Decota obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana 

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Decota, Adam Mose         10 Jul 2012    Jul 2012    Jerry Nelson
Decota, Linda Joiner      23 Mar 2004    Mar 2004    Jerry Nelson

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Obituary published in the Hammond Daily Star on:  7/10/2012

DECOTA, ADAM MOSE
Adam Mose Decota, 86 years old, commerical fisherman and native of 
Ponchatoula, La., passed away Monday, July 9, 2012.  Mr. Decota was a avid 
outdoorsman, he enjoyed, hunting, fishing and the LSU Tigers.  Surviving 
are his wife, Anna Sziber Decota; daughter & son-in-law, Debbie Decota 
Edwards and Travis; son & daughter-in-law, Adam "Al" Decota and Margaret; 
sister, Eve Hoover; 5 grandchildren, Amy Edwards Newsham and husband Brad, 
Travis Edwards, Dustin Edwards, Chris Decota and wife Erin, Kevin Decota 
and wife Jessica; 3 great-grandchildren, Decota Harris, Braelon Newsham, 
Mackenzie Decota; step-daughter, Theresa Metz and husband Jim; step-son, 
Andrew Sziber; step-grandchildren, Melody Murhee and husband Blake, Melissa 
Wynn and husband James, Eugene Metz,III and wife Alisson, William Metz, 
Eric Sziber, Yvette Ezell and husband Marcos; and 8 step-great-
grandchildren.  He is preceded in death by his parents, May and Albert 
William Decota; first wife, Avis Barker Decota; son, Stephen Albert Decota; 
2 sisters, Beatrice Moran, Pauline Lindsey; and brother, William "Bill" 
Decota.  Friends will be received Wednesday, July 11, 2012, from 6 p.m. 
until 9 p.m. at Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home in Ponchatoula and on 
Thursday, July 12, 2012, after 8 a.m. until services begin at 10 a.m. in 
the funeral home chapel. Interment will follow in Ponchatoula Cemetery.  
A guestbook is available at www.harrymckneely.com.

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge):  3/23/2004

DECOTA, LINDA JOINER
A resident of Wadesboro, she died Monday, March 22, 2004 at Belle Maison
Nursing Home.  She was 56 and a native of Loranger.  Visitation at Harry
McKneely & Sons Funeral Home, Ponchatoula, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday.
Visiting at the funeral home chapel from 8 a.m. until religious service at
2 p.m. Wednesday.  Interment in Wetmore Cemetery, Ponchatoula.  Survived by
her husband, William "Billy" Decota, Wadesboro; son, Clinton Allen Decota,
Wadesboro; two sisters, Sandra Hendon, Loranger, and Nadaine Anderson,
Amite; three brothers, Alfred, Jerry and Steve Joiner, all of Loranger; and
two grandchildren, Cody Decota and Kara Courturier.  Preceded in death by
her parents, Clinton and Ellen Pat Oliphant Joiner.

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