went home to her Saviour on Thursday, May 28, 2009, at age 90. She is survived by two daughters and their families: daughter, Rae and husband Earl Murphy, their sons, Patrick and his sons, Will, Coner and Cullen, and Stuart and wife Jenny (Sanders) and their sons, Braydon and Blake; daughter, Judy and her son, Rayford; five nieces and nephews, and numerous great-nieces, great-nephews and their families. She was preceded in death by husband, Rayford E. Conerly; parents, Elzy Burke and Margaret Antoinette Brinkley Dees; two brothers, Wallace Dees and Burke Dees; and three sisters, Sarah Elizabeth Dees, Anna Lecarne Dees, and Margaret Dees Ducote. Catherine graduated from Amite High in 1935, third in her class. At 16, she was hired by attorney Barbee Ponder as a secretary. A year later she enrolled in the University of Southwestern Louisiana and attended for two years. She returned to Amite and was hired by Mr. Norman Vernon, the Tangipahoa Parish Clerk of Court, as a secretary, eventually becoming chief deputy for the Clerk of Court, Mr. Jimmie Stire. At the same time she also became the court reporter of record for Tangipahoa Parish until she resigned in 1965. She became the organist for First Baptist Church of Amite in 1939 and played until 1965. In the 1940s she became court reporter for the Louisiana State Attorney General, Mr. Bolivar Kemp, commuting to Baton Rouge from Amite often several times a week while still employed by the Tangipahoa Parish Clerk of Court and parish court. In the 1950s she became the court reporter for District Judge Horace B. Reid, and Court of Appeals Judge Robert Ellis. In 1962 she successfully ran Congressman Jimmie Morrison's campaign for re-election. In 1965, after the death of Rayford, she and her daughters relocated to Lafayette, and with her niece, Carolyn Ducote Walker, established a court reporting business. In 1980, she established a business as a landman and lease broker working around the state for numerous oil companies. In 1984, she returned to Amite where she became active in the First Baptist Church Bell Choir, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and ended a fabulous work career at the Tangipahoa Parish Library among the books she loved so well. Services will be at McKneely and Vaughn Funeral Home Chapel on Monday, June 1, at 11 a.m., with visitation beginning at 9 a.m. Interment in Amite Cemetery. An online guestbook is available at www.mckneelyvaughnfh.com. *************************************************************************** Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on: 4/13/2013 CONERLY, MICHAEL L. A resident of Kentwood, he died at 4:31 a.m. on Friday, April 12, 2013 at Hood Memorial Hospital in Amite. He was born August 25, 1943 in Bogalusa and was 69 years of age. He was a retired supervisor from Croft Metals in Fernwood, MS and was currently a Sheriff's Deputy with the Tangipahoa Parish Prison. He is survived by his step-children, Linda Callihan and her husband, Robert, Gibbie McMillan and his wife, Katera and Glenn McMillan; step-grandchildren, Robbie Lynn Callihan Kirby and her husband, Kevin, Craig Callihan and his wife, Julie, Rachael Rhodes and her husband, Adam, Rebekah McMillan, Wendy Chapman and her husband, Rob and Hunter McMillan; step-great-grandchildren, Lillie, Keelie and Madison Callihan, Dylan and Harper Rhodes and Cade Chapman; brother, Smiley Conerly and his wife, Carol; sister, Frances McKinsie; nieces and nephews, John P. Heffner, Rhonda Richard, Jana Creel and Tammi Dyer, numerous great-nieces and great-nephews. Preceded in death by his wife, Lillie B. Conerly; parents, Watt and Lillie R. Conerly. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, from 10 a.m. until religious services at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 13, 2013. Services conducted by Dr. Danny Smith. Interment Spring Creek Cemetery, Spring Creek. Pallbearers will be Lanny Conerly, Larry McDaniel, Harold Fussell, Jimmie Ray Strickland, Martin Williams and Dewayne Creel. For an online guestbook, visit www.mckneelys.com. *************************************************************************** Obituary published in The Hammond Daily Star on: 10/1/2000 CONERLY, SHAKERIA O'NEISHA Shakeria O'Neisha Conerly was stillborn Friday, Sept. 29, 2000, at North Oaks Hospital. Survivors include her mother, Sherrica Conerly, Hammond; her father, Scotty Hayes, Hammond; her grandmothers, Janell Conerly and Gladys Hayes, both of Hammond; her grandfather, Joshua Perkins, New Orleans; three brothers, Scott Hayes Jr., Scotreal Hayes and Scotrian Williams, all of Hammond. She was preceded in death by her grandfather, Lionel Pierre. The Rev. Joseph Ricard will lead a graveside service at 10 a.m. Monday at Holly Garden Cemetery in Hammond. Richardson Funeral Home of Hammond is in charge of the arrangements. *************************************************************************** Obituary published in The Hammond Daily Star on: 8/18/2006 CONERLY, STEPHANIE DENICA HAMPTON Tickfaw - Stephanie Denica Hampton Conerly, 30, died August 12, 2006, at Lallie Kemp Hospital, Independence. She was a native of Hammond. Survivors include her husband, Chadrick Conerly, Tickfaw; a daughter, Jordyn Aaliyah Conerly, Tickfaw; her mother, Deborah Hampton, Hammond; her father, Steve Hampton, Columbus, Mississippi; a sister, Kimlyn Laryah Hampton, Hammond; and two brothers, Deandre "D.J." Hampton of Hammond, and Ambrit Clark of Ipswich, England, U.K. Visitation will be Friday, Aug. 18, 2006, from 5 to 7 p.m. with funeral services following at Bickham Chapel AME Zion Church, Velma. The Rev. Ernest Peters will officiate. Dismissal will be Saturday, August 19, 2006, at 11 a.m. followed by burial at Holly Gardens Cemetery, Hammond. MJR Friendly Service Funeral Home, Denham Springs, is in charge. *************************************************************************** Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge): 3/31/2006 CONERLY, WILMER, JR. A resident of Kentwood, he died Saturday, March 25, 2006, in Kentwood. He was 59 and a native of Washington Parish. Visitation at New Light Missionary Baptist Church on Saturday, April 1, from noon until service at 1 p.m., conducted by the Rev. Lee Allen Pounds Jr. Burial in Winnfield Memorial Park, Baton Rouge. *************************************************************************** File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/tangipahoa/obits/obitssur/conerly.txt