Helms 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: Helms, Bobby Seaborn 28 Aug 2012 Sep 2012 Jerry Nelson ******************************************************************************** Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on: 8/28/2012 HELMS, BOBBY SEABORN Bobby Seaborn Helms, 82 years old, of Hammond, passed away Friday, August 24, 2012, at North Oaks Medical Center. He was born on Tuesday, October 22, 1929, in Dothan, Alabama, son of the late Loyd Helms and the late Estelle Seaborn Helms. Mr. Helms was the former owner and operator for 38 years of the KFC franchises in Hammond, Amite and Ponchatoula, former director of Citizens National Bank of Hammond, former president of SE KFC Franchise Association, former president of National KFC Franchise Association, former chairman of Purchasing CO-OP KFC, past recipient President Award KFC, past president of Oak Knoll Country Club. He was a member of Hammond 2000 Commission and an avid golfer and pilot. Surviving are his wife, Luddie Butler Helms; 3 sons, Don Helms and wife Gail of Hammond, Lawrence Helms of Lake City, FL, and Robert Helms of Hammond; 2 step-sons, Bill McGuyer and and wife Dianne of Arizona, Mark McGuyer and wife Nancy of Tompson Falls, Montana; 12 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchild; and a host of gracious and understanding golfing buddies. He is preceded in death by his parents; 1st wife, Joyce Allgood Helms; sister, Judy Suddarth; and brother, Mike Helms. Friends will be received at Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home in Hammond, Tuesday, August 28, 2012, from 9:30 a.m. until the funeral service at 12:30 p.m. in the funeral home chapel. Interment will follow in the Greenlawn Mausoleum in Hammond. An on-line guest book is available at www.harrymckneely.com. ******************************************************************************** File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/tangipahoa/obits/obitssur/helms.txt