Fitch obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

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Fitch, John James, Jr.       8 Oct 2002    Oct 2002    Don Johnson

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on:  10/8/2002

FITCH, JOHN JAMES JR.
A resident of Kentwood, he died at 1:55 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 6, 2002, at Heritage 
Manor, Hammond. He was 69 and a native of Smith County, Texas. Visitation at 
McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from noon until religious service at 2 p.m. 
Tuesday, conducted by the Rev. Starrett Cleveland. Interment in Sand Hill 
Cemetery, Ponchatoula. Survived by his wife, Helen Manuel Fitch, Tucson, Ariz.; 
a daughter, Althea Fitch Lacey, Gainesville, Ga.; four sons, Johnnie Fitch and 
the Rev. Dennis Fitch, both of Tucson, Keith Fitch, Rockville, Md., and Michael 
Fitch, Newport News, Va.; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren; four 
sisters, Erma Fowler, Hammond, Norma Ricci, Battle Ground, Wash., Sarah Fitch 
Reed, Ponchatoula, and Jessie Lois Richard, Opelousas; two brothers, Paul Ray 
Fitch, Alturas, Calif., and Patrick Kenneth Fitch, Baton Rouge; and numerous 
nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by his father, John James Fitch Sr.; and 
mother, Winnie Davis Fitch. 

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